Patent ID: 8479838

Claim:
A dozing blade assembly for a tractor comprising: a dozing blade including a first and a second outboard wing, a forwardly located moldboard extending between the first and second outboard wings, and a plurality of rearwardly located push-arm mounts, for coupling the dozing blade assembly with push-arms of the tractor; the dozing blade defining a vertical axis and further including an upper and a lower edge, and a material molding surface located in part on the moldboard, and in part on each of the first and second outboard wings, the material molding surface having a concave vertical profile extending between the upper and lower edges, and a concave horizontal profile; a cutter mounted to the dozing blade and having a proximal edge positioned adjacent the material molding surface, a distal edge, and a compound digging face extending between the proximal edge and the distal edge; and the compound digging face having a center segment oriented at a steep angle of vertical inclination relative to a horizontal plane located beneath the dozing blade and oriented normal to the vertical axis, and a first and a second outer segment adjoining the center segment and each being oriented at a shallow angle relative to the horizontal plane.