Patent ID: 7104736

Claim:
A cutting insert comprising: two identical opposing end surfaces, each end surface having four corners including two lowered corners and two raised corners, the lowered corners being closer to a median plane M than the raised corners, each end surface being provided with at least one abutment surface; a peripheral side surface extending between the two opposing end surfaces and comprising two identical opposing major side surfaces and two identical opposing minor side surfaces; and a peripheral edge formed at the intersection of each end surface and the peripheral side surface, each peripheral edge comprising two major edges and two minor edges; wherein, in a side view of a major side surface, the major edges each slope between a corresponding raised corner and a corresponding lowered corner; and wherein, in a side view of a minor side surface, the minor edges each comprise one section that is sloped and another section that is straight, the two sections associated with each minor edge together extending between a corresponding raised corner and a corresponding lowered corner.