Patent ID: 7128021
Filing Date: 2006-10-31
Classification: A01J

Abstract:
1. A mammal milking device, the device comprising: a milk collection container; a vacuum generating device having a longitudinal horizontal axis defined therein; a teat attachment member having a vacuum attachment end and a teat attachment end, the vacuum attachment end having a longitudinal horizontal axis defined therein, wherein the longitudinal horizontal axis of the vacuum attachment end aligned along the longitudinal horizontal axis of the vacuum generating device, the teat attachment member having a longitudinal vertical axis defined therein, wherein the teat attachment end is shaped to be attached to a mammal's teat and the vacuum attachment end is shaped to be attached to the vacuum generating device, wherein the longitudinal vertical axis of the teat attachment member is at an angle of between about 45 and about 135 degrees to the longitudinal horizontal axis of the vacuum attachment end, and wherein the vacuum generating device operates to draw milk from a mammal's teat that is arranged facing generally vertically downward from an udder, through the teat attachment member, and into the milk collection container.