Patent ID: 8298051
Filing Date: 2012-10-30
Classification: A22B

Abstract:
1. A game carcass retrieval system comprising: a frame with a winch, the winch having a drum wrapped with a rope; wherein the frame has a square end that is sized to mate with a vehicle hitch receiver so that the frame may be attached to a vehicle, and wherein the frame has outriggers to support the frame while in use; an adjustable retrieval arm with a first end and a second end, the retrieval arm pivotally attached to the frame at the first end, and the retrieval arm having a bed pivot that allows the retrieval arm, when in a cleaning position, to pivot towards the vehicle to ease movement of a game carcass into the vehicle; a retrieving head removably mounted to the second end of the adjustable retrieval arm, the retrieving head comprising: wherein the rope extends from the frame to the base of the retrieving head such that when the rope is wound on the winch, the retrieving head is pulled into a mounted position in the retrieval arm and the arm pivots from a loading position to the cleaning position.