Patent ID: 7185958
Filing Date: 2007-03-06
Classification: B62D

Abstract:
1. An elastic crawler comprising a crawler body formed of a rubber elastic material in an endless belt so that each of a series of rollers rotatively move on right and left elastically bendable side regions of an inner surface of the crawler body, said elastically bendable side regions extending outward beyond right and left ends of the rollers in a direction toward a respective circumferential edge of the crawler body and being elastically bendable about an axis that extends in a circumferential direction of the crawler, wherein: for preventing the elastically bendable side regions from being cracked when either of the side regions of the elastic crawler is bent about said axis that extends in a circumferential direction of the crawler, a reinforcement is provided extending outwardly in a thickness direction of the crawler body in an area of the crawler body extending at least partially under said right and left ends of each of the rollers, said reinforcement being provided on the inner surface of the crawler body, and continuously formed in the circumferential direction of the crawler body.