Wheel substitutes for land vehicles – Tracks or treads – With resiliently biased ground engaging portion
Reexamination Certificate
2007-09-11
2010-06-08
Morano, S. Joseph (Department: 3617)
Wheel substitutes for land vehicles
Tracks or treads
With resiliently biased ground engaging portion
C305S189000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07731306
ABSTRACT:
A replaceable wear pad for a crawler track of a tracked vehicle includes base plates for fastening thereto wear pads in a detachable manner, the wear pad includes a tread and a bottom side lying opposite to the tread and facing the base plate, the wear pad containing at least one reinforcing element, and the reinforcing element being molded-in by the wear pad material, the reinforcing element includes at least two holes and the wear pad includes cavities that run coaxially to the holes of the reinforcing element and, coming from the bottom side, end above the reinforcing element and at a distance to the same with the cavities serving the purpose of accommodating fastening devices which are fastened to the reinforcing element of the wear pad.
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Exhibit A: Tufpads.com website printout (2 pages) (undated but admitted to be prior art).
Exhibit B: Bridgestone MT Pad Brochure (6 pages) (undated but admitted to be prior art).
Exhibit C: Trackpads.com website printout (2 pages) (undated but admitted to be prior art).
Exhibit D: Photos of prior art reinforcing element in cross-section of wear pad (3 pages) (undated but admitted to be prior art).
Exhibit E: BLS Poly Bolt-On Track Pads brochure (2 pages) (undated but admitted to be prior art).
Exhibit F: Tufpads Truck Pads brochure (2 pages) (undated but admitted to be prior art).
Exhibit G: Artliner.co website printout (5 pages) (undated but admitted to be prior art).
Busley Peter
Tewes Guenter
Beavers Lucian Wayne
Kotter Kip T
Morano S. Joseph
Waddey & Patterson , P.C.
Wirtgen GmbH
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