Patent ID: 7059956

Claim:
A portable device for hoisting and skinning a four-legged game carcass, comprising: two spaced-apart bases; upright members arranged to extend from each base, each upright member having a lower end and an opposite, upper end; a cross beam adapted to bridge the upper ends of the upright members to form a rigid frame; a winch mounted on an upright member and equipped with a barrel sufficiently wide to accommodate two cables in side-by-side relation and a handle for rotating said barrel; a first pulley block attached to and depending from the cross beam proximal to the winch, said first block including a first, dual-sheaved pulley; a second pulley block attached to and depending from the cross beam distal to the winch, said second block including a second, single-sheaved pulley; a first cable having a first end portion wound around the barrel of the winch and an intermediate portion that extends through the first pulley wherein it engages a second sheave therein and thence terminates in an opposite, second end portion; whereby the second end portions of the cables can be secured to the rear legs of the carcass and the carcass can be hoisted by rotation of the handle of the winch, thereby stretching the rear legs apart.