ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,371,114, issued on July 29.
"Anti-jam track wheel assembly" was invented by Glen Brazier (Karlstad, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An endless track assembly that mounts to a vehicle drive linkage. The track assembly includes a belted track, drive sprocket and sets of longitudinally and laterally offset ramp/road and idler/road wheels mounted to parallel sets of vertically offset coplanar axles that support interior track surfaces. Axles mounted adjacent forwardmost and aftmost ramp/road wheels support "anti-jam" wheels that are longitudinally and vertically offset from the other axles at the framework to prevent a kinking of the tr...