Improved Game Carrier.
Year: 1898

page_text: Improved Game Carrier.
I, ARTHUR MICHAEL BURBERRY, of 30, Haymarket, in County of London,
Sportsman's Outfitter, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention has for object a novel construction of game carrier for sports-
man's or beater's use.
The invention consists of a spirally wound appliance with a protuberance or
spread out portion either at or near the inner or the outer end into which the
head of a bird or other game is admitted, a portion of the end of the appliance
approaches that of the next coil to form a kind of clip to prevent the neck of
a bird, or leg of a rabbit, or the like from leaving the carrier from any
accidental cause.
The carrier is of stout steel wire or other suitable material, and is preferably
formed with a hand hold, or loops through which a stick could be passed as a
kind of bale to enable the article to be carried by hand or be slung over the
shoulder.
I have referred to a spiral winding of the stout steel wire or its equivalent but.
it need not be of circular shape as it may be of rectangular, square, or of such
other shape as may be desirable, yet spirally wound.
By this invention there is no tendency of the bodies of the game crowding upon
one another and so becoming detached as with the present
game sticks" nor
of the heads of the earlier shot birds being torn off by the accumulation of the
later shot ones.
It has a further advantage in that owing to the shape, the size (while still
capable of holding a quantity of game) is such that it can easily be carried in
an ordinary coat pocket till required and when in use it may be fastened to the
"Norfolk or other belt as not to impede shooting.
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H. GARDNER,
Patent Agent, 166, Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said Arthur Michael Burberry.
I, ARTHUR MICHAEL BURBERRY, of 30, Haymarket, in the County of London,
Sportman's Outfitter, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what

page_text: manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement:→
This invention has for object, a novel construction of game carrier for sports-
man's or beater's use.
The invention consists of a spirally wound appliance with a protuberance or
spread out portion either at or near the inner or the outer end into which the
head of a bird or other game is admitted, a portion of the end of the appliance
approaches that of the next coil to form a kind of clip to prevent the neck of
a bird, the head or leg of a rabbit, or the like from leaving the carrier from any
accidental cause.
The carrier is of stout steel wire or other suitable material, and is preferably
formed with a hand hold, or loops through which a strap or stick could be passed
as a kind of bail to enable the article to be carried by hand, or be slung over the
shoulder.
I have referred to a spiral winding of the stout steel wire or its equivalent but
it need not be of circular shape as it may be of rectangular, square, or of such
other shape as may be desirable, yet spirally wound.
"
By this invention, there is no tendency of the bodies of the game crowding upon
one another and so becoming detached as with the present game sticks," nor
of the heads of the earlier shot birds being torn off by the accumulation of the
later shot ones.
"It has a further advantage in that owing to the shape, the size (while still
capable of holding a quantity of game) is such that it can easily be carried in
an ordinary coat pocket till required and when in use it may be fastened to the
"Norfolk or other belt as not to impede shooting.
My invention will be clearly understood by reference to the annexed drawings.
Figure 1 plan of spiral shaped game carrier with inner protuberance and
enclosed in a ring having hand holds or for a cross strap or stick rove through
the loops.
Figure 2 plan of spiral shaped game carrier with protuberance at each end,
the hand holds being shown dotted, if such be provided either from the article
itself or attached thereto.
Figure 3 plan of spiral shaped game carrier with protuberance within the
outer coil and from the part forming one of the hand holds.
Figure 4 side view of Figure 1 with a couple of birds suspended to show how
they can be carried without being crowded upon one another, as by the present
game carriers or game sticks.
Figure 5 plan of rectangular shape of spiral shaped game carrier or stick with
a protuberance on the inside, the outer coil having the hand holds and its extreme
end welded over the next coil for securing it thereto.
Figure 6 end view of the game carrier shown at Figure 5.
A, coil of steel or other strong wire. B, protuberance. C, ring. D, D, hand
holds.
The construction of the article permits of the protuberance being opened out
to pass the heads of the birds or other small game into the coil previous to sliding
them round or along the coils as they accumulate, or the heads of the birds can
be passed into the article from the hand hold portions, particularly with the plan
shown at Figure 3 where the hand hold one side is shown large enough for the
purpose, the protuberance preventing the slipping back of the game heyond that
point from any cause, otherwise the springy character of the wire with the
protuberance will permit of its opening away when the necks of the birds are
being entered.
The hand loops are so placed that by a strap or hooked stick, the article when
empty can be slung over the back and carried from the shoulder, and when
charged with birds or animals the cross strap or stick can be used as a bail, and
the article be carried from the hand, or if two of such articles be in use and
loaded up, they can be carried yoke fashion on the shoulder of an attendant with-

page_text: out injury to the birds or animals however full the article may be, this being
the chief element of invention in the construction, because the game so carried are
not mutilated by crowding upon one another, as by other game sticks or carriers
when slung over the shoulder of an attendant.
In practice, as each bird or animal is placed in the coils by means of one of
the openings, the bird or animal is held securely.
At Figure 2, the ring C is dispensed with, and the outer end of the coil A has
the protuberance B of spoon or any enlarged shape.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is:
A game carrier consisting of coiled wire A with a spoon or other shaped pro-
tuberance B on inner or outer end, as and for the purpose described.
The 20th day of December 1070.
H. GARDNER,
Patent Agent, 166, Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said Arthur Michael Burberry.
H. GARDNER,
Patent Agent, 166, Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said Arthur Michael Burberry.