# US 10,499,659 B2 · Windpipe removal device and method

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- Number: US 10,499,659 B2
- Document ID: US10499659B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 16/267,220
- Filed: 2019-02-04
- Published: 2019-08-08
- Granted: 2019-12-10
- Earliest claimed: 2018-02-05
- Applicants: Jeffery Dean Papenfus
- Inventors: Jeffery Dean Papenfus
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10499659B2

## CPC

- A22B 5/0005: {Eviscerating devices, e.g. removing rectum, anus, intestines, brain tissue, hypophysis (for poultry A22C21/06; for fish A22C25/14)}
- A01M 31/00: Hunting appliances
- A22B 5/0047: {Hand-tools for deboning, cutting or dividing carcasses}
- A22B 5/06: Slaughtering stands or spreaders for cattle
- A22B 3/10: Slaughtering tools; Slaughtering knives
- A22B 5/16: Skinning instruments or knives
- A22B: SLAUGHTERING
- A01M: CATCHING, TRAPPING OR SCARING OF ANIMALS (appliances for catching swarms or drone-catching A01K57/00; fishing A01K69/00 - {A01K99/00}; biocides, pest repellants or attractants A01N); APPARATUS FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF NOXIOUS ANIMALS OR NOXIOUS PLANTS

## Abstract

A device for removing the windpipe of a harvested big game animal such as the windpipe of a deer. The device includes: (a) a line having a first end and a second end; and (b) a tapered member having an apex and a base. In use, the neck of a field dressed big game animal is cut open to reveal the windpipe of the animal. The first end of the line of the device is then passed into and through the windpipe so that the first end of the line is positioned in the body cavity of the animal. Then the first end of the line is pulled so that the tapered member engages the windpipe to remove the windpipe from the neck of the animal.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A device for removing the windpipe of a harvested big game animal, the device comprising:
a line having a first end and a second end; and
a tapered member operatively connected at the second end of the line, said tapered member having an apex and a base;
wherein the tapered member is generally conical; and
wherein the tapered member is characterized by a plurality of circumferential ribs.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The device of claim 1, wherein the tapered member defines an aperture that extends through the apex and the base, and wherein the line extends through the aperture.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The device of claim 2, further comprising a crimp member attached at the second end of the line;
wherein said crimp member is wider than the aperture.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The device of claim 1, wherein the line is stranded metal cable.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The device of claim 4, wherein the line includes a polymeric coating around the stranded metal cable.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The device of claim 1, further comprising a handle at the first end of the line.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The device of claim 6, wherein the handle is formed by a loop of the line.

### Claim 8

A method for removing the windpipe of a field dressed big game animal having a first windpipe end in a body cavity, the method comprising:
forming a cut in the neck of the animal to expose the windpipe;
cutting the windpipe at the neck to form a second windpipe end;
possessing a device including a line having a first line end and a second line end, and a tapered member operative connected to the line at the second line end, said tapered member having an apex and a base;
inserting the first line end into the second windpipe end and through the windpipe so that the first line end is positioned in the body cavity of the animal; and
pulling the first line end so that the tapered member engages the windpipe to remove the windpipe from the animal.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The method of claim 8, wherein the tapered member is a cone.

### Claim 10 (depends on 9)

The method of claim 9, wherein the cone includes circumferential ribs.

### Claim 11 (depends on 8)

The method of claim 8, wherein the device includes a handle at the first line end.

### Claim 12 (depends on 11)

The method of claim 11, wherein the handle is a loop formed by the line.

### Claim 13

A device for removing the windpipe of a harvested big game animal, the device comprising:
a line having a first end and a second end; and
a tapered member operatively connected at the second end of the line;
wherein the tapered member is characterized by a plurality of circumferential ribs.