Patent ID: 7854483

Claim:
A track for crawler vehicles, the track having a longitudinal axis, and comprising: a plurality of shoes, and an endless drive member connecting the shoes to one another so that a first and second edge, crosswise to the longitudinal axis, of each shoe are adjacent to the second and first edge, respectively, of respective adjacent shoes; each shoe having a work surface with arrow-shaped teeth, which comprise a front portion of one arrow-shaped tooth and a rear portion of another arrow-shaped tooth spaced apart on the work surface and complementary in shape; each portion of arrow-shaped tooth of each shoe cooperating with a relative complementary portion on a respective adjacent shoe to define a complete arrow-shaped tooth; and the complementary front and rear portions of each complete arrow-shaped tooth are located a first distance apart, measured along the longitudinal axis between a rear end of the front portion and a front forwardmost end of the rear portion of the adjacent shoe, to define a gap; wherein each front portion of each arrow-shaped tooth comprises two first ribs that intersect at a point along the longitudinal axis to form an apex facing the first edge; wherein on each shoe, a leading rib parallel to the longitudinal axis extends from the apex towards the first edge wherein the leading rib has a height extending from the shoe that is less than the height of the apex.