Patent ID: 6068353
Filing Date: 2000-05-30
Classification: B62D

Abstract:
A track apparatus having a frame, the track apparatus mountable on a rotatable axle of a vehicle, comprising:a continuous flexible track having an upper length and a ground-engaging lower length and including an inner surface;a drive wheel mountable to the rotatable axle of the vehicle for rotational movement therewith, the drive wheel engaging the inner surface of the flexible track along the upper length to drive the flexible track in response to rotation of the axle of the vehicle;a generally solid, leading idler wheel rotatably mounted on the distal end of the leading idler arm and having a radially outer surface which engages the inner surface of the flexible track, the leading idler wheel including a first set of spaced voids extending therethrough so as to allow the leading idler wheel to be resilient in response to an external force on the radially outer surface thereof.