Work implement assembly using a corner adapter mating with a notched base edge

An adapter for attaching a tool to a work implement using a mounting mechanism, the adapter comprising:

• a body that includes:
• a nose portion that is configured to facilitate the attachment of a tool;
• a first leg;
• a second leg;
• a throat portion that connects the legs and nose portion together;
• and
• at least one of the first leg and the second leg defines an aperture that is configured to receive a mounting mechanism;
• and
• wherein the first and the second legs and the throat portion include an upper surface and a lower surface that at least partially define a slot that includes a closed end and an open end, the slot defining a direction of assembly onto a work implement, a lateral direction that is perpendicular to the direction of assembly, and a vertical direction that is perpendicular to the direction of assembly and the lateral direction, and the slot defines a clearance void disposed at the closed end of the slot, the clearance void being at least partially defined by the closed end and at least one of the upper surface and the lower surface, the body defining a top clearance void vertical extremity and a height measured in the vertical direction from upper surface to the top clearance void vertical extremity, the body also defining a clearance void width measured along the direction of assembly from the closed end to the at least one of the upper surface and the lower surface, and a ratio of the clearance void width to the clearance void height ranges from 2.0 to 3.0, and the upper surface is a sloped surface that extends to a vertical level that is above the top clearance void vertical extremity, the lower surface is a horizontal surface, and the body defines an arcuate boundary surface that solely defines the top clearance void vertical extremity.

A work implement assembly comprising:

• a base edge;
• a corner adapter attached to the base edge making contact with the base edge at a top front point, the corner adapter including
• a body that defines a vertical direction, a horizontal direction, and a vertical plane passing through the body, the body including:
• a nose portion that is configured to facilitate the attachment of a tool and that defines a bottom front point;
• a first bifurcated leg that includes a pair of first leg side surfaces, the first bifurcated leg defining a vertical slot splitting the first bifurcated leg into a first fork portion and a second fork portion;
• a second leg that includes a pair of second leg side surfaces;
• a throat portion that connects the legs and nose portion together;
• and
• at least one of the first fork portion and the second fork portion defines
• an aperture that is configured to receive a horizontal mounting mechanism;
• a tool attached to the nose portion of the corner adapter;
• and
• a side edge inserted into the vertical slot;
• wherein the first and the second legs and the throat portion define a horizontal slot that includes a closed end and an open end, the horizontal slot defining a direction of assembly onto a work implement, and the first bifurcated leg includes a first sloped portion disposed in the vertical slot that contacts the side edge and that defines a first sloped portion surface normal that points vertically upwardly and toward the direction of assembly, and the assembly is configured such that when an upload is applied to the tool, there is a reactionary force at the bottom front point of the adapter nose and at the top front point of the base edge at the closed end of the horizontal slot, and a line that is drawn through the top front point of the base edge and the bottom front point of the nose portion forms a wedge angle in the vertical plane with the first sloped portion ranging from 30 degrees to 80 degrees, thereby creating a wedge configuration into which the corner adapter is pushed.