Poultry hock retainer
AssigneeVolk Enterprises, Inc.
InventorsDaniel J. Volk, Glenn A. Reese
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Abstract
A retainer for attachment to the body of eviscerated poultry having a spine and hocks to hold the hocks together. The retainer includes an anchor element having an arcuate central portion and opposed hooks extending from the central portion for hooking about the spine. An apparatus is provided for holding the hocks together in juxtaposition to each other. At least one connector joins the anchor element to the holding apparatus. In the preferred embodiments, the anchor element, holding apparatus and connector are integrally formed from plastic. The anchor element is generally annular and the central portion thereof is generally planar.
Claims13
A retainer for attachment to the body of eviscerated poultry having a spine and hocks to hold the hocks together comprising an anchor element having opposed hooks for hooking about said spine, means for holding the hocks together in juxtaposition to each other and at least one connector for joining the anchor element to the holding means.
A retainer as in claim I wherein said hooks taper toward the end thereof.
A retainer for attachment to the body of eviscerated poultry having a spine and hocks to hold the hocks together comprising a generally annular anchor element having opposed hooks for hooking about said spine, the anchor element having a central portion generally forming a plane and the hooks extending inwardly from the central portion toward the center of the anchor element and toward each other at an oblique angle from the plane, means for holding the hooks together in juxtaposition to each other and at least one connector for joining the anchor element to the holding means.
A retainer for attachment to the body of eviscerated poultry having a spine and hocks to hold the hocks together comprising a generally annular and planar anchor element having opposed hooks for hooking about said spine, means for holding the hocks together in juxtaposition to each other and at least one connector for joining the anchor element to the holding means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.