Guiding and supporting track for vehicles supported by fluid cushions

Claim 1

A TRANSPORT SYSTEM BY TRACKED GROUND EFFECT VEHICLE COMPRISING IN COMBINATION: A TRACK WHICH IS IN CROSS SECTION IN THE GENERAL SHAPE OF AN INVERTED T WITH AN UPWARDLY PROJECTING CENTRAL UPRIGHT PORTION COMPRISING TWO OUTWARDLY FACING, SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICAL SIDE SURFACES AND TWO LATERAL WING PORTIONS EXTENDING SIDEWAYS FROM THE FOOT OF SAID CENTRAL UPRIGHT PORTION AND COMPRISING EACH AN UPWARDLY FACING, GENERALLY PLANAR SURFACE HAVING A SLANT S WITH RESPECT TO THE HORIZONTAL, AND, A VEHICLE WHICH COMPRISES INWARDLY OPPOSITE GUIDING MEANS BEARING AGAINST SAID OUTWARDLY FACING SIDE SURFACES, FOR GUIDING SAID VEHICLE BY REACTION FORCE SURFACES, FOR GUIDING SAID VEHICLE BY REACTION FORCE THEREON, AND DOWNWARDLY PROJECTING SEALS DESIGNED TO PERIPHERALLY BOUND FLUID CUSHIONS FOR BEARING SAID VEHICLE ON BOTH SAID UPWARDLY FACING, SLANTING ING IN PLANES GENERALLY PARALLEL TO AND ADJACENT SAID SLANTING SURFACES, SAID FLUID CUSHIONS BEING IN PART DEFINED BY A MEAN LEAKAGE GAP HEIGHR H MEASURED BETWEEN SAID LOWER FREE EDGES AND SAID SLANTING SURFACES AND BY A GEOMETRIC WIDTH W MEASURED BETWEEN POINTS OF SAID FREE EDGES WHICH ARE OPPOSITE TO EACH OTHER TRANSVERSELY WITH RESPECT TO THE DIRECTION OF MOTION OF THE VEHICLE, THE SAID SLANT S, THE SAID HEIGHT H AND THE SAID WIDTH W BEING INTERRELATED BY THE RELATION