Patent ID: 8607734

Claim:
A milk tube for a milking unit, the milk tube comprising: a first end region, a second end region, and an intermediate region between and integrally formed with the first end region and the second end region, and the intermediate region is made of a relatively soft material; and the first end region includes: a teat cup joining portion formed of a relatively hard material on an outer periphery of the first end region of the milk tube and the teat cup joining portion defines an annular outwardly open surface for engaging a lower end of a milking cup; and a teat cup liner joining portion formed of a relatively hard material on an outer periphery of the first end region of the milk tube and the teat cup joining portion defines an annular outwardly open teat cup liner joining surface for engaging a lower end of a teat cup liner; and the second end region of the milk tube includes a milk collecting container joining portion.