Patent ID: 7299570
Filing Date: 2007-11-27
Classification: E02F,H03K

Abstract:
1. A wear member for attachment to a lip of an excavating bucket comprising a front working portion projecting forward of the lip and a pair of rearward extending legs adapted to straddle the lip, each said leg having an inner surface to face the lip, an opposite outer surface, a rear wall extending generally transverse to the inner surface, a slot opening in the inner surface and the rear wall to receive a boss fixed to the lip, and a hole extending through the leg and opening in the inner and outer surfaces to receive a lock to hold the wear member to the lip, each said hole including a recess adjacent the outer surface for receiving and anchoring a portion of the lock, and each said recess being partially defined by a face positioned between the inner and outer surfaces of the respective leg and facing generally away from the lip, wherein said faces of said recesses are generally parallel to each other.