Device for manually transporting a carcass
OwnerAlan J. Smallinventor
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Abstract
A device for manually transporting a carcass 8 or similar sized object includes a transport member 12, at least one hauling member 18 for manually pulling the transport member 12 with a carcass 8 therein, the hauling member 18 being secured to the transport member 12, at least one carcass member 20 for securing the carcass 8 to the transport member 12, and at least one closing member 22 for wrapping the transport member 12 about the carcass 8.
Claims23
A device that snugly wraps and deforms about a deer carcass, said device minimizing the manual force required for one person to manually drag the deer carcass upon a ground surface comprising:
- a deformable transport member fabricated from a continuous piece of polymer material and dimensioned to snugly wrap and deform about a deer carcass in a size range corresponding to the dimensions of said transport member, said transport member being wrapped about the deer carcass such that the distance between a carcass engagement side of said transport member and the deer carcass is minimized to eliminate space between said carcass side and the deer carcass, thereby minimizing surface area of a transport side of said transport member to minimize the manual force required for one person to manually drag said deformable transport member with the deer carcass therein upon a ground surface, said carcass engagement side and a ground engagement side of said transport member having minimal space therebetween, said transport member being snugly wrapped and deformed about the deer carcass such that a head portion and substantially all of a body portion of the deer carcass are encased, the head portion being disposed proximate to a front portion of said transport member thereby aligning the head and body of the deer carcass with a longitudinal portion of said deformable transport member;
- a hauling member for manually dragging said transport member with the deer carcass therein, said hauling member being secured to longitudinal portions along the whole length of said carcass engagement side and along a longitudinal midpoint of said ground engagement side of said transport member thereby aligning said hauling member with the head and body of the deer carcass, said aligned hauling member and deer carcass cooperating with said snug wrapping and deformation of said deformable transport member about the deer carcass to reduce the manual force required for one person to manually drag said transport member with the deer carcass wrapped therein upon the ground surface;
- a plurality of adjustably positioned carcass members for securing the deer carcass to said carcass engagement side of said transport member, said carcass members being detachably secured to cooperating long portions of said hauling member to prevent tearing of said transport member and to dispose said carcass members to engage portions of the deer carcass such that the distance between said carcass side of said transport member and the deer carcass is minimized when said carcass members are cinched tight to forcibly engage the deer carcass to eliminate space between said carcass engagement side and the deer carcass, thereby minimizing the surface area of said transport side of said transport member to reduce the manual force required for one person to manually drag said deformable transport member with the deer carcass therein upon a ground surface;
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- a plurality of adjustably positioned closing members for tightly overlapping and securing said transport member about the deer carcass to encase the deer carcass within said transport member after said carcass members have secured the deer carcass to said carcass engagement side, said plurality of closing members being secured to said ground engagement side of said transport member, thereby allowing said closing members to be tightly cinched about said transport member and the deer carcass therein to minimize the distance between said carcass side of said transport member and the deer carcass to eliminate space between said carcass side and the deer carcass, thereby minimizing the surface area of said transport side of said transport member to reduce the manual force required for one person to manually drag said deformable transport member with the deer carcass therein upon a ground surface.
A hunting device for dragging game animals comprising:
- a transport member having a carcass engagement side and a ground engagement side, said carcass engagement and ground engagement sides defining a relatively thin transport member that snugly wraps about an animal carcass engagement such that space between said carcass engagement side and the animal carcass is minimized, thereby reducing the manual force required for manually dragging said transport member with the animal carcass therein upon a ground surface;
- hauling means for manually dragging said transport member with the animal carcass therein upon a ground surface, said hauling means being secured to longitudinal portions along the whole length of said carcass engagement side and along a longitudinal midpoint of said ground engagement side of said transport member thereby aligning said hauling means with the head and body of the animal carcass, said aligned hauling means and animal carcass cooperating with said snug wrapping of said transport member about the animal carcass to reduce the manual force required for manually dragging said transport member with the animal carcass wrapped therein upon the ground surface;
- means for securing the animal carcass to said carcass engagement side of said transport member, said securing means being detachably secured to cooperating long portions of said hauling means to prevent tearing of said carcass encasement member and to dispose said securing means to engage portions of the animal carcass such that the distance between said carcass side of said transport member and the animal carcass is minimized when said securing means are cinched tight to forcibly engage the deer carcass to minimize space between said carcass engagement side and the animal carcass, thereby minimizing the surface area of said ground engagement side of said transport member to reduce the manual force required for manually dragging said transport member with the animal carcass therein upon a ground surface;
- means for tightly overlapping said transport member about the animal carcass after the animal carcass is secured to said carcass engagement side, thereby minimizing the distance between said carcass engagement side of said transport member and the animal carcass to reduce space between said carcass engagement side and the animal carcass to minimize the surface area of said ground engagement side of said transport member to reduce the manual force required for manually dragging said transport member with the animal carcass therein upon a ground surface;
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- means for maintaining said transport member about the animal carcass.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.