Patent ID: 9556595
Date: 2017-01-31
CPC Classifications: E02F

Claim:
1. A wear member for an earth-working implement, the wear member comprising: a body having front, rear, top, bottom, inner side and outer side portions, wherein a cutting edge is defined along at least a portion of a bottom interface between the front portion and the bottom portion; a contoured upper front surface defined on the front portion, the contoured upper front surface extending between: a contoured lower front surface formed on the front portion of the body adjacent the contoured upper front surface, the contoured lower front surface defined between an inner side edge, which is disposed along an inner side interface between the front portion and the inner side portion, the cutting edge, and the ridge; and a rear surface defined on the rear portion and defining a rear surface plane, the rear surface plane substantially parallel to a normal-lateral plane, wherein a spearhead vertical angle, measured between the normal-lateral plane and the contoured upper front surface adjacent the spearhead edge, is in a range between about 10 degrees and about 25 degrees.