US Patent Issued to Polaris Industries on Aug. 11 for "Snowmobile" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,444, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Polaris Industries Inc. (Medina, Minn.).

"Snowmobile" was invented by Michael A. Hedlund (Roseau, Minn.), Lyle J. Dahlgren (Roseau, Minn.), Jesse J. Laugen (Roseau, Minn.), Keith W. Peppel (Roseau, Minn.), Blair M. Johnson (Roseau, Minn.) and Cody S. Kofstad (Roseau, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A snowmobile comprises a chassis with a front portion and a tunnel, and a power train unit supported by the chassis. The snowmobile further includes a plurality of ground-engaging members cooperating with the power train unit to operate the snowmobile. The plurality of ground-engaging members in...