Carcass spreader device
OwnerMark S. Pursell, Michael T. Pursellinventors
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to a portable, compact device for spreading a carcass for gutting and cleaning. The device has a pair of opposite, elongated arms with a top end and a bottom end. The two arms are rotatably connected near the top end via an axle or pin which enables the arms to be closed or opened. At the bottom end of each arm is a carcass engaging means, e.g. pointed ends. A spring located near the top ends but below the axle biases the arms in a closed position and may also act to bias the arms in a fully opened position during use. The arms also include holding means such as ridges or handles. The user cuts open a carcass and then inserts the carcass engaging means ends of the arms to the carcass which rotatably opening the arms.
Claims12
A portable compact device for spreading a carcass
- for cleaning, which comprises:
- (a) a pair of opposite, elongated arms each having a top end and a bottom end, each being rotatably connected to one another about an axle near the top end, each having holding means located towards the bottom end and each having carcass engaging means at the bottom end, wherein said pair of elongated arms may be brought together in parallel so as to be closed when not in use and may be spread apart rotatably by affixing the carcass engaging means of each arm to an open carcass while lifting the handles upwardly and pivotally away from one another;
- (b) a spring which is connected to said elongated arms at an area towards the top end but below the axle so as to bias the elongated arms in the closed position when not in use and in an open position when spreading a carcass;
- and,
- (c) a rotational axle located near the top end of said elongated arms establishing a pivot point perpendicular to the length of said elongated arms.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.