US Patent Issued on May 20 for "Sprayer boom breakaway joint with a staged release and forced lift system" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,302,893, issued on May 20.

"Sprayer boom breakaway joint with a staged release and forced lift system" was invented by Brian J. Pilney (West Bend, Wis.) and Derrick Fallon (Manitowoc, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sprayer boom breakaway joint with a staged release and forced lift system is implemented with an agricultural sprayer. The system provides positive locking to restrain a breakaway joint against movement from a neutral position until an impact with a breakaway boom segment provides sufficient force to overcome the neutral holding force. Once released from the neutral position, the breakaway boom segment may at least init...