Collapsible snow scooter

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A COLLAPSIBLE SNOW SCOOTER COMPRISING: LONGITUDINAL FOOT-SUPPORTING NORMALLY SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTALLY POSITIONED PLATFORM MEANS, SAID LONGITUDINAL PLATFORM MEANS HAVING A FRONT END AND A REAR END AND BEING PROVIDED ADJACENT TO SAID FRONT END WITH NORMALLY UPWARDLY DIRECTED STEERING POST MEANS EFFECTIVELY ROTATIVELY COUPLED WITH RESPECT TO SAID PLATFORM MEANS FOR MANUALLY CONTROLLED ROTATION AROUND A SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICAL AXIS IN RESPONSE TO ROTARY ACTUATION OF SAID STEERING POST MEANS; A FRONT SNOW-ENGAGEABLE PLANING MEANS SPACEDLY UNDERLYING A FRONT PORTION OF SAID PLATFORM MEANS AND A BOTTOM END OF SAID STEERING POST MEANS AND BEING PROVIDED WITH UPWARDLY DIRECTED RIGID CONNECTION AND STRUCTURAL SUPPORTING MEANS RIGIDLY CONNECTING SAME WITH RESPECT TO SAID BOTTOM END OF SAID STEERING POST MEANS; CONTROLLABLY COLLAPSIBLE STEERING POST MOUNTING AND SUPPORT MEANS EFFECTIVELY INTERCONNECTING A LOWER PORTION OF SAID STEERING POST MEANS WITH RESPECT TO SAID FRONT SNOW-ENGAGEABLE PLANING MEANS AND WITH RESPECT TO SAID FRONT PORTION OF SAID PLATFORM MEANS FOR CONTROLLABLE MOVEMENT INTO AN OPERATIVE POSITION WITH SAID STEERING POST MEANS POSITIONED IN SAID NORMALLY UPWARDLY DIRECTED RELATIONSHIP WITH RESPECT TO SAID PLATFORM MEANS AND SAID FRONT SNOWENGAGEABLE PLANING MEANS AND FOR CONTROLLABLE COLLAPSING AND FOLDING PIVOTAL MOVEMENT OF SAID STEERING POST MEANS ABOUT A HORIZONTAL AXIS POSITIONED IMMEDIATELY ABOVE SAID FRONT PORTION OF SAID PLATFORM MEANS, WITH SAID STEERING POST MEANS POSITIONED SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO, AND LYING CLOSELY VERTICALLY ADJACENT TO, SAID LONGITUDINAL PLATFORM MEANS, SAID CONTROLLABLY COLLAPSIBLE STEERING POST MOUNTING AND SUPPORT MEANS COMPRISING TWO ANGULARLY DOWNWARDLY AND FORWARDLY OUTWARDLY DIVERGINGLY DIRECTED STRUCTURAL MEMBERS HAVING REAR ENDS PROVIDED WITH, AND PIVOTALLY CONNECTED WITH RESPECT TO, PIVOTAL JUNCTION MEANS CARRIED BY SAID STEERING POST MEANS LONGITUDINALLY SPACED FROM THE BOTTOM END THEREOF, SAID TWO STRUCTURAL MEMBERS HAVING FORWARD END PORTIONS CONTROLLABLY LOCKABLY ENGAGEABLE IN EITHER OF TWO DIFFERENT LONGITUDINALLY DISPLACED EXTREME POSITIONS RELATIVE TO SAID FRONT SNOWENGAGEABLE PLANING MEANS WHEREBY TO PROVIDE FOR SAID CONTROLLED PIVOTAL MOVEMENT OF SAID STEERING POST MEANS BETWEEN HORIZONTAL FULLY COLLAPSED POSITION AND SAID UPRIGHT OPERATIVE POSITION AND FOR THE EFFECTIVE LOCKING OF SAME IN SAID UPRIGHT OPERATIVE POSITION; AND A REAR SNOW-ENGAGEABLE PLANING MEANS SPACEDLY UNDERLYING A REAR PORTION OF SAID PLATFORM MEANS IN SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME MANNER AS THE SPACED UNDERLYING RELATIONSHIP OF SAID FRONT SNOW-ENGAGEABLE PLANING MEANS WITH RESPECT TO THE FRONT PORTION OF SAID PLATFORM MEANS AND POSITIONED IMMEDIATELY THEREBEHIND AND BEING PROVIDED WITH UPWARDLY DIRECTED RIGID CONNECTION AND STRUCTURAL SUPPORTING MEANS RIGIDLY CONNECTING SAME WITH RESPECT TO SAID PLATFORM MEANS ADJACENT TO SAID REAR END OF SAID PLATFORM MEANS FOR SUPPORTING RELATIONSHIP WITH RESPECT TO SAID REAR END OF SAID PLATFORM MEANS.