# US 4,394,045 A · Sportsman sling seat and game haul

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- Number: US 4,394,045 A
- Document ID: US4394045A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 06/214,992
- Filed: 1980-12-10
- Granted: 1983-07-19
- Earliest claimed: 1980-12-10
- Inventors: Jack B. Shaw; Donald E. Shaw
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US4394045A

## CPC

- A47C 13/00: Convertible chairs, stools or benches (step-stools requiring conversion between the step and seat functions A47C12/02)
- A01M 31/02: Shooting stands
- A61F 5/3738: {Slings}
- A63B 21/4001: {Arrangements for attaching the exercising apparatus to the user's body, e.g. belts, shoes or gloves specially adapted therefor (weights worn on the user's body A63B21/065; exoskeletons in general B25J9/0006, for aiding patients or disabled persons to walk about A61H3/00)}
- A47C: CHAIRS; SOFAS; BEDS
- 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
- A61F: FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS (dental prosthetics A61C)
- A63B: APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT (apparatus for passive exercising, massage A61H)

## Abstract

A collapsible seat for attachment to a vertical support and adapted for use without modification as a game pull or arm sling. The seat includes a strap for encompassing a vertical support and a seat member of trapezoidal shape of a flexible material such as canvas. Webbing straps extend along the parallel bases of the trapezoidal seat and are joined at a distance from the seat sides to form a loop through which the strap passes for attachment to a vertical support.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A multi-use sportman's implement comprising:
seat means for providing a seat for a user when suspended from a support;
sling means for supporting a user's arm when suspended from the neck of said user;
chest means for distributing towing forces across the chest of said user when used for towing game;
said seat, sling, and chest means comprising a trapezoidal-shaped member, fabricated of flexible material, having an upper base and a lower base, said upper base having a length approximating the width of a man's chest and said lower base having a length greater than said upper base length;
first and second strap means respectively disposed and stitched along said upper and lower bases and extending outwardly from a first side and a second side of said trapezoidal-shaped member, said strap means extending from said first side being continuous from said upper base to said lower base and stitched together distal from said first side to provide large and small loops, and said strap means extending from said second side being continuous from said upper base to said lower base and stitched together distal from said second side to provide large and small loops;
a flat belt slidably receivable through said small loops, said belt adjustably attachable to said support when using said implement as a seat, and to said game when using said implement for game towing such that said user's arms are respectively inserted through said large loops of said first and second sides with said chest means against said user's chest and each of said first strap means across a shoulder of said user to suspend said chest means; and
said large loops passable over said user's head to suspend said sling means from said neck when said implement is used as an arm sling.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The implement of claim 1 wherein the ratio of the length of said upper base to the length of said lower base ranges from about 0.45 to about 0.70.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The implement of claim 1 wherein the distance between said upper base and said lower base, measured perpendicularly, ranges from about 0.7 to about 1.2 times the length of the upper base.