carrier and an egg support assembly positioned beneath the carrier that is configured to support each egg in the carrier during contact therewith by a respective injection device the egg support assembly includes a frame a plate having an array of openings attached to the frame and a plurality of pedestals removably secured within a respective one of the openings the egg support assembly is operatively associated with the plurality of injection devices such that each pedestal moves upwardly through a respective opening in the carrier to support an egg as a respective injection device makes contact with the egg application_number US 68676203 A description the present invention now will be described more fully hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings in which preferred embodiments of the invention are shown this invention may however be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein rather these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete and will fully convey the scope of the invention to those skilled in the art like numbers refer to like elements throughout as used in the description of the invention and the appended claims the singular forms u201c a u201d u201c an u201d and u201c the u201d are intended to include the plural forms as well unless the context clearly indicates otherwise all publications patent applications patents and other references mentioned herein are incorporated by reference in their entirety.