Short milk tube vent plug for a dairy animal milker unit

Information

  • Patent Grant
  • D1057325
  • Patent Number
    D1,057,325
  • Date Filed
    Friday, January 14, 2022
    3 years ago
  • Date Issued
    Tuesday, January 7, 2025
    10 months ago
  • Inventors
    • Hedlund; Nathan V. (Galesville, WI, US)
  • Original Assignees
  • Examiners
    • Lee; Susan Moon
    Agents
    • BainwoodHuang
  • US Classifications
    Field of Search
    • US
    • D30 199
    • D30 121
    • 119 01401-01455
    • 702 182000
    • CPC
    • A01J1/00-7
    • A01K1/12
    • A01K1/123
    • A01K1/126
  • International Classifications
    • 3099
    • Term of Grant
      15Years
Abstract
Description


FIG. 1 is an environmental perspective view of a short milk tube vent plug for a dairy animal milker unit in accordance with the present invention, shown installed on a milk tube;



FIG. 2 is an upper perspective view of the short milk tube vent plug for a dairy animal milker of FIG. 1;



FIG. 3 is a lower perspective view thereof;



FIG. 4 is a top view thereof;



FIG. 5 is a bottom view thereof;



FIG. 6 is a first side view thereof;



FIG. 7 is a second side view thereof;



FIG. 8 is a third side view thereof;



FIG. 9 is a fourth side view thereof;



FIG. 10 is an environmental perspective view of a second embodiment of the short milk tube vent plug for a dairy animal milker unit in accordance with the present invention, shown installed on a milk tube;



FIG. 11 is an upper perspective view of the short milk tube vent plug for a dairy animal milker of FIG. 10;



FIG. 12 is a lower perspective view thereof;



FIG. 13 is a top view thereof;



FIG. 14 is a bottom view thereof;



FIG. 15 is a first side view thereof;



FIG. 16 is a second side view thereof;



FIG. 17 is a third side view thereof; and,



FIG. 18 is a fourth side view thereof.


The broken line showing of a milk tube and liner in FIGS. 1 and 10 illustratively depicts exemplary in-use components that form no part of the design claim but are included to show the invention in context.


Claims
  • The ornamental design for a short milk tube vent plug for a dairy animal milker unit, as shown and described.
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Entry
Hedlund, Nathan; “Milker Unit Short Milk Tube Milk Claw End Connector,” U.S. Appl. No. 29/808,746, filed Sep. 22, 2021.