Patent ID: 7004474

Claim:
A seal for an endless track of a construction vehicle, the seal being mounted to the endless track and being elastically deformable along an axial direction of the seal into a compressed state, the seal comprising: right and left bushing-side portion of legs extending in a direction toward a bushing and outwardly away from one another; right and left opposite bushing-side portions of the legs extending in a direction away from the bushing and outwardly away from one another; and a protrusion extending from an intersection of the legs only in a bushing-side direction farther than a plane connecting bushing-side end portions of the right and left bushing-side portions of the legs, said protrusion having an end surface parallel to said plane such that said end surface contacts said bushing to provide a sealing surface when said seal is mounted to said endless track; a vacant gap portion disposed directly opposite to said protrusion, wherein the right and left bushing-side portion of the legs are moved to be adjacent the right and left opposite bushing-side portions of the legs, respectively, and said vacant gap portion collapses when the seal is elastically deformed in the compressed state thereof.