Patent ID: 8898937

Claim:
An earth engaging assembly comprising: a support member; a wear member telescoped with said support member rearwardly along a first axis; said support member and said wear member having communicating connector openings generally aligned along a second axis transverse to said first axis; and connector apparatus disposed in said connector openings and releasably retaining said wear member on said support member, said connector apparatus comprising: a spool member having a central body portion longitudinally extending parallel to said second axis and having opposite end portions rearwardly bearing against said wear member, a shim member forwardly spaced apart from said spool member and having a central body portion longitudinally extending parallel to said second axis and forwardly bearing against said support member, and first and second ends with rearwardly facing sloped surfaces thereon, and a wedge screw member positioned between said spool member and said shim member and having (1) a threaded, non-tapered body portion longitudinally extending parallel to said second axis and threadingly engaging a front side portion of said central body portion of said spool member, (2) a non-threaded head portion with a tapered side surface rampingly engaging said sloped surface of said first end of said shim member, and (3) a non-threaded point portion with a tapered side surface rampingly engaging said sloped surface of said second end of said shim member, said wedge screw member being threadingly advanceable relative to said spool member to rearwardly move said spool member relative to said shim member and thereby rearwardly move said wear member relative to said support member.