Patent ID: 9681654
Date: 2017-06-20
CPC Classifications: A01M,B05B,E05D,Y10T

Claim:
1. A breakaway hinge of a boom for an agricultural vehicle to allow movement away from an obstruction, the breakaway hinge comprising: a first pivot member attached to a first section at an angle α with respect to a vertical line; a second pivot member attached to a second section at an angle θ with respect to the vertical line; a connecting member to hold the first pivot member with respect to the second pivot member so that the second section pivots on one of the first and the second pivot members, wherein as the second section encounters an obstruction as the breakaway hinge is moving in a forward motion the second section is moved upward and away from the obstruction at the angle θ, as the second section encounters the obstruction as the breakaway hinge is moving in a reverse motion the second section is moved upward and away from the obstruction at an angle α.