Patent ID: 8443504

Claim:
A pin tool assembly for forcibly removing a first type of retaining pin from a digging tooth arranged in side-by-side relation relative to other digging teeth across a forward edge of a digging implement, said pin tool assembly comprising: a tool defining a blind recess disposed in laterally spaced relation relative to one side of said tool, with said blind recess opening to one end of said tool, and with said tool defining a predetermined diameter for said blind recess; an elongated pin extractor having axially aligned first and second ends, said pin extractor including an enlarged head portion and a shank portion extending from said head portion; and instrumentalities including a stabilizer on at least one of the enlarged head portion of said elongated pin extractor and the blind recess in said tool for maintaining and positioning said extractor pin relative said tool such that, when a force is applied to a striking face of said tool, the shank portion of said elongated pin extractor engages with and forcibly extracts the retaining pin from said digging tooth.