ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,190, issued on April 14, was assigned to BOMBARDIER RECREATIONAL PRODUCTS INC. (Valcourt, Canada).

"Snowmobile with front suspension assemblies" was invented by Pascal Gagnon (Sherbrooke, Canada) and Maxime Boisvert (Sherbrooke, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A snowmobile including a right front suspension assembly and a left front suspension assembly, each of the left and right front suspension assembly including: a ski leg; an upper A-arm and a lower A-arm, the upper and lower A-arms being connected between the ski leg and the chassis; and a shock absorber connected between one of the upper and lower A-arms and the chassis;...