Patent ID: 8522843

Claim:
A pocket member for retaining a stump cutter tooth to a selected side of a driven wheel, the pocket member comprising: a main body portion having a mounting surface disposed in a first plane; the main body portion containing a first mounting aperture having a first mounting axis being generally perpendicular to the mounting surface, and the main body further containing a second mounting aperture having a second mounting axis generally perpendicular to the mounting surface; and a tooth support body portion projecting from the main body portion, and the tooth support body portion containing a tooth retention bore having a longitudinal axis that is generally parallel to the first plane; the tooth support body portion having a first tooth support surface generally transverse to the tooth retention bore and a second tooth support surface generally transverse to the tooth retention bore; and wherein a working axis being defined by a line passing through a first point at the intersection of the first mounting axis and the first plane and the second mounting axis and the first plane; a support axis being perpendicular to the working axis and intersecting the working axis at a point mid-way between the first point and the second point; and the first tooth support surface being offset from the support axis by a first offset distance and the second tooth support surface being offset from the support axis by a second offset distance.