Patent ID: 7658024

Claim:
A universal digging tooth attachment apparatus adapted to be secured to a lip portion of a ground engaging implement, said universal digging tooth attachment comprising: a first element having an elongate section defining a first generally planar surface for abutting and engaging with one face of a bottom wall of said earth moving implement when said first element is secured thereto; a second element having an elongate section defining a second generally planar surface for abutting and engaging with a second face of the bottom wall of said earth moving implement directly opposite from said elongate section of said first element when said second element is secured to said earth moving implement; with one of said first and second elements having an earth engaging tooth projecting therefrom; and wherein said first and second elements are interconnected to each other by a slip joint allowing for variable positioning of the first and second elements relative to each other and thereby permitting adjustment of a vertical distance between said first and second planar surfaces while maintaining said first and second elements interconnected to each other throughout the range of adjustment, and wherein the slip joint includes cooperating instrumentalities on said first and second elements for establishing a plurality of vertically spaced fulcrum supports about which the first and second elements can be adjusted relative to each other.