Patent ID: 6705821
Filing Date: 2004-03-16
Classification: B60P

Abstract:
A foldable game hanger apparatus with a non-rotatable gambrel for attachment to a trailer hitch of a pickup truck, the game hanger apparatus comprising:a bottom bar adapted for attachment to a trailer hitch of a pickup truck, the bottom bar having a clevis at one end; a mast having a lower end pivotally attached to said bottom bar by a pivot pin and having an upper end; a boom having a first end with a clevis and having a second end, the boom being pivotally attached to the upper end of said mast by a pivot pin; a jib attached to the second end of said boom normal to said boom, said jib having a pair of spaced apart holes defined therein; a gambrel having an elongate body with a first end and a second end, a first hook extending from the first end and a second hook at the second end for attaching game to the gambrel, and having a pair of pins disposed between the first end and the second end and extending normal from the elongate body; and a winch attached to said mast having a cable extending through said mast, said boom, and said jib, and being attached to said gambrel in order to raise and lower said gambrel; wherein the pins extending from said gambrel slide into the holes defined in said jib when said gambrel is raised, whereby game is precluded from twisting on said gambrel.