Couplers have been used in many applications where the teeth and adapters that are mounted on an implement are quite large and/or experience high frequency of change due to rapid wearing of the respective elements. These known couplers must be able to have a tooth quickly assembled thereto or disassembled therefrom and likewise the coupler must be capable of being quickly assembled to or disassembled from the adapter on the implement. Furthermore, high forces imposed on the tooth, during operation, must be readily and effectively transferred through the coupler to the adapter on the implement in order to maintain maximum operating efficiency.
The present invention is directed to overcoming one or more of the problems as set forth above.