Patent ID: 8087470

Claim:
A tillage point, comprising: a body including a top surface configured to engage soil along a direction of travel, a nose extending from and including at least a portion of the top surface, wherein the nose comprises a substantially rectangular surface configured to engage soil along the direction of travel, wherein the top surface of the is substantially flat along a lateral direction, and the nose is sloped a greater amount relative to a horizontal plane than the body, wherein the top surface has more than one convex bend therein, and a flat surface is positioned on each longitudinal side of each convex bend; a first wing disposed on a first lateral side of the body, and a second wing disposed on a second lateral side of the body, opposite the first lateral side, wherein each wing is angled downwardly with respect to the body about an axis perpendicular to the direction of travel, and each wing comprises a wing root disposed adjacent to the body, a tip extending laterally outward from the wing root, a leading edge, a trailing edge, and a wing body positioned substantially between the wing root, the tip, the leading edge and the trailing edge, wherein a trailing end of each wing root is positioned proximate to the top surface, and a forward end of each wing root is positioned downwardly from the trailing end along a respective lateral side such that the leading edge of each wing is positioned lower than the trailing edge of the wing relative to the top surface, wherein each wing includes a lip extending along a substantial portion of an outer perimeter of each wing, the lip configured to have a greater thickness than the wing body, and wherein the tip is configured to engage the soil at a greater depth than the wing root and at a shallower depth than the nose, and an angle of the leading edge of the wing is less than an angle of the trailing edge of the wing with respect to the body.