Method and apparatus for quartering and field processing wild game
OwnerJamin Florellinventor
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for use in the field processing of downed big game animals, without removing the entrails of the animal. The procedure may be implemented by one or more persons with the use of a multi-purpose tool that is portable, relatively light weight and suitable to fit into or on to a backpack when collapsed. The multi-purpose tool has features making it suitable for various outdoor activities; but it is especially adapted to form a sturdy tripod stand having telescoping legs and a rope locking mechanism on its head. When assembled as a tripod stand, rope is used to temporarily lift and hold each leg of the animal individually until each quarter and portion is skinned and removed from the carcass in the field.
Claims14
A multi-purpose tool that can be assembled into a tripod stand with a rope for lifting, the tool comprising:
- a head having at least three semi-open ports spaced in a plane equally around the head;
- at least three collapsible, telescoping legs that are removable connected to a head;
- a cap having a hook on the top of each of the telescoping legs, where the hook is generally transverse to the longitudinal axis of the respective leg;
- an axle rod spanning across each of the respective semi-open ports, wherein a respective leg can be removably attached to the head by fitting the hook of the respective cap over the axel rod and rotating the leg downward so that the open end of the hook faces outward;
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- a rope connected to the head.
A locking mechanism for telescoping tubes, the locking mechanism comprising:
- a generally cylindrical insert body that is mounted in an upper end of an inner tube, such that a locking surface of the insert body is located outside of the upper end of the inner tube;
- at least one ball bearing;
- a ball bearing track on the locking surface of the insert body, the bearing track having an unlocked position at one end of the bearing track, flared locked positions at the other end of the bearing track, and a bump protrusion between the unlocked position and the flared locked positions;
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- a slide ring with a ball bearing opening that wraps around the locking surface of the insert body and holds the at least one bearing in the bearing track and in the bearing opening of the slide ring;
- wherein a linear position of the upper end of the inner tube within an outer tube can be adjusted and locked into position by twisting the inner tube relative to the outer tube such that the ball bearing moves from the unlocked position over the bump protrusion in to one of the flared locked positions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.