Patent ID: 7367637

Claim:
An endless rubber track for use with a track-laying vehicle having a plurality of rotating elements for receiving and rotating the track so that the track provides supporting contact between the vehicle and a terrain over which the vehicle is to be moved, the endless track comprising: an endless belt having a terrain-facing surface facing outward from the belt and a frictional contact surface facing inward from the belt for frictional contact with at least two of the rotating elements, the belt comprising (a) a main section extending laterally between a pair of outer planes each plane being located at an outer edge of said frictional contact surface and being perpendicular to said frictional contact surface and (b) at least a first cantilevered outer section extending laterally from said main sections to a first respective outer edge of said frictional contact surface, each cantilevered outer section being biased to remain in flat alignment with said main section; and a plurality of terrain-contacting lugs formed integral with and extending outward from the terrain-facing surface, each lug having a lug-thickness dimension, said plurality of terrain-contacting lugs comprising at least one lateral lug extending laterally from the main section into said first cantilever section; wherein each lateral lug includes at least one cantilever cut, which is oriented parallel to a direction of travel of the track, said cantilever cut being specifically positioned in one of said outer planes.