US Patent Issued to Arctic Cat on June 23 for "Bumper mount for snowmobile" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,215, issued on June 23, was assigned to Arctic Cat Inc. (Thief River Falls, Minn.).

"Bumper mount for snowmobile" was invented by Benjamin Langaas (Thief River Falls, Minn.) and David Vigen (Thief River Falls, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An assembly for a snowmobile includes an airbox having a plenum for coupling to a throttle body of an engine and two branches defining openings for air intake. A storage box is mounted between the two branches and defines area for receiving a console. The airbox is part of a hood of the vehicle and includes an opening over a storage box. The disclosure also includes a ribbed bumper mount wit...