ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,010, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to JH Solutions Ltd. (Leyburn, Great Britain).
"Milking cluster pipe support" was invented by James Hudson (Leyburn, Great Britain) and Andrew Metcalfe (Leyburn, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A milking cluster pipe support (1) for fitment to the deck-side (3) of a milking parlour comprising a pivotable elongate pipe support arm (5) having pipe slots (29) and which is moveable about a pivot (7) between a deployed and a stowed position within a plane P. The pipe support arm (5) is pivotable in a first rotational sense from its deployed position to its stowed position and in a second r...