Patent ID: 8356432

Claim:
A wear assembly for excavating equipment comprising: a base fixed to the excavating equipment and having a supporting nose and a bearing surface; a wear member including a front end to contact materials to be excavated by the excavating equipment, a rear end, a socket opening in the rear end for receiving the supporting nose of the base, and an opening, the socket being defined by a top wall, a bottom wall and side walls and including a longitudinal axis, at least one of the top and bottom walls including a pair of centrally located stabilizing surfaces inclined relative to each other in different transverse directions so as to laterally converge toward a central location along the respective top or bottom wall and positioned to bear against complementary surfaces on the nose to resist both vertical and horizontal loads during excavating, each said side wall including a pair of side stabilizing surfaces inclined relative to each other in different transverse directions so as to laterally converge toward a central location along the respective side wall and be positioned to bear against complementary surfaces on the nose to resist both vertical and horizontal loads during excavating, and each said stabilizing surface and each said side stabilizing surface axially extending substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis; and a lock received into the opening of the wear member and in contact with the bearing surface of the base to hold the wear member to the excavating equipment.