Patent ID: 8215867

Claim:
A compacting device for attachment to an earthmoving machine to compact a substrate, the compacting device comprising: a base adapted to be mounted to said earthmoving machine; one or more support members extending from the base; one or more bearings, the or each bearing being mounted to an end of the one or more support members; a shaft rotatably supported within the one or more bearings; and a plurality of wheel assemblies mountable to said shaft such that said one or more support members extend between said wheel assemblies, at least one wheel assembly of the plurality of wheel assemblies comprising: a first plurality of ground-contacting feet positioned around the periphery of the at least one wheel assembly at a first axial side of the at least one wheel assembly; and a second plurality of ground-contacting feet positioned around the periphery of the at least one wheel assembly at a second axial side of the at least one wheel assembly opposing the first axial side, wherein a foot of the first plurality of ground-contacting feet is positioned adjacent to and axially offset from an adjacent foot of the second plurality of ground-contacting feet, and wherein an intended rotational path of the foot of the first plurality of ground-contacting feet axially overlaps an intended rotational path of the adjacent foot of the second plurality of ground-contacting feet, wherein the at least one wheel assembly of the plurality of wheel assemblies further comprises a plurality of foot assemblies, each comprising a foot of the plurality of ground-contacting feet and an adjacent foot of the second plurality of ground-contacting feet and secured to the rim portion of each wheel assembly.