Patent ID: 9643667
Date: 2017-05-09
CPC Classifications: B62D,Y10T

Claim:
1. A mounting assembly suitable for use in converting a vehicle having a body and a plurality of wheels into a tracked vehicle, the mounting assembly comprising: a first attachment member configured and arranged to be removably attached to a vertical side of the body of the vehicle over an aperture that is exposed in the vertical side when a first wheel axle has been removed from the vehicle, the first attachment member comprising a first surface, a second surface and a transverse through hole extending between the first and second surfaces, with the mounting assembly positionable so that the through hole is brought into registry with the aperture when the mounting assembly is attached to the vertical side of the vehicle, the first attachment member further comprising a plurality of apertures that extend between the first and second surfaces, with the plurality of apertures configured and arranged to correspond to at least one preexisting bolt hole pattern of a wheeled vehicle that is being converted into a tracked vehicle; the mounting assembly further comprising a link having a first segment configured and arranged to be received and retained in the through hole of the first attachment member; wherein the first surface of the first attachment member includes a sleeve that has an inner cross-sectional dimension that is substantially coincident with an inner cross-sectional dimension defined by the transverse through hole, whereby the through hole may be extended beyond the first surface of the first attachment member; wherein the first surface of the first attachment member includes a sleeve that has an inner cross-sectional dimension that is substantially coincident with an inner-cross-sectional dimension defined by the transverse through hole, whereby the through hole may be extended beyond the first surface of the first attachment member.