Patent ID: 8550391

Claim:
A cutting assembly comprising: a mounting block for attachment to a brush cutting rotary element, the block having a front surface and a top surface, a slot extending into the block rearwardly from the front surface along only part of a length of the block, the slot being open in the top surface, the slot having a cross-section including a laterally enlarged area spaced from the top surface; and a cutting tooth having a top cutting section with opposed front and rear ends defining a length therebetween, a mounting section extending down from a bottom surface of the cutting section, the mounting section having a retaining portion spaced from the cutting section with a cross-section complementary to that of the slot, the tooth connectable to the mounting block by sliding the retaining portion snugly into the slot in the block with a remainder of the tooth resting snugly on the top surface of the block, the retaining portion of the mounting section engaged in the laterally enlarged area preventing the tooth from moving up through the slot, the cutting section, when the tooth is mounted on the block, having at least a quarter of its length extending forwardly from the front of the block with the front end terminating in a cutting edge.