Patent ID: 6589004
Filing Date: 2003-07-08
Classification: B60P

Abstract:
An all terrain vehicle for hunting adapted with lifting apparatus for loading a game carcass on the vehicle comprising:a) a powered vehicle frame having a driver's seat, a plurality of wheels and a steering mechanism; and b) at least one cargo rack mounted on the frame at a position spaced away from the driver's seat; c) a mandrel rotatably attached to the frame at the cargo rack; d) a load transfer rod extending from the mandrel having first and second end portions, one end portion affixed to the mandrel, the other end portion being a free end; e) a pair of lifting rods extending from the mandrel at spaced apart positions, wherein the angle formed between said extending load transfer rod and the plane of the lifting rods forms an angle of from about 20Â° and about 70Â°; and f) a tensile load transfer member for connecting the load transfer rod to an immovable object at a position that enables rotation of the load transfer rod, mandrel and lifting rods in the same rotational direction to a position above the cargo rack when the vehicle moves in a direction that is away from the immovable object and the tensile load transfer member.