Ripper tooth assembly

Claim 1

MEANS TO SEPARABLY CONNECT A RIPPER TOOTH TO THE TOE ON THE OPERATIVE END OF A SHANK OR THE LIKE AND IN WHICH SAID TOOTH AND SHANK HAVE LATERALLY ENGAGED FACES, THE FACE IN THE TOOTH HAVING A LOCKING ABUTMENT RECESS AND THE FACE IN THE TOE HAVING A LATERALLY UNDERCUT RECESS, SAID MEANS COMPRISING: (A) A DETENT BAR LOOSELY FITTED IN THE UNDERCUT RECESS, (B) A LOCKING DOG HAVING A CAM FACE AND EXTENDING OUTWARDLY FROM THE DETENT BAR, (C) A COMPRESSIBLE ELASTIC PAD BONDED TO THE INNER FACE OF SAID BAR AND ENGAGED WITH THE BOTTOM OF THE UNDERCUT RECESS, AND (D) AN EDGE ON THE TOOTH TO ENGAGE THE CAM FACE OF THE LOCKING DOG, AS THE TOOTH AND TOE ARE BEING ENGAGED, TO DEPRESS SAID DOG AND THE DETENT BAR, TO COMPRESS THE PAD AGAINST THE BOTTOM OF THE UNDERCUT RECESS, THE PAD, WHEN COMPRESSED, EXPANDING INTO THE UNDERCUT PORTIONS OF THE RECESS TO ALLOW THE RECESS IN THE TOOTH TO ACHIEVE REGISTRY WITH THE LOCKING DOG WHICH, BY EXPANSION OF THE PAD, ENTERS THE LATTER RECESS TO LOCK THE TOOTH TO THE TOE.