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US 2009/0260573 A1Published application
Portable Milking Apparatus and Method
OwnerChad Rucksinventor
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Abstract
A portable milking apparatus configured according to principles of the invention includes a platform configured to maintain an animal and an elevator that positions the platform in at least a lowered position, wherein the platform is generally aligned with the ground, and a raised position that enables milking at an ergonomically optimal height. A portable milking method includes elevating the animal sufficiently to enable milking at an ergonomically optimal height, wherein the elevating excludes inclined traversing.
Claims11
Apparatus for milking an animal comprising:
- a platform configured to maintain the animal;
- and
- an elevator that positions said platform in at least a lowered position, wherein said platform is generally aligned with the ground, and a raised position that enables milking from the ground at an ergonomically optimal height.
Method of milking an animal comprising:
- elevating the animal sufficiently to enable milking from the ground at an ergonomically optimal height;
- wherein said elevating excludes inclined traversing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.