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US 4,050,416 AGranted
Sling device for suspending animals or articles
OwnerPatrick Amaudric du Chaffaut, Georges Petrulacci-Stephanopoliinventors
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OwnerPatrick Amaudric du Chaffaut, Georges Petrulacci-Stephanopoliinventors
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A sling device is disclosed for suspending animals, particularly fowl, or articles which have an elongate portion which can be used as the legs of fowl. The sling device comprises a generally C-shaped bracket member with a pivoted lever at one end biased, e.g., by a counterweight, to a rest position. A cord or strap is connected between the other end of the bracket member and a point spaced from the end of the pivoted lever remote from the pivotal mounting of the pivoted lever. In the rest position, the cord is pulled taut under the action of the counterweight. The animal or article is urged against the taut cord, forming a loop therein and moving the points of attachment of the cord relatively towards each other. When the animal or article is released, the weight of the same causes the loop to tighten about the animal or article, ensuring suspension. Alternatively, the end of the cord attached to the bracket member may be attached to another lever pivoted towards the first pivoted lever in the loop forming position. Instead of the counterweight a spring may be used to bias the device to its rest position. The first pivoted lever may be replaced by a movable arm slidable along one leg of the bracket member under the action of a spring.
A sling device for suspending an animal or article comprising a generally C-shaped bracket member, a movable arm, means mounting said movable arm on said bracket member for movement between a rest position and an operative hanging position through an intermediate position, biasing means tending to urge said movable arm toward its rest position, a cordlike flexible member having a first point of attachment effectively connected to said bracket member remote from said movable arm mounting means and a second point of attachment on said movable arm, in said rest position, said biasing means pulling said cordlike flexible member taut with said points of attachment relatively remote from each other, in said intermediate position said points of attachment being brought into relative proximity of each other in response to a part of the animal or article being urged against the flexible member so as to start a loop therein, and in said operative hanging position said points of attachment being once again relative remote from each other owing to the hanging weight of the animal or article on said movable arm, thereby tightening the loop in the cordlike flexible member about said part of the animal or article.
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