Patent ID: 8888198

Claim:
A rubber crawler comprising; an endless band-shaped crawler body comprising an elastic material, a plurality of metal cores buried in the crawler body at predetermined intervals in a circumferential direction of the crawler body, each of the metal cores extending in a width direction of the crawler body, holes for engaging with a drive wheel provided at a central portion in the width direction of the crawler body and at predetermined intervals in the circumferential direction of the crawler body, and lugs provided on an outer periphery side of the crawler body with they being divided into left and right sides across the central portion in the width direction, the lugs divided into left and right sides being arranged in zigzag alignment with phase shift in the circumferential direction of the crawler body, wherein each of the lugs is inclined from the central portion to the circumferential direction with respect to the width direction, and each of the lugs is provided with a groove which is extended to the circumferential direction in a width direction central portion of a contact area of the each lug to divide the lug into a central lug portion having a central contact area and an outer lug portion having an outer contact area, and the central contact area and the outer contact areas are continuously in contact with ground in running.