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US 12,576,930 B2Granted
Traction cleat for vehicle tracks
OwnerEdgar Michaelinventor
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Abstract
Certain exemplary embodiments can provide a system including a vehicle, a track, and a set of cleats. The track is coupleable to the vehicle and the set of cleats is coupleable to the track. Each cleat includes a first portion and a second portion. The cleat can be coupled to the track via coupling the first portion to the second portion.
Claims4
A system comprising:
- a vehicle;
- a track, the track coupleable to the vehicle;
- a cleat, the cleat comprising a first portion and a second portion, the cleat coupleable to the track via coupling the first portion to the second portion, the first portion of the cleat comprising a first track retainer, the second portion of the cleat comprising a second track retainer, each of the first track retainer and the second track retainer constructed to wrap around an edge of the track, the first portion of the cleat comprising a first retainer ridge, the first retainer ridge constructed to engage with a first channel of the track, the first portion of the cleat comprising a first part of a second retainer ridge, the second portion of the cleat comprising a second part of the second retainer ridge, the second retainer ridge constructed to engage with a second channel of the track, wherein:
- the first portion is coupleable to the second portion via a threaded fastener engaging with a threaded surface defined by the second retainer ridge;
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- when the first retainer ridge is engaged with the first channel of the track and the second retainer ridge constructed to engage with the second channel of the track, the cleat is restrained from motion in any direction relative to the track.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.