Patent ID: 7174614

Claim:
A device for facilitating connection of first and second terminal ends of a vehicle track in order to form a closed loop of track, the device comprising: a first coupling end including a first engagement face including a first defined channel having three sides for receiving or otherwise engaging the first terminal end of the vehicle track, and a first through-hole; a second coupling end including a second engagement face including a second defined channel having three sides for receiving or otherwise engaging the second terminal end of the vehicle track, and an internally-threaded receiver; and an externally-threaded drive rod having first and second drive rod ends, with the first drive rod end extending freely through the first through-hole and terminating with a fitting, and the externally-threaded drive rod extending engagingly through the internally-threaded receiver, wherein turning the fitting causes the drive rod to turn, thereby drawing the first and second terminal ends of the vehicle track together to facilitate connection thereof to form the closed loop of track.