Undercarriage track link for mobile earthmoving machine
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The dashed broken lines illustrate environmental structure and form no part of the claimed design.
The relatively light shade lines on the surface portions indicate contour and not surface decoration.
Claims
The ornamental design for an undercarriage track link for mobile earthmoving machine, as shown and described.
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Type: Grant
Filed: Jun 29, 2012
Date of Patent: Mar 15, 2016
Assignee: Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, IL)
Inventors: Robert L. Meyer (Metamora, IL), Gregory J. Kaufmann (Metamora, IL), Mark Steven Diekevers (Metamora, IL), Timothy A. Thorson (Morton, IL)
Primary Examiner: Mark Goodwin
Application Number: 29/426,091