Cross-country snow vehicle

Claim 1

A LIGHT-WEIGHT SNOW VEHICLE COMPRISING AN ELONGATED RUNNER OR LIGHT-WEIGHT METAL HAVING A FLAT BOTTOM FORMED WITH A DOWNWARDLY FACING GROOVE ALONG ITS LONGITUDINAL CENTERLINE, POWER MEANS ON SAID RUNNER ADAPTED TO ENGAGE AND THRUST AGAINST THE SNOW FOR MOVING THE RUNNER THEREOVER, SAID POWER MEANS INCLUDING A CONTINUOUS CHAIN ENTRAINED AROUND PULLEYS AT OPPOSITE ENDS OF SAID RUNNER AND WITH THE LOWER REACH OF THE CHAIN SUPPORTED FOR LONGITUDINAL MOVEMENT THROUGH SAID GROOVE, A PLURALITY OF ANGLE MEMBER CROSS CLEATS OF LIGHT-WEIGHT METAL HAVING ONE OF THEIR LEGS SECURED TO SAID CHAIN IN POSITION TO SWEEP ACROSS THE BOTTOM SURFACE OF SAID RUNNER AND THE OTHER OF THEIR LEGS PROJECTING FROM THE LEADING END OF THE FIRST LEG RELATIVE TO THE DIRECTION OF CHAIN TRAVERSE, STRIPS OF MOISTURE-REPELLENT LOW-FRICTION PLASTIC SECURED TO EACH CLEAT ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID CHAIN WITH THE STRIPS EXTENDING ALONG SUBSTANTIALLY THE ENTIRE BEARING AND LEADING END SURFACES OF THE CLEATS, AND A SEAT ON SAID RUNNER, SAID SEAT BEING FORMED TO SUPPORT A SKI-SHOD OPERATOR ASTRIDE THE SEAT AND WITH HIS SKIS RIDING ON THE SNOW ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE RUNNER FOR CONTROLLING THE DIRECTION OF TRAVEL OF THE VEHICLE.