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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 06, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Bernard Timmer, Conflans Saint Honorine, FR;
Eric Thuillier, Guyancourt, FR;
Assignee:
Giat Industries, Versailles, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B66F 3/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B66F 3/00 ;
Abstract
A track-laying assistance device to hold, at ground-level, a raised end of an opened track having pre-angled connectors, wherein the track-laying assistance device comprises a first element fastened to the part of the track held to the ground and a second mobile element able to be dismounted with respect to the first element and able to push back to ground-level a raised end of the track to allow the vehicle to engage in it. The device may be activated mechanically, hydraulically or pneumatically and is applicable to tracked vehicles.