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US 4,739,538 AGranted
Positive locking poultry leg retainer
AssigneeVolk Development Company
InventorAnthony J. Volk
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Abstract
The present invention provides a unitary flexible retainer for holding the legs of eviscerated poultry tightly against the body of the fowl over the rear body opening and includes a central locking member cooperating with straps for positively securing the poultry legs tightly against each of the hocks thereof, together with anchors into kidney openings in the poultry backbone.
Claims7
An improved poultry leg retainer comprising
- a bridle of resiliently flexible strips including upper and lower strips and being adapted to fit over and about the hocks of poultry,
- said bridle including a central substantially inflexible locking member extending between said upper and lower strips and having side edges adapted to bear against the back sides of adjacent hocks of poultry and to extend therebetween, and
- anchor means having upturned ends adapted to fit into kidney holes of poultry and connected by legs in depending relation to said bridle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.