Patent ID: 7131808

Claim:
A retaining wedge comprising an elongated, tapered body having a longitudinal axis and a pair of diverging side edges, at least one of said side edges having depressions therein to facilitate gripping of the wedge by an edge of a slot within which the wedge is disposed, said body having a head and a tip at opposite ends of the body, said body being wider at the head than the tip, said at least one side edge having multiple pairs of successive first and second edge portions that slope outwardly relative to said longitudinal axis as each edge portion progresses in a direction toward the head of the body away from the tip, with each first and second edge portion extending from the outermost end of the preceding first and second edge portion. each first edge portion sloping outwardly at a first angle and each second edge portion sloping outwardly at a second angle that is less than the first angle.