Hitching attachment for a snowmobile

Claim 1

A hitching attachment for a snowmobile comprising a towing bar means having opposite ends, a pivotal connection means provided at one of said ends of said towing bar means and arranged to be detachably connected to a rear portion of a snowmobile, for pivotal movement of the towing bar means relative to the snowmobile, a tubular member open at both ends and fixed intermediate its ends to the other end of said towing bar means and extending transversely of the latter, a pair of laterally spaced-apart sled-engaging members including grips arranged to engage the opposite lateral sides of the curved front of a toboggan and a rod member rigidly secured to each grip and slidably mounted through the open end of said transverse tubular member, whereby said sled-engaging members are laterally displaceable relative to said towing bar means, so that said grip can engage tobaggans of different widths, the inner end of each rod having a head, a compression spring surrounding each rod inside the tubular member, abutting against said head at one end and at the other end against a shoulder formed at the outer end of the tubular member, whereby the two compression coil springs urge the grip members towards each other, said hitching arrangement urging the associated tobaggan to follow into the trace of the towing snowmobile.