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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2014
Baader Linco, Inc., Kansas City, MO (US);
Frank J. Criscione, II, Kansas City, MO (US);
Oliver Hahn, Parkville, MO (US);
Ronnie Lee Avey, Gladstone, MO (US);
Will Randall Armstrong, Kansas City, MO (US);
Baader Linco, Inc., Kansas City, KS (US);
Abstract
A removable break-away shackle assembly for suspending an animal carcass during processing includes a shackle connected to a drop rod, where the drop rod is connected to a conveyor system. The drop rod includes an elongated body with a connector at one end. The shackle includes bendable opposing arms forming a widenable gap. The shackle is separable from the drop rod by passing the drop rod through the widenable gap causing the arms to bend and the gap to widen, or by passing the widenable gap across a depression in the drop rod.