Patent ID: 7954503

Claim:
A dual purpose portable apparatus for carrying a harvested game animal or for providing a protective shelter for a person, the apparatus comprising a housing formed of a flexible, foldable material defining a chamber therein, the chamber adapted to receive a body and head portion of the harvested game animal or the person seeking shelter therein, the housing comprising: a first side having a first edge portion and a second side having a second edge portion, the first edge portion disposable a distance from the second edge portion when the housing is in an open configuration for receiving the harvested game animal or the person, the first edge portion disposable adjacent to and connectable to the second edge portion for enclosing at least a portion of the chamber in a closed configuration when the harvested game animal is disposed therein or the person is positioned therein; a first opening positioned near a rearward end portion of the second side of the housing, the first opening adapted to receive the hind legs of the harvested game animal when the harvested game animal is positioned in the chamber of the housing; a second opening positioned in a medial portion of the second side of the housing, the second opening adapted to receive the fore legs of the harvested game animal when the harvested game animal is positioned in the chamber of the housing, the first and second edges of the housing disposed above the first and second openings therein when the housing is in a closed configuration so as to substantially retard leakage of fluid through the first and second openings and between the first and second edges of the housing; a recess in a forward end of one or both of the first and second edge portions, the recess forming a forward gap in a forward end of the housing when the housing is in a closed configuration, wherein the forward gap allows for protrusion of antlers on the head of the harvested game animal when the harvested game animal is disposed in the chamber of the housing and the housing is in a closed configuration; and at least one flap having a first end and a second end, the first end connected to the forward end of the housing whereby the at least one flap is capable of covering the forward gap.