Patent ID: 11912355
Assignee: QUANTA ASSOCIATES, L.P.
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 6:
7. A method of modifying an apparatus for traction of an endless track of an endless track vehicle, comprising the steps of:
mounting or integrating a first nut onto and adjacent a first head of a first cleat/bolt;
mounting or integrating a second nut onto and adjacent a second head of a second cleat/bolt;
mounting the first cleat/bolt to a track cleat, wherein a body of the track cleat defines a first bore having a first counterbore, seating the first nut within the first counterbore, and protruding the first cleat/bolt head out of a first end of the body;
mounting the second cleat/bolt to the track cleat, wherein the body of the track cleat defines a second bore having second counterbore, and seating the second nut within the second counterbore, and protruding the second cleat/bolt head out of the first end of the body;
for slippery condition positioning, mounting the track cleat onto a mating channel of the endless track of the endless track vehicle;
for non-slippery condition positioning, dismounting the track cleat from the mating channel of the endless track of the endless track vehicle;
removing the first cleat/bolt from the body of the track cleat;
removing the second cleat/bolt from the body of the track cleat;
mounting another cleat/bolt, selected from the group consisting of the first cleat/bolt and a third cleat/bolt, in the first bore in the track cleat and seating the head of the other cleat/bolt within the first counterbore;
mounting an additional cleat/bolt, selected from the group consisting of the second cleat/bolt and a fourth cleat/bolt, in the second bore in the track cleat and seating the head of the additional cleat/bolt within the second counterbore; and

mounting the track cleat onto the mating channel of the endless track of the endless track vehicle.