US Patent Issued to POLARIS INDUSTRIES on Nov. 3 for "Multi-piece tunnel for a snow vehicle" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,780,355, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to POLARIS INDUSTRIES INC. (Medina, Minn.).

"Multi-piece tunnel for a snow vehicle" was invented by Jacob L. Stock (Dellwood, Minn.), Timothy W. Stenlund (Minneapolis), David W. Christian (Saint Francis, Minn.), John B. Pircon (Stacy, Minn.), Michael A. Hedlund (Roseau, Minn.), Matthew J. Prusak (Salol, Minn.) and Cody S. Kofstad (Warroad, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tunnel is configured to cover at least a portion of an endless track of a snow vehicle. The tunnel has a top plate extending longitudinally. The top plate has a first flange extending from a first side edge and a second side ...