Patent ID: 6921007
Filing Date: 2005-07-26
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. A hitch-mounted game carrier apparatus comprising: a support assembly being adapted to be fastened to a hitch of a vehicle, said support assembly including a first tubular support member being fastenable with a first fastener to the hitch, and also includes a second tubular support member being detachably mounted to said first tubular support member, and further including braces for stabilizing said first and second tubular members, and also includes cable support members being attached to said second tubular support member, said first tubular support member including a first elongate portion having an open end which is adapted to fastenably receive a portion of the hitch, and also including a second elongate portion being angled approximately 90 degrees to said first elongate portion and being adapted to extend upwardly relative to the hitch, and further including a stub shaft extending outwardly from an end of said second elongate portion, said second tubular support member including a first elongate portion being removably mounted upon said second elongate portion of said first tubular support member, and also including a second elongate portion being angled approximately 90 degrees to said first elongate portion of said second tubular support member, said cable support members including pairs of brackets being attached at ends of said second elongate portion of said second tubular support member, and also including pairs of guide pins being attached to said pairs of said brackets, said guide pins of said pairs of said guide pins being spaced apart, said support assembly further including a bushing being disposed in an open end of said first elongate portion of said second tubular support member and being movably disposed about said stub shaft; a winch assembly being mounted to said support assembly and including a winch and a cable being carried by said winch; a game carrier assembly being supported by said support assembly for carrying the game.