Patent ID: 6582258
Filing Date: 2003-06-24
Classification: B60F,B63H

Abstract:
A floating track device for attaching to a drive mechanism of a vehicle for supporting, floating, moving and steering the vehicle on a traveling surface, said floating track device comprising:an endless belt member for weight supporting the vehicle on the traveling surface; said endless belt member including: generally elongated floating members positioned adjacent and in a parallel side-to-side relationship relative to each other so as to form said endless belt member, each of said floating members comprising an inner surface section and an outer surface section, each said inner surface section directly, releasably, and pivotally attached to adjacent said inner surface sections about a longitudinal axis substantially parallel to said inner surface sections so as to allow pivotal movement therebetween, each said inner surface section having an internal corrugation for releasable driving engagement with the vehicle drive mechanism, said outer surface section forming an external corrugation of said endless belt member for traction on the traveling surface; and said inner surface section and outer surface section of a respective said floating member being connected to form a housing in which a buoyant body is disposed.