Agricultural sprayer boom assembly with multiple electronically dampened breakaway devices having increased permitted upward deflection

An agricultural sprayer comprising:

• a first boom coupled to a vehicle;
• a second boom coupled to said first boom;
• a third boom coupled to said second boom;
• and
• a first connection disposed between and coupled to said first boom and said second boom to allow movement of said second boom away from an obstruction, the first connection comprising:
• a first member attached to the first boom at a first angle with respect to a first line;
• a second member attached to the second boom at a second angle with respect to the first line;
• a first connecting member which is configured to hold the first member with respect to the second member so that the second boom moves on one of the first and the second members, and so that as the second boom encounters an object while the second boom is moving in a forward motion, the second boom is moved upward and rearward from the first boom, at a first angle;
• and
• said first connecting member is further configured so that if the second boom encounters an object when moving in a reverse motion, the second boom is moved upward and forward from the first boom at a second angle;
• a second connection disposed between and coupled to said second boom and said third boom and configured to allow movement of said third boom away from said second boom, the second connection comprising:
• a third member attached to the second boom at a third angle with respect to a second line;
• a fourth member attached to the third boom at a fourth angle with respect to the second line;
• and
• a second connecting member to hold the third member with respect to the fourth member so that the third boom moves on one of the third and fourth members;
• wherein as the third boom encounters an object when moving in a forward motion, the third boom is moved upward and rearward or an infinite number of combinations thereof from the second boom, and when the third boom encounters the object when moving in a reverse motion the third boom is moved upward and forward or an infinite number of combinations thereof from the second boom.

An agricultural sprayer comprising:

• a first boom coupled to a vehicle;
• a second boom coupled to said first boom;
• a third boom coupled to said second boom;
• and
• a) a second connection disposed between and coupled to said second boom and said third boom and configured to allow movement of said third boom away from said second boom, the second connection comprising:
• a first member attached to the second boom at a first angle with respect to a first line;
• a second member attached to the third boom at a second angle with respect to the first line;
• and
• a second connecting member to hold the first member with respect to the second member so that the third boom moves on one of the first and second members;
• wherein as the third boom encounters an object when moving in a forward motion, the third boom is moved along a path upward and rearward from the second boom, which path requires at least three orthogonal axes to define, and when the third boom encounters the object when moving in a reverse motion the third boom is moved along a path upward and rearward from the second boom, which path requires at least three orthogonal axes to define.

An agricultural sprayer comprising:

• a first boom coupled to a vehicle;
• a second boom coupled to said first boom;
• a third boom coupled to said second boom;
• and
• a connection disposed between said first boom and said second boom and including all points of capable contact therebetween, wherein said all points of capable contact being configured to remain continuously coupled between said first boom and said second boom while allowing movement of said second boom away from an obstruction.