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Portable game support

A portable game support uses a frame made from horizontal, vertical and diagonal frame members. The frame members have opposite ends, and have attachment points on the ends. The attachment points are U-shaped connectors that have overlap and compression sections. The compression section has a connector port, or hole, through the section and the frame member. The connector can be a bolt, washers, and a nut, or a bolt and a cotter pin. The frame is supported against a vertical object through a pair of horizontal support straps having a first and a second opposite ends that have attachment points to matching attachment points where the straps are attached to the vertical frame member. The horizontal frame member can be four feet in length and the vertical and diagonal frame members can be three feet in length. The frame members can be formed from tubular metal. The horizontal frame member can have a D-ring with an attached pulley to assist in lifting the animal.
Owner:JULIAN SR ISAAC A

Apparatus for trussing a bird

An apparatus for trussing a bird comprising a main body having a platform for supporting the bird, the platform and main body having a bird keel end and a bird wishbone end, clamping means movably mounted on the main body for securing the bird on the platform and releasing the bird from the platform, shackle means mounted on the main body and being disposed above the bird keel end of the platform for receiving and at least temporarily securing the legs of the bird, a leg engaging and supporting means movably mounted on opposite lateral locations of the main body for tightening leg knuckles of a bird into the shackle means before flexing, for preventing twisting of the legs and for bending the legs over the wings, a first drive means operably engagable with the clamping means, the shackle means and the leg engaging and supporting means to sequentially clamp the bird, shackle, stretch and flex the clamped birds legs and to release the clamped bird.
Owner:MAREL STORK POULTRY PROCESSING

Portable game gallows for hoisting and skinning multiple game

The present invention discloses portable game gallows for hoisting and skinning multiple game. The portable game gallows includes a winch having a strap or cable that can be used to raise game into position for hanging on a rotating tree and for skinning game that is hung from the tree. The present invention discloses a dual purpose pulley that can be locked into a first position for hoisting a game or a second position for skinning a game.
Owner:SYERS JACK ALLEN

Automated feet-gripping system

A system and method for transferring live objects, such as chickens, to a shackle line are presented. The system and method include introducing a plurality of live objects to a singulator. The singulator isolates the individual live objects and places them in a pallet on a conveyor. The system may detect and remove cadavers from amongst the live objects. The conveyor leads the live objects to a grasper. The grasper positions the legs of the live objects so that a shackler can secure the legs of the live objects with a shackle. The live objects and the shackle are then inverted and passed on to a shackle line. The shackle line may be a kill line buffer or a kill line.
Owner:GEORGIA TECH RES CORP

Poultry chiller with improved product distribution and antibacterial count

Birds are moved through chilled water by bird moving means such as an auger or by a series of paddles. The birds tend to accumulate in a predetermined path in the water. Streams of water that include an antibacterial additive are directed toward the predetermined path and engage and disperse the birds, and wash the birds with the streams of water and the antibacterial additive, thereby increasing the rate of heat transfer from the birds and increasing the effectiveness of the antibacterial properties of the agents in the chilled water.
Owner:MORRIS & ASSOCS

Hunter arm

A hunter arm includes a bottom bar having a first end adapted for insertion into a trailer hitch of a pickup truck. A mast has a lower end pivotally attached by a first knuckle to a second end of the bottom bar. A first brace member has a lower end pivotally attached near the first end of the bottom bar and an upper end pivotally attached near the lower end of the mast to keep the mast in a vertical position. A boom has a first end pivotally attached by a second knuckle to an upper end of the mast. A second brace member has an upper end pivotally attached to center of the boom. An angle adjustment plate has a plurality of longitudinal notches there along affixed to the mast. A lower end of the second brace member can engage with any one of the notches in the angle adjustment plate to vary the angle of the boom extending outwardly from the mast. A pulley assembly has an upper end connected in a removable manner to a second end of the boom. A spreader bar includes two hooks which allows animal to hang down from the spreader bar to be skinned.
Owner:MCKENZIE KEITH

Poultry chiller with improved product distribution and antibacterial count

Birds are moved through chilled water by bird moving means such as an auger or by a series of paddles. The birds tend to accumulate in a predetermined path in the water. Streams of water that include an antibacterial additive are directed toward the predetermined path and engage and disperse the birds, and wash the birds with the streams of water and the antibacterial additive, thereby increasing the rate of heat transfer from the birds and increasing the effectiveness of the antibacterial properties of the agents in the chilled water.
Owner:MORRIS & ASSOCS

Portable game hoist

A device, easily assembled and disassembled for portability, for hoisting and skinning large game in the wilderness. A pair of upright members extend upward from base members, and a cross beam joins upper ends of the upright members to form a rigid frame. A winch mounted on an upright member includes a barrel sufficiently wide to accommodate two cables in side-by side relation and a handle for rotating the barrel. A first cable extends from the barrel of the winch through a dual-sheaved pulley suspended from the cross beam proximal to the winch and thence through a second pulley suspended from the cross beam distal to the winch. A second cable extends from the barrel of the winch through the dual-sheaved pulley. With the hind legs of a carcass attached to the cables, rotating the handle hoists the carcass and tensions apart the hind legs to facilitate skinning. In an alternative embodiment, the frame comprises three upright members pivotally attached to a cross beam and capable of being positioned on a ground surface in tripod configuration. In both embodiments, provision is made for varying the length of at least one upright member to adjust the hoist to sloping or uneven ground.
Owner:SUMMERLIN HAROLD

Portable game hoist and skinning device

A combined hoist and skinning apparatus which is readily assembled and disassembled in the field for use and transportation. An animal to be skinned is raised on the hoist and a skinning assembly is provided at or near the base of the hoist. In order to skin the animal, cuts are made in the skin, which frees a segment of the skin, the end of which is then inserted into the skinning assembly, where it is wound onto a rod. The process is repeated until the animal has been skinned.
Owner:GODWIN DAVID E

Tree stand lock apparatus and method of use

ActiveUS7584940B2Easily and conveniently employedEasy to adjustMeat holding apparatusSnap fastenersTree standEngineering
A tree stand lock apparatus comprises a ratchet buckle part and a wire rope part. The ratchet buckle part comprises a spool with a transaxial bore, a ratcheting lever handle, a locking means and a base affixed to a hook. The wire rope part comprises a wire rope, one end of which is affixed to a hook. The lock may be employed by wrapping the wire rope around a portion of a tree stand, hooking the hook of the rope to the hook of the ratchet buckle and threading the wire rope through the transaxial bore. The ratchet buckle is operated to render the wire rope taut and the buckle is locked in the closed position.
Owner:LONE FOUNTAIN HLDG LLC +1

Method and system for cleaning a polishing pad

A method and a system are provided for removing matter adhered to such a polishing pad. In particular, a polishing system is provided which is adapted to remove matter adhered to a polishing pad during a polishing process of a semiconductor topography. The polishing system may include a polishing pad and a spray element, which is preferably adapted to spray a pressurized fluid upon the polishing pad to remove matter adhered to the pad. In addition, a spray element is provided which may be adapted to be positioned within a polishing system. Such a spray element may be adapted to remove matter adhered to a polishing pad within the system by spraying a pressurized fluid upon the polishing pad. In addition, methods for cleaning a polishing pad during a polishing process and polishing multiple semiconductor topographies using the systems described herein are provided.
Owner:MONTEREY RES LLC

Hunter arm

A hunter arm includes a bottom bar having a first end adapted for insertion into a trailer hitch of a pickup truck. A mast has a lower end pivotally attached by a first knuckle to a second end of the bottom bar. A first brace member has a lower end pivotally attached near the first end of the bottom bar and an upper end pivotally attached near the lower end of the mast to keep the mast in a vertical position. A boom has a first end pivotally attached by a second knuckle to an upper end of the mast. A second brace member has an upper end pivotally attached to center of the boom. An angle adjustment plate has a plurality of longitudinal notches there along affixed to the mast. A lower end of the second brace member can engage with any one of the notches in the angle adjustment plate to vary the angle of the boom extending outwardly from the mast. A pulley assembly has an upper end connected in a removable manner to a second end of the boom. A spreader bar includes two hooks which allows animal to hang down from the spreader bar to be skinned.
Owner:MCKENZIE KEITH

Game lifting apparatus and method of use

A portable and collapsible game animal lifting apparatus comprising a horizontal base member, a vertical support member pivotably attached to the base member, a horizontal lift member pivotably and slidably attached to the support member, and a winch attached to the support member. The winch is operably connected to the lift member for raising and lowering the lift member. The winch is operable to unwind a winch cable from the winch and thereby lower the lift member to receive the game animal thereupon. The winch is further operable to wind the winch cable about the winch and thereby raise the lift member to a desired height to assist in transferring the game animal to a transport vehicle.
Owner:GOOD SPORTSMAN MARKETING LLC

Device for manually transporting a carcass

A device 10 for manually transporting a carcass 8 or similar sized object includes a transport member 12, at least one hauling member 18 for manually pulling the transport member 12 with a carcass 8 therein, the hauling member 18 being secured to the transport member 12, at least one carcass member 20 for securing the carcass 8 to the transport member 12, and at least one closing member 22 for wrapping the transport member 12 about the carcass 8 A modified device 200 for hunters to transport a carcass 8 or carry an injured person includes a transport member 12, at least one hauling member 18 for manually hauling the transport member with a carcass 8 therein, the hauling member 18 being secured to the transport member 12, at least one carcass member 20 for securing the carcass 8 to the transport member 12, means for securing the transport member 12 about the carcass 8, and stretcher members 202 for removably receiving lifting members 204, the stretcher members 202 being secured to the transport member 12 such that the transport member 12 and the lifting members 204 cooperate to elevate and support an injured person disposed upon the transport member 12. A modified device 300 for transporting objects includes a reinforced transport member 302 having cooperating loop and hand members 318 and 320 to promote the manual lifting and carrying of the transport member 302 with an object or injured person wrapped therein to a selected location.
Owner:SMALL ALAN J

Free-standing collapsible game hoist

A portable game hoist supports game in the field without requiring attachment to a tree, vehicle or other separate structure. The hoist includes free-standing legs in pairs at opposite ends of a crossbeam. The crossbeam has a pulley mounted thereto, preferably upon a bracket with a hook on the bracket and below the pulley. A hanger is provided to which a game animal is attached. A cable is routed over the pulley and also over an end pulley adjacent one of the ends of the crossbeam. The cable is then routed down to a winch so that when the hanger is coupled to the cable, the hanger and game can be elevated. Once fully elevated, the hanger can be shifted to the hook adjacent the pulley and the cable removed for reuse on a second game animal, routing of the cable over a separate pulley suspended below the crossbeam.
Owner:MARTINELLI DAVID E +1

Method and apparatus for hoisting and skinning animals

An animal hoisting and skinning apparatus and method that facilitates skinning and processing of large game animals such as deer, as well as smaller furbearing animals, while the animal can be lifted either by the hind legs or the head. The hoisting and skinning apparatus, self-contained and not dependent on a tree or vehicle, has a stationary base with a winch attached at the ground and a crown at the top supported by multiple legs. A winch cable from the winch is passed through a pulley at the crown and back to the ground where an animal is attached and lifted. The disclosed hide grabbing devices are attached to loosened hide, secured to the base, and the carcass is pulled from the hide.
Owner:HOGUE EARL WAYNE

Gambrel device

A gambrel device includes a gambrel frame of a generally tri-angular shaped plate construction of steel or similar strength material that includes a top apex, oppositely disposed base apexes and a substantially flat back surface. A winch is mounted to a front surface of the gambrel frame and includes an electric motor and a winch drum operatively connected to the electric motor for driving the winch drum. A rigging cable extends from the winch drum and is threaded through an eyelet disposed at the top apex of the gambrel frame. The rigging cable may be secured to an existing structure and the winch is operated to hoist and suspend the gambrel frame from the structure. Further, the gambrel device may be utilized as a skid to relocate an animal by dragging the animal across a ground surface.
Owner:SCOTT TERRANCE

Systems and methods for the detection of anatomical structures and positions thereof

The various embodiments of the present disclosure relate generally to systems and methods for the detection of anatomical structures and anatomical positions. More particularly, the various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to the detection of musculoskeletal elements, such as bones, tendons, ligaments, cartilage, and the like, which could be useful for example in poultry processing for bone screening as well as for guidance of machines for processing. For example, a system for detecting a bone in a carcass comprises: a device for supporting a carcass comprising a base and a frame attached to the base, wherein the frame is configured to contact at least a portion of a cavity of a carcass; and an electromagnetic radiation source, wherein the electromagnetic radiation source is configured to irradiate at least a portion of a cavity of a carcass;
Owner:GEORGIA TECH RES CORP

System and method for restraining and handling livestock

A restraining pen for livestock is provided for humane, safe and efficient handling of livestock. A restraining or knocking pen is provided that has features for securely receiving an animal such that the animal may be subject to knocking or veterinary operations and subsequently released from the pen without danger to the animal or human operators. A novel design provides for a compact footprint of the pen and an economical use of space.
Owner:CALLICRATE TEEGAN

Winch for turkey deep fryers

A mechanical apparatus that lowers and raises a turkey, or similar food item, into a large fry pot is herein disclosed. The apparatus has a vertically-adjustable tripod stand that is positioned over the top center of a fry pot. A manual cranking mechanism lowers and raises a steel cable having a grasping hook at the distal end. Additionally, the steel cable can have a basket at its distal end. In operation, the turkey to be fried is placed thereon the hook or therein the metal basket. Then, with the user a safe distance removed, the crank lowers the food into the hot oil in a controlled manner. When the food has finished cooking, the cranking mechanism is reversed to raise the food from the fryer. The apparatus may also be provided having an alternate electric-powered winch.
Owner:ANGANES WILLIAM P

Apparatus and Method for Cutting-Free of Tender-Loin

InactiveUS20080274682A1Manual stepEasy to keep stableMeat holding apparatusMeat/sausage hanging-upAnatomyBiomedical engineering
The invention relates to an apparatus for cutting free of at least a part of a tenderloin in a suspended half-carcass. The apparatus comprises a fixture (1) having a pubic bone catch (2) for positioning and support of the half-carcass by the pubic bone thereof. Further the apparatus comprises a cutting device (7) having a sharp edge (9) curving transversely to the edge (9), and a moving device for the cutting device (7) for moving the cutting device (7) with the sharp edge (9) foremost during cutting free of at least a part of the tenderloin in a half-carcass positioned in the pubic bone catch. Moreover, the invention relates to a fixture for a half-carcass or a hindquarters thereof, a pubic bone catch (2) for use in the above apparatus, a cutting device, and a method for cutting free of at least a part of a tenderloin in a suspended half-carcass.
Owner:TEKNOLOGISK INST
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