Patent ID: 6557954
Filing Date: 2003-05-06
Classification: B62D

Abstract:
A crawler pad for the tread board of a crawler track shoe comprising;a pad body made of elastic material, a metal core buried in the pad body and is provided with a locking member including a surface having ratchet teeth consisting of at least one row of teeth disposed on said surface, a fixed hook including an end that is rigidly secured to an end portion of the metal core and the other end is adapted to hold the tread board, a detachable hook including an end surface facing the locking member, said end surface having ratchet teeth consisting of at least one row of teeth to intermesh with the ratchet teeth of the locking member and the other end of the detachable hook is adapted to hold the tread board, the ratchet teeth on the locking member and the detachable hook being inclined to permit the detachable hook to slide in an inserting direction and to intermesh with one another in a withdrawing direction, thereby allowing the crawler pad on the tread board to be easily replaced when it is requested.