Patent ID: 8205362

Claim:
A digging point assembly comprising: a main point body, said body having a longitudinal axis, and a longitudinally extending socket member having a leading end and a trailing end, a socket extending longitudinally of said socket member, said socket opening to said trailing end of said socket member and being adapted to receive a tip or foot of a tyne of an earth working implement for mounting of said main point body to said tyne, said socket further opening at said leading end of said socket member, and at least two sub-parts carried by said main point body, each said sub-part comprising a replaceable wear part adapted to protect different parts of said main point body exposed in use to wear in movement of said digging point assembly through soil, said sub-parts comprising: a first sub-part located in an operative position forwardly of said leading end of said socket member for protecting said leading end of said socket member from wear, said tip or foot of said tyne cooperating with said first sub-part to prevent said first sub-part from moving away from said operative position when said main point body is mounted to said tyne, and a second sub-part, said first sub-part when in said operative position cooperating directly or indirectly with said second said sub-part to prevent the second sub-part from being detached from a position in which it protects a further part of said main body from wear.