Patent ID: 7066108

Claim:
A device for carrying a milking member, which includes at least a teatcup and which, via a flexible conduit member, is connectable to a milking machine arranged to provide a relatively low pressure, wherein the device includes: a support element, which is fixedly mounted to or at a milking box arranged to receive an animal to be milked; and an arm arrangement which is pivotably connected tothe support element and arranged to support the milking member at least in connection with the application of said teatcup to a teat of the animal, wherein the arm arrangement is moveable from a first position in which the milking member is located beside the animal, to a second position, in which the milking member is located below the animal, wherein the device includes means for locking the milking member, which are arranged to permit locking of the milking member in relation to the arm arrangement in order to facilitate the application of said teatcup to the teat, and wherein the device includes means for locking of the arm arrangement, which are arranged to permit locking of the arm arrangement in relation to the support element in the second position, and further comprising means for releasing of the means for locking the milking member arranged to permit releasing of the locking of the milking member in relation to the arm arrangement after the application of the teatcup, wherein the milking member is partly moveable in relation to the arm arrangement and wherein the milking member is connected to the arm arrangement via the conduit member which is fixedly connected to the arm arrangement.