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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2017
Filed:
May. 08, 2015
Caliber, Inc., Burnsville, MN (US);
Ernest J. Delanghe, Burnsville, MN (US);
Paul Dathe, Plymouth, MN (US);
Caliber, Inc., Burnsville, MN (US);
Abstract
A traction device to engage a track of a tracked vehicle includes spaced apart longitudinal ribs and spaced apart transverse ribs forming a matrix, with at least one longitudinal rib having first gripping elements spaced apart to engage a track of a vehicle having lugs spaced at a first pitch and at least one other longitudinal rib having second gripping elements spaced apart to engage a track of a vehicle having lugs spaced at a second pitch. A number of third gripping elements are arranged across a width of each of the transverse ribs, and the transverse ribs are spaced to engage a track of a vehicle having lugs spaced at a third pitch.