Patent ID: 9585313
Date: 2017-03-07
CPC Classifications: A01G

Claim:
1. A stump cutter assembly comprising: a driven wheel having a first wheel side surface and a second wheel side surface; a first stump cutter tooth assembly for operative attachment to the first wheel side surface and a second stump cutter tooth assembly for operative attachment to the second wheel side surface; the first stump cutter tooth assembly comprising a first stump cutter tooth and a first bi-directional pocket member; the second stump cutter tooth assembly comprising a second stump cutter tooth and a second bi-directional pocket member; and the first stump cutter tooth assembly being in general transverse alignment with the second stump cutter tooth assembly, wherein the first bi-directional pocket member comprises a first bi-directional pocket body having a radial inward first bi-directional pocket portion and an integral radial outward first bi-directional pocket portion; the radial inward first bi-directional pocket portion containing first attachment bores used to operatively attach the first bi-directional pocket member to the first wheel side surface of the driven wheel; the radial outward first bi-directional pocket portion containing a first retention bore used to retain the first stump cutter tooth therein, wherein the first retention bore extending extends generally parallel to the first wheel side surface, extends generally tangentially relative to an outer diameter of the driven wheel, and passing passes from a first edge surface on a first side of the radial outward first bi-directional pocket portion to an opposing second edge surface on a second side of the radial outward first bi-directional pocket portion; wherein each of the first edge surface and the second edge surface of the first bi-directional pocket member contains a shoulder for nonrotatably retaining the first stump cutter tooth; and wherein the second bi-directional pocket member comprises a second bi-directional pocket body having a radial inward second bi-directional pocket portion and an integral radial outward second bi-directional pocket portion; the radial outward second bi-directional pocket portion containing second attachment bores used to operatively attach the second bi-directional pocket member to the second wheel side surface of the driven wheel; and the radial outward second bi-directional pocket portion containing a second retention bore used to retain the second stump cutter tooth therein, the second retention bore extending generally parallel to the second wheel side surface and passing from a first edge surface on a first side of the radial outward second bi-directional pocket portion to an opposing second edge surface on a second side of the radial outward second bi-directional pocket portion, wherein each of the first edge surface and the second edge surface of the second bi-directional pocket member contains a shoulder for nonrotatably retaining the second stump cutter tooth.