Patent ID: 8677936
Filing Date: 2014-03-25
Classification: A01J

Abstract:
1. A breakaway assembly in combination with a milker unit detacher support arm, the breakaway assembly comprising: a detacher first arm segment having a connection point for being joined to a milker unit detacher, and having a first bearing surface; a detacher second arm segment having a second bearing surface releasably engaged with the first bearing surface when the breakaway assembly is in an engaged configuration, and having an end portion for supporting a milker unit; a cable joined to the detacher first arm segment and the detacher second arm segment to join the detacher first arm segment to the detacher second arm segment when the breakaway assembly is in a disengaged configuration; and a tensioning mechanism joined to the cable to tension the cable to at least partially maintain the detacher first arm segment first bearing surface and the detacher second arm segment second bearing surface in the engaged position, and to at least partially realign the detacher first arm segment and the detacher second arm segment from the disengaged position to the engaged position.