Patent ID: 8104199
Filing Date: 2012-01-31
Classification: E02F

Abstract:
1. A ripper boot adapted for use in cleaving through hard ground, said ripper boot characterised by: a carrier portion adapted to be fixedly connected to a shank of a vehicle; a tooth portion, being integral with the carrier portion or in removable engagement therewith, including a longitudinal axis and a socket at a working end thereof, said socket extending partially into the working end of said tooth portion and thereby including a base and one or more side walls extending forwardly of said base, said one or more side walls extending substantially parallel with or at a slight angle relative to said longitudinal axis; and a high tensile tip including a shaft and a conical head said conical head adapted to extend out of the tooth portion to form a first point of contact between the tooth portion and said hard ground, said shaft including a corresponding number of walls to that of said socket, each respective wall being correspondingly shaped; and wherein the shaft of the high tensile tip is locked inside said tooth portion socket by press fitting of the shaft inside the socket such that their respective, correspondingly shaped walls mate.