Detachable cutting edge and tip adapter for loader buckets

Claim 1

An earthworking implement having a forwardly extended support plate, a cutting edge mounted on a bottom side of said support plate and extending past a forward edge thereof, a support member fixedly secured to a top side of said support plate, an adapter mounted on said support member and having a removably secured earthworking tip thereon extending forwardly of a forward edge of said cutting edge, and said adapter being mounted on said support member by a closely mating tongue formed integrally therwith and a mating groove arrangement formed in said support member extending longitudinally therealong, respectively said adapter having substantial surface portions formed thereon to abut a forward end of said support member for transmitting forces from said tip to said support member and support plate directly, common attaching means constituting a single bolt extending through each of said cutting edge, support plate, support member and adapter detachably mounting said cutting edge and adapter on said support plate and support member, respectively, pin means disposed rearwardly on said tongue and groove arrangement and extending transversely through said support member and said adapter for preventing vertical movement of said adapter relative to said support member.