Patent ID: 7201552
Filing Date: 2007-04-10
Classification: A22B,B66C

Abstract:
1. A vehicle game lift adapted for releasable attachment to a trailer hitch mounted on a rear of a vehicle, the game lift used for suspending a killed animal above a ground surface, dressing the animal and then lowering the dressed animal onto a flat bed at the rear of the vehicle, the game lift comprising: an inverted “L” shaped post having a vertical post member and a horizontal hoist arm, said hoist arm attached to an upper portion of said vertical post member; a trailer hitch tongue having one end adapted for attachment to the trailer hitch, an opposite end of said trailer hitch tongue attached to a tongue collar, said tongue collar received around a lower portion of said vertical post member, a bottom of said vertical post member adapted for resting on top of the ground surface; a moveable horizontal suspension arm having one end attached to a sliding collar, said sliding collar received around a portion of said vertical post member; a balance beam having a plurality of hooks thereon, said hooks adapted for releasable attachment to the killed animal and suspending the animal above the ground surface, an opposite end of said suspension arm attached to said balance beam; and a chain hoist attached between said horizontal suspension arm and said horizontal hoist arm, said chain hoist used for raising and lowering said suspension arm and said balance beam.