ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,475, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Polaris Industries Inc. (Medina, Minn.).
"Snow track for a snowmobile" was invented by Richard H. Bates Jr. (Badger, Minn.) and Thomas D. Rager Jr. (Marathon, Wis.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An endless track for use in propelling a snowmobile. The endless track extends between a first lateral side and a second lateral side and includes an inner drive surface and an outer ground-engaging surface. The inner drive surface includes a plurality of longitudinally spaced inner drive lugs used to drive and rotate the endless track. The outer ground-engaging surface includes a plurality of treads, w...