Patent ID: 8312650

Claim:
A wear member for attachment to a lip of an excavating bucket wherein the lip has an inner surface, an outer surface and at least one through-hole extending through the lip, the through-hole opening in each of the inner and outer surfaces and having a shoulder defined between the inner and outer surfaces, the wear member comprising a front end to contact materials to be gathered into the bucket during excavating, an inner leg to extend along the inner surface of the lip, the inner leg including an inner surface to set against the inner surface of the lip, an opposite outer surface, and a hole extending through the inner leg that generally aligns with the through-hole in the lip when the wear member is placed on the lip to receive a lock to hold the wear member to the lip, an outer leg to extend along the outer surface of the lip, the outer leg being shorter than the inner leg and ending forward of the through-hole, a recess in the inner leg to each lateral side of the hole, each recess opening in the hole and in the outer surface of the inner leg to receive laterally projecting arms of the lock, and a bearing surface in each recess to contact the respective arm of the lock so that the wear member is held to the lip.