Patent ID: 9650764
Date: 2017-05-16
CPC Classifications: B23P,E02F,Y10T

Claim:
1. A method of supplying wear members for excavating equipment to a customer, the method comprising: providing a one-piece wearable component including an exterior surface, a cavity to receive a base on the excavating equipment, and a through-hole in communication with the cavity, the through-hole including a stop; inserting a lock into the through-hole such that the lock is (a) secured to the wearable component and in contact with the stop in a predefined release position that permits the wear member to be installed on the base, (b) retained in the release position regardless of whether the base is received in the cavity or the orientation of the wearable component, and (c) adjustable to contact the base to hold the wear member to the base during operation of the excavating equipment; and shipping the wear member to the customer with the lock secured to the wearable component in the release position.