Patent ID: 8024874

Claim:
A wear member for protecting a digging edge of an excavating bucket, the wear member comprising: a front portion adapted to contact abrasive materials during digging by the excavating bucket; a pair of rearwardly extending legs that define a cavity therebetween to receive the digging edge, the cavity being open at a rear end to receive the digging edge and having a front end that dips downward relative to the rear end and is closed by a rearward facing abutting surface defining a front abutting surface, the front end being defined by an upper surface, a lower surface, and the front abutting surface that extends between the upper and lower surfaces, the upper surface, the lower surface and the front abutting surface each overlying and bearing against corresponding walls of the digging edge to resist loads applied during digging, the upper and lower surfaces being inclined in the same general direction relative to a central plane of the digging edge, the lower surface generally facing toward the front abutting surface, and the cavity being laterally open rearward of the front end to accommodate a wider lateral extension of the digging edge beyond the legs; and an opening for receiving a lock to hold the wear member to the digging edge.