Abstract: A tote-sled assembly includes spaced runners adapted to slide along malleable and hardened surfaces and having separate parts that are assembled in an end to end relationship and are overlapped by a detachable connector. The tote-sled assembly further includes a plurality of toothed wheels and detachable vertical struts adapted to reduce the overall size of a partially disassembled assembly.

Abstract: A skateboard scooter comprises a main board and a blade releasably attached to the main board. In an embodiment, the main board includes several through-holes. An attachment base is mounted below the main board and has several through-holes aligned with the through-holes of the main board. Bolts are extended through the through-holes of the main board and the through-holes of the attachment base and engaged with nuts. The attachment base includes two parallel ribs defining a compartment therebetween for holding an upper longitudinal edge of the blade. In an alternative embodiment, the main board includes two parallel ribs extended downward therefrom. The ribs include at least one pair of aligned transverse holes. The blade includes at least one hole. At least one bolt is extended through the transverse holes of the ribs and the hole of the blade and engaged with a nut.

Abstract: A collapsible game gurney system is provided including a base and a wheel assembly mounted on the base. Also included is an arm assembly having a pair of elongated arms each with an inboard end hingably mounted to the base for pivoting between a parallel orientation and an angled orientation. Next provided is a tarp removably mounted to the arm assembly for supporting game thereon.

Abstract: A multipurpose two-wheeled cart whose wheels are removable from the body of the cart to leave a generally planar flat bottom, so that the cart can be used as a sled. Side extensions may be mounted to hold bulky loads. Removable handles are provided at both of the sloping ends of the body and are adjustable to keep grips at the same height from the ground when the wheels are removed. Either or both of the handles may be mounted and used, depending on whether terrain and load make it desirable for one person or two people to move the cart and its load. The handles, wheels, and side extensions all fit within the body to provide a compact unit for transport in a motor vehicle. Stiffeners on the bottom of the body may be used as runners.

Abstract: Interlocking towing skates for placement beneath the tires of a vehicle prior to winching onto a flatbed. Two or more skates can be locked together in accordance with the tire width of the vehicle to be towed, and the interlocked skates are placed beneath each tire. The disabled vehicle can be winched quickly and easily upward along the flatbed. The friction of the tires is greatly reduced as the salvage vehicle is drawn upward, and personal injury and/or damage to the transmission and/or tow truck hoist is eliminated. The towing skates are formed as an elongate hard unitary plastic member having a chock at one end, a flat mid-section, and an opposing ramped end. A series of interlocking teeth protrude laterally from one side, and a mating series of interlocking recesses are formed in the other side for locking side-by-side skates together.

Abstract: A skate assembly that includes a rigid runner plate mounted perpendicularly to the underside of a boot. The runner includes one or more cutouts where wheel or roller assemblies are rotatably mounted. The roller assemblies lowermost tangential edge is aligned with the bottom edge of the runner. The roller members for the respective roller assemblies include serrations on their periphery. The result being to lower the overall friction of the edge by reducing the effective contact area of the edge with the skating surface by introducing the cut-outs with roller members providing a support point in the middle of the cut-out.

Abstract: A wheeled carrier suitable for carrying diverse articles on sandy terrain. The carrier has a body forming an upwardly open principal cargo receptacle, a closed second receptacle, upwardly oriented openings for carrying cups, horizontally disposed tubular openings for carrying rolled papers and the like, external pockets formed from flexible material, a collapsible carrying rack, and a collapsible towing handle. The principal receptacle has a seat belt for securing a child therein. The carrier has four wheels supported on brackets and axles suspended beneath the body. Each wheel has an associated skid pivotally supported on the axle supporting its associated wheel. Each skid is configured in the manner of a ski, for assisting the carrier in negotiating ridges and similar obstructions present in sandy terrain.

Abstract: A ramp for loading and unloading snowmobiles and other vehicles from a load bed such as a trailer or transport vehicle. The ramp comprises a pair of longitudinal tracks joined by a plurality of transverse members. Such transverse members are adapted to receive the wheels of the objects being transported or, in the case of snowmobiles, the belt grip thereof. In the case of snowmobiles, the skis of such vehicle are received on the longitudinal tracks. The ramp includes a pair of wheels for use in moving the ramp across the load bed. The wheels are positioned at a location on the ramp corresponding to the center of mass of such ramp when supporting the snowmobile or other such vehicle. The tracks of the ramp are preferably angled upwards to avoid contact with the load bed when being moved across same. The spacing of such tracks is adjustable so as to permit transport of the vehicles having a variety of widths.

Abstract: An improved cart is provided to transport objects, particularly scuba diving equipment, over different surfaces such as asphalt and sand. The cart includes a two portion housing, one portion of which is constructed as a hull-like member which is removably mountable to a second portion constructed as a platform adapted to retain the equipment. A surface of the platform is provided with a roller system. The cart can be inverted to bring either the hull or the roller system into contact with the underlying surface over which the cart is to be transported to facilitate movement of the cart along the particular composition of underlying surface.

Abstract: A sports trailer system comprised of a first removable module, a second removable module, an integrally molded frame shaped and adapted for the nesting of the first removable module and the second removable module within the frame, and a substantially flat floor surface contiguous with the integrally molded frame. The frame contains at least 90 weight percent of nonmetallic material and is an integral, continuous structure comprised of at least three structural cross-member elements and at least two structural longitudinal structural elements.

Abstract: A sled for moving a plurality of objects, such as beach equipment, over varied terrain having soft and hard surfaces such as sand, mud, snow, concrete, brick, cobblestone and asphalt. Advantageously, the sled is adapted to serve as a table, and is provided with holes for receiving the beach umbrella and for cups or drinking glasses. A plurality of holding tubes, sized to fit within the holes, receive and vertically support fishing rods, as well as garden implements and the like.

Abstract: The ski supports of a snowmobile are each provided with a plurality of wheel assemblies, with each wheel assembly arranged for pivoting relative to the ski support from a first position elevating the wheels above a top surface of each ski support to a second locked position wherein the wheels are directed below the ski supports.

Abstract: A ski attachment for operatively mounting onto one wheel of a wheeled vehicle, typically an unpowered wheeled vehicle such as a baby carriage or wagon, is disclosed. The wheel has an annular tire portion and a thinner centrally disposed hub portion. The ski attachment comprises a generally planar, elongated runner portion and upturned front and rear portions. A single attachment member has first and second co-operating arm members mounted on said base portion and extending upwardly from the ski member with first and second opposed gripping members mounted on the first and second arm members, respectively. The first and second gripping members are shaped and dimensioned so as to engage the hub portion of the wheel. A spring member is used to bias the first and second arm members into closing engagement so as to provide a gripping force therebetween.

Abstract: A ski-rail is provided for a wagon having a side rail with a lip and four wheels, which consists of an assembly for forming a segmented railing, which is assembled onto and about the lip on the side rail of the wagon, to help keep a child in the wagon when used during the summer months. A unit for forming four runners form the disassembled segmented railing assembly is then assembled onto the four wheels, so as to convert the wagon into a sled, to allow it to be used on ice and snow during the winter months.

Abstract: Each of the pair of elongated skis circumscribe a pair of upwardly facing wheel-engaging wells at opposite fore and aft ends thereof, for receiving and containing a pair of fore and aft registering wheels from both axles of a two axle pushchair. A pair of elongated elastic cables are each anchored at both ends thereof to front and rear portions of a corresponding ski intermediately of the wells thereof. A pair of hooks are each slidingly carried along a corresponding elastic cable and releasably interconnect the elastic cable to the pushchair frame in such a way that the corresponding ski is movable between a first, operative, ground-engaging position, in which each pair of fore and aft registering wheels engage a corresponding ski well and are biased thereagainst under the resiliency of the elastic cable, and an inoperative, ground-clearing position, in which the ski releases the corresponding registering fore and aft wheels and extend generally above the latter.

Abstract: A manually pull-type carrier includes a mobile carriage and a towing handle assembly slidably mounted to the carriage for changing the overall length of the carrier. The mobile carriage includes a pair of longitudinal rails rigidly interconnected and spaced laterally apart by a plurality of fore-and-aft spaced transverse bars, and a pair of wheels or skis with axle assemblies movably supporting the rails and being adjustable for changing the height of the rails above the ground. The towing handle assembly includes a pair of angle side braces and a front U-shaped handle telescopic with the angle side braces for adjusting the height of the handle to fit hunters of differing heights who tow the carriage.

Abstract: An evacuation or rescue device for a bed-ridden or non-ambulatory person adapted to quickly secure the person to a movable underlying mattress or the like comprises two sheets deployable one from the head-end and one from the foot-end. When deployed the head-end sheet meets the foot-end sheet over the persons chest or abdomen; the head-end sheet having an opening for the head. The two sheets, which are interconnected underneath the mattress, are then tightened downwardly over the long sides of the mattress by means of looped ropes pulled one from the head-end side and the other from the foot-end side. The ropes are self cleating when tightened and quickly secure the person in readiness for rescue and evacuation by a single individual if necessary.

Abstract: A wheeled beach sled kit of separate parts adapted for intermittent assemblage and disasemblage thereof into a sled for pulling paraphanelia alternately on sand and pavements including spaced-apart tubular sled-runners rigidly interconnected by forward and rearward axles each mounting spaced-apart wheels that extend below the bottoms of the sled runners, and a pair of rails uprightly mountable in mounting sled runner holes continuous of the tubular sled runners at opposite ends of each sled runner of the paired sled runners, the pair of rails being spaced-apart and having spaced apart horizontal rail-portions when uprightly mounted, a flexible material formed into an open-top contained suspended downwardly from and between the spaced apart horizontal rail-portions, and shade structure including a pair of spaced apart supports mounted on the pair of rails, with a shade-producing fabric mounted on and extending between the shade structures.

Abstract: A pair of lift carriages for supporting spacedly over ground, in a removable fashion, the front guiding skis of a snowmobile. Each carriage includes a frame, movably mounted over ground by tires, and a lever arm pivoted to the frame about an axis parallel to the rolling direction of the tires. The frame and the lever arm comprise hooks, to grasp and fixedly secure the ski when the lever arm is manually operated in an opertive position. The length of the hook is adjustable, so as to adapt itself to snowmobile skis of various widths. A look releasably locks the lever arm in its operative position.

Abstract: A combined collapsible beach table, dolly and sled structure having a flat smooth table-top surface slidable over a sandy beach when the table is inverted and having recessed wheels with rolling surfaces projecting only slightly from the sliding surface to rollably support the inverted structure on a hard smooth surface. A pair of folding dual-leg members are extended to support the structure as a table and to retain loads thereon when the structure is inverted and used as a sled or dolly. The dual-leg members are folded against the table top to form a compact storable structure. A detachable pulling handle is storable in the compact folded structure.

Abstract: An article of manufacture is provided for use primarily in removal of snow from driveways, sidewalks, decks and other locations where snow accumulates and needs to be removed. Such article of manufacture also may be used as a dolly, sled, or a trailer-like device for pulling by a vehicle or snowmobile.

Abstract: A beach caddy used for transporting and storing items for recreational use at the beach. The caddy is provided with runners for drawing across sandy surfaces and detachable wheels for rolling over paved surfaces. A refillable water tank within the caddy dispenses fluids for washing, drinking or any other use. An adjustable support is provided for retaining a beach umbrella and permitting it to be tilted in any desired direction. Detachable tables mounted on the sides of the caddy can be set up to support items transported by the caddy.

Abstract: A mobile ski locker comprises an enclosed cabinet, The cabinet having a frame with interconnected vertical and horizontal members and panels carried thereon, all of the panels except the front panel being fixed in position, the front panel including a hinge to form a door for the cabinet, the door being securable in a closed position by a combination lock and a key-operated lock, skis and ski poles being selectively secured to the rear panel of the cabinet by clamps having locks which are operable by the same key as that which opens the key operable lock on the door of the cabinet, the cabinet having an upper compartment and a lower compartment for wet items, the floor of the compartment being perforated to promote water drainage, the cabinet being made mobile over wet, dry or snow-covered surfaces by reason of the combination of wheels and runners secured to the cabinet at its lower rear edge, a collapsible handle being provided for easy movement of the locker.

Abstract: A rocker apparatus for use on a wheelchair is illustrated as including arcuate members carried on opposed sides of an unobstructed base, a means for securing the wheelchair to the base, a trough for accommodating large rear wheels of the wheelchair to prevent rolling during rocking and ramps for easy entrance on to and exit from the apparatus.

Abstract: A snowmobile body having an improved seat construction for a snowmobile vehicle having a built-in backrest which is inclined at a small acute angle with respect to the vertical for providing support for the driver in the lumbar and thoracic regions when assuming a slightly reclining disposition. The seat back may be slidably adjustable relative to the frame of the vehicle and the steering wheel or handlebars use to control the front steering skis may also be adjustable to accommodate drivers of differing physical size.

Abstract: A ski attachment for pivotal attachment to the axle or transverse rod-like member of a wheeled vehicle which comprises at least one ski having an elongated runner with an upturned front tip, an upstanding pedestal mounting on said elongated runner behind said front tip, said pedestal having an upper distal end with a transverse recess or like means formed therein for pivotally receiving said transverse axle or rod-like member of the vehicle, said pedestal and ski having a total height greater than the radius of the vehicle wheel, and tension biasing means interconnecting the front tip of the ski to the vehicle above the axle for urging the front end of the ski upwardly relative to the vehicle whereby the mounting of obstacles during forward travel of the vehicle is facilitated. In a preferred aspect, the ski attachment of the invention comprises a pair of skis, with means for securing the skis together in spaced side-by-side relationship.

Abstract: A collapsible hut useful, in particular, for ice fishing comprises wall and roof panels which can be releasably secured together in a first assembly to form the hut and in a second assembly to form parts of a container. Skis and/or wheels are provided for supporting the container for travel over the ground, so that the hut can readily be transported to remote locations. When the hut is collapsed, the panels can be packed flat to form a very compact storage package.

Abstract: Manually operated collapsible hand truck for carrying supplies to and from and across beach has wheels independently mounted on raised front tips of skis. Skis are rigidly attached to base of hand cart. Nominally upright frame is pivotably connected to front of cart base. Hand cart frame is locked into position relative to the base by moveable locking pin and entire hand cart may be tilted for rolling across hard pavement.Hand cart frame is temporarily unlocked from base for sliding transport of hand cart upon skis across soft sand.

Abstract: A cart for use on a bare surface or a snow covered surface provided with a pair of wheels journaled at opposite ends of an axle to engage the bare surface and a pair of depending skis pivotally mounted between the wheels on the axle for engaging a snow covered surface, the radius of the wheels being between one-half and three inches greater than the distance between the axle and the load carrying surface of the skis.

Abstract: Sled apparatus including a body supporting portion, a runner portion, a runner supporting portion and a steering portion; the body supporting portion including an elongated frame section with rigid longitudinal edges and front and rear ends, the frame section including two generally quadrangular members disposed in an end to end relationship and pivotally connected to one another; the runner portion including a runner disposed below and spaced from each longitudinal edge of the frame section, each runner including forward and rear runner sections selectively connectable in an end to end relationship when the quadrangular members are disposed in a single plane; the runner supporting portion including a plurality of spacer sections each having one end pivotally connected to a longitudinal edge and an opposite end rigidly affixed to a runner section, the spacer sections affixed to each forward runner section being disposed remote from the front end of the frame section, pivotal cross members joining spacer secti

Abstract: Disclosed is a ski sled for skiing or sledding with detachably mountable wheel assemblies for conversion to scooting use. The ski sled has identical and interchangeable ski members for assembling the ski members in tandem relationship, in side-by-side relationship or in a combination of tandem and side-by-side relationships.

Abstract: A combination carrier, chair, and lounge/table assembly is disclosed formed from two frames having portions thereof that extend out of the planes of the frames. The frames are pivotable through 180.degree. from a collapsed position to a fully opened position. The frames may be maintained in an intermediate approximately 120.degree. spaced position by a strut joining the two frames. The strut is releasable with respect to one of the frames to serve as a pulling handle for the carrier, which includes wheels and skids.

Abstract: The skis are intended to convert a stroller temporarily into a sled. Each ski is at least as long as the distance between the front and rear edges of the wheels on one side of the stroller and comprises a flat runner having at least one, preferably both ends curved upwardly and a clamping means on the upper surface of each runner for detachably holding each wheel in position on the ski by providing tension forces on the wheels in opposing longitudinal and lateral directions. Preferably, stop members are provided to prevent lateral movement of the wheels on the skis.

Abstract: A boat trailer specifically designed to permit retrieval thereof when the wheels rotatably mounted thereon have fallen off an underwater precipice of the type often encountered when launching a boat at a boat ramp. A pair of wedge or ramp shaped members are integrally formed with or fixedly secured to the underside of a conventional boat trailer frame, just forwardly of the trailer wheels. The respective base portions of the ramp members abut the underside of the side rails of such trailer frame, and the respective trailing edges of the ramp members depend to such base portions, just forwardly of the respective wheel members, extending to a point just below the axis of rotation of such wheel members. The respective operative surfaces of the ramp members correspond to the hypotenuse of a triangle and slidingly engage the transverse edge of the precipice when the trailer is retrieved from the water.

Abstract: A motorcycle having a body carried on front and rear power-driven wheels in which the wheels are provided with novel tread design cooperating with the body and portions thereof to literally pump water rearwardly while confining it to ridge or crest form centered on the longitudinal centerline of the vehicle whereby to enable the vehicle to travel over water. The body is closed at its top, opposite sides and also at its front and rear ends by front and rear fender wells, respectively, creating an air chamber beneath which the front wheel pumps water to flow rearwardly as aforesaid.

Abstract: A device for converting boot-attached ice skates into roller skates and having a casing which fits over the skate, and is buckled to it at about its center by a belt and is attached to the blade at its rear by means of an elasticized band or spring which can be easily attached or released. The casing is equipped with roller skate wheels which rotate upon shafts which are embedded in rubber or any other similar material, to provide resilience to the wheels.

Abstract: A snowmobile support dolly has a pair of two-wheeled H-frame ski dollies and a caster wheeled H-frame track dolly for supporting the steering skis and drive track, respectively, of a snowmobile. The ski dollies clamp to the bottom of the steering skis, and the track dolly has spaced transverse members which hold it in place between the transverse ribs of the track, so that the snowmobile is easily wheeled about.

Abstract: A front support member is pivotally affixed to the undersurface of a body-supporting board close to the front and equidistant from the sides thereof. A pair of rear support members are affixed to the undersurface of the board in spaced parallel relation close to the rear and equidistant from the sides thereof. Each of the support members comprises a block having a bore formed therethrough spaced from and parallel to the undersurface of the board. A front ski member and a pair of rear ski members have spaced ears with coaxial bores formed therethrough. The ears are spaced a distance from each other sufficient to accommodate the blocks of the support members therebetween with the bores of the block coaxial with the bores of the ears. Bolts pass through the bearings in the bores of the ears and the bores of the blocks to removably affix the ski members to the support members in a manner whereby the ski members are rotatable in planes perpendicular to the undersurface of the board.

Abstract: A trash cart for storing garbage bags comprises an open-top container having a bottom and a continuous substantially vertical side wall having a top edge and a hollow domed cover having an inwardly-turned rim, the inner edge of the rim extending to the top edge of the side wall, the cover overhanging the container by substantially to the extent of the rim, whereby, when the cover is closed on the container, the cart has the appearance of a large mushroom or toadstool, the cart having wheels at the rear end and runners on the bottom for transport over snow and a flexible strap/handle for pulling the cart, the cover having an opening to receive the handle in a manner to prevent opening of the cover by animals, the cover being hinged to the container and a brace for the hinge forming a compartment in the cover for extra empty garbage bags, the container having a capacity to store a plurality of filled garbage bags and the domed cover being capable of storing at least one full garbage bag.

Abstract: A combination sled and wagon comprising a vehicle having first and second sides, runners disposed on the first and second sides, the sides having open ended slots therein, wheels mounted on axles adapted to be disposed in the slots and adapted to be removed therefrom, the wheels being operative to support the vehicle when the axles are disposed in the slots, and the runners being operative to support the vehicle when the axles are removed from the slots.

Abstract: A recreational vehicle skid support includes a pair of skids suspended beneath a vehicle in an operative position in which they are disposed slightly above a road surface, when tires of the vehicle are properly inflated, and adapted for movement in fore and aft directions relative to the direction of vehicle travel. The skids are individually fixed against rearwardly directed movement by a link chain, and resiliently constrained against forwardly directed movements by a coil spring.

Abstract: Mobile platform units for separate selective engagement with the normal ground contact elements of aircraft undercarriage components (inclusive of wheels and tires, etc.) for distributing the usual highly concentrated loadings thereof over a greater ground contact area. The mobile units have a platform supported above ground level by rolling support components that may comprise a plurality of rotatably mounted rollers, or wheels, and/or endless belt tracks disposed thereabout to collectively provide a total ground contact area which is greater than that of the aircraft ground contact element being supported. Ramp components of resilient construction are hinged to the platform in a manner providing a downturned inwardly disposed leg that is adjacent to the rotatably mounted rollers, etc. when the ramp is in a down position whereby the weight of an aircraft on the resilient ramp moves the downwardly turned leg to an interfering position providing braking action for the units.

Abstract: A bracket has symmetrical halves having indentations formed therein for accommodating the runner of a sled. The halves have transverse bores formed therethrough for accommodating a bolt for affixing them to each other on opposite sides of the runner. The lower parts of the halves are spaced from each other for rotatably accommodating a roller therebetween.

Abstract: A device which can be used to transport ski boots, poles and skis over both snow and clear terrain. It comprises an elongated member which supports wheels, a member for sliding over snow, means for supporting ski boots and means for supporting poles and skis. The device is collapsible so that its size when not being used to carry skis is substantially less than when it is in its full extended configuration.

Abstract: Recreational vehicle comprises a riding platform having provided therein a centrally disposed aperture, with a single wheel mounted in the aperture. A first pair of skid means is spaced on either side of the plane of the wheel and projects forwardly of the wheel. A second pair of skid means is spaced on either side of the plane of the wheel and projects rearwardly of the wheel. A manual support means is affixed to the platform to provide for support of a standing rider. When riding the vehicle, speed can be controlled by the rider shifting weight, with a backward shift causing the rearward skids to contact the terrain and provide a braking action.

Abstract: This three-point contact cambering vehicle with lateral and fore and aft stability comprises an upright main frame, a pair of elongated trailing arms having forward end portions pivotally connected to opposite sides of the main frame on a common lateral axis and extending rearwardly therefrom, a stabilizer connection between the arms supported by the main frame interconnecting front portions of the arms to each other so that the arms move in equal and opposite directions in response to cambering of the vehicle. The free end portions of the trailing arms support wheels or other contact means. The main frame supports a steerable front wheel or other contact operatively connected to a steering mechanism manually manipulated by a vehicle operator standing and shifting weight in a natural manner on left and right foot pads secured to the respective free ends of the trailing arms. This is a light weight vehicle providing improved stability at rest and stability and maneuverability in motion.

Abstract: A four wheeled undercarriage is mounted to a snowmobile body having a tunnel from which the endless track drive assembly has been removed. The ski-mounting brackets of the snowmobile support the front end of the snowmobile body on a front axle bolster and two steerable wheels. Steering is accomplished through one of these brackets. The rear end of the snowmobile body is supported by two suspension spring assemblies on a triangular rear wheel support frame and two rear wheels. A transversely extending undercarriage positioning bar installed in a forward portion of the snowmobile tunnel positions the forward end of the triangular support frame and adjustably positions the attitude of the front axle bolster to control the camber of the steerable wheels. A stabilizer bar between the rear support frame and the snowmobile body allows vertical movement but restricts lateral movement of the snowmobile body with respect to the rear wheels.

Abstract: An improved roller sled is provided with simple and inexpensive removable clamping members for the roller wheels, which members are slidably mounted and locked together without the use of bendable and shearable bolts and nuts. Preferably the roller sled is further provided with dampened pivotal roller wheels and a friction coated bed.