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TANDEM RUNNER BOB SLED
   
Document Number
US Patent 3862766
Issued Date
January 28, 1975
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A low profile bob sled has tandem runners, a front one being steerable and the rear one being rigid. A support framework carries a belly board. The front runner is pivotally coupled to a steering column for floating over a snow surface and can be laterally turned with the steering column. A steering bar extends through the steering column and is aligned fully beneath the plane of the belly board.
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Published
January 28, 1975
Application Number
05/443,132
Filed
February 15, 1974
US Classification
280/16   280/21.1
Int'l Classification
B62B   13/00   (20060101)   B62B   13/10   (20060101)  
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USPTO Field of Search
280/16   280/15   280/21R  
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