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US 10,588,311 B1Granted
Sealable animal carcass enclosement systems and methods
OwnerPhilip Raynalinventor
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention may provide a sealable animal carcass enclosement system perhaps including a substantially planar foldable envelope perhaps made of a vinyl coated mesh material, sealing securements along an edge of some of the sides of the substantially planar foldable envelope when in said open state; and perhaps even a plication component configured to guide overlapping closure of said substantially planar foldable envelope and matching of counterparts of said sealing securements so as to provide an enclosed packet for animal carcasses.
Claims17
A sealable animal carcass enclosement system comprising:
- a substantially planar foldable sheet comprising a vinyl coated mesh material, wherein said substantially planar foldable sheet has four sides when in an open state;
- wherein said four sides of said substantially planar foldable sheet when in said open state comprises a single top side having a top edge, a bottom side having a bottom edge, a first side having a first side edge, and a second side having a second side edge;
- wherein part of said top edge of said single top side comprises a foldable extended top edge along a first half of said single top side of said substantially planar foldable sheet when in said open state;
- wherein a second half of said single top side is not extended when in said open state;
- at least one slit in said foldable extended top edge;
- a sealing securement along said first side edge, a first half of said bottom edge, and said foldable extended top edge of said substantially planar foldable sheet when in said open state;
- a counterpart sealing securement along said second side edge, a second half of said bottom edge, and said second half of said single top side that is not extended of said substantially planar foldable sheet when in said open state;
- a plication component down a middle of said substantially planar foldable sheet in said open state;
- wherein said substantially planar foldable sheet is configured to be foldable between said open state and a folded closed state forming an enclosed packet;
- wherein said plication component down said middle of said substantially planar foldable sheet in said open state is configured to guide overlapping closure of said substantially planar foldable sheet and matching said sealing securements to said counterpart sealing securements so as to provide said enclosed packet for animal carcasses;
- wherein said enclosed packet comprises a folded side edge at said plication component formed by folding said substantially planar foldable sheet along said plication component;
- wherein said enclosed packet comprises said sealing securement along said first side edge fastened to said counterpart sealing securement along said second side edge to form a fastened side edge opposite said folded side edge;
- wherein said enclosed packet comprises said sealing securement along said first half of said bottom edge fastened to said counterpart sealing securement along said second half of said bottom edge to form a fastened bottom edge opposite said top edge;
- wherein said enclosed packet comprises said sealing securement along said foldable extended top edge folded over and fastened to said counterpart sealing securement along said second half of said single top side;
- and
- wherein said at least one slit is configured to allow at least part of a gambrel device to pass through said slit when fastened in said enclosed packet.
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A method of storing an animal carcass comprising the steps of:
- providing an animal carcass attached to a gambrel device;
- placing a substantially planar foldable sheet made of a vinyl coated mesh material near said animal carcass;
- providing four sides on said substantially planar foldable sheet when in an open state, wherein said four sides comprises a single top side having a top edge, a bottom side having a bottom edge, a first side having a first side edge, and a second side having a second side edge;
- providing a foldable extended top edge a first half of said top edge of said single top side of said substantially planar foldable sheet when in said open state;
- providing a second half of said single top side of said substantially planar foldable sheet in said open state, wherein said second half of said single top side is not extended;
- providing a sealing securement along said first side edge, a first half of said bottom edge, and said foldable extended top edge of said substantially planar foldable sheet when in said open state;
- providing a counterpart sealing securement along said second side edge, a second half of said bottom edge, and said second half of said single top side that is not extended of said substantially planar foldable sheet when in said open state;
- wrapping said substantially planar foldable sheet around both said animal carcass and said gambrel device to create a closed packet;
- allowing at least part of said gambrel device to pass through at least one slit in said foldable extended top edge;
- folding said foldable extended top edge of said substantially planar foldable sheet over said second half of said single top side of said substantially planar foldable sheet and around said gambrel device when in said closed packet;
- fastening said sealable securement along said foldable extended top edge to said counterpart sealing securement along said second half of said single top side of said substantially planar foldable sheet;
- fastening said sealing securement along said first side edge to said counterpart sealing securement along said second side edge;
- fastening said sealing securement along said first half of said bottom edge to said counterpart sealing securement along said second half of said bottom edge;
- providing air flow to said animal carcass when enclosed by said substantially planar foldable sheet in said closed packet;
- and
- protecting said animal carcass.
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