US 12,246,784 B2
Device to enhance the traction of a tracked vehicle
John Menzies Burling, Eltham (NZ)
Assigned to JB Innovations Limited, New Plymouth (NZ)
Appl. No. 17/294,219
Filed by JB Innovations Limited, New Plymouth (NZ)
PCT Filed Nov. 15, 2019, PCT No. PCT/NZ2019/050151
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 14, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/101508, PCT Pub. Date May 22, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 748475 (NZ), filed on Nov. 16, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0017164 A1, Jan. 20, 2022
Int. Cl. B62D 55/28 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 55/28 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device for use with a continuous track of a tracked vehicle to enhance the traction of the vehicle, the track having a tread with recesses, the device comprising:
a first component and a second component, each of the first component and the second component having:
an elongate body having a first slot and a second slot at a first end of the elongate body or nearer the first end of the elongate body than a second end of the elongate body, and a third slot at the second end of the elongate body or nearer the second end of the elongate body than the first end of the elongate body, each of the slots configured to receive a fastener;
a plurality of ground engaging features extending upwardly from the elongate body;
a U-shaped bracket having an outwardly extending portion with a track engaging surface for engaging a top surface of the track, a downwardly extending portion, and an inwardly extending portion with a track engaging surface for engaging a lower surface of the track, a portion of the outwardly extending portion proximal the downwardly extending portion is wider than a portion of the outwardly extending portion distal the downwardly extending portion; and
a first fastener and a second fastener;
wherein the device has a first configuration in which the first fastener extends through the first slot of the first component and the third slot of the second component and the second fastener extends through the first slot of the second component and the third slot of the first component, the fasteners securing the first and second components together, and a second configuration in which the first fastener extends through the second slot of the first component and the third slot of the second component and the second fastener extends through the second slot of the second component and the third slot of the first component, the fasteners securing the first and second components together.