Patent ID: 7806755

Claim:
A free-standing game hoist, comprising in combination: a substantially horizontal elongate crossbeam having opposing ends; a first pair of legs adapted to be removably coupled to a first end of said crossbeam; a second pair of legs adapted to be removably coupled to a second end of said crossbeam opposite said first end; at least one middle pulley adjacent a portion of said crossbeam spaced from said ends; an end pulley adjacent one of said ends of said crossbeam; a winch secured at least indirectly to said legs below said crossbeam and below said end pulley; a cable routed from said winch, over each of said pulleys to a tip; said cable adapted to be coupled to a game object adjacent said tip, such that operation of said winch causes said cable to lift the game; wherein said at least one middle pulley is mounted upon a substantially rigid bracket extending down from said crossbeam, said at least one middle pulley having a central axis of rotation oriented substantially horizontal and substantially perpendicular to a horizontal transverse axis parallel to the elongate length of said crossbeam, said transverse axis extending laterally through the center of the at least one middle pulley, said at least one middle pulley having a groove for supporting said cable therein, said groove oriented within a substantially vertical plane substantially coplanar with said crossbeam and said end pulley; wherein said bracket is affixed to said crossbeam without motion between said bracket and said crossbeam when said bracket is attached to said crossbeam; said bracket including a hook below said pulley both being directly coupled and fixed to said bracket; wherein said hoist includes at least two middle pulleys spaced from each other and spaced from said ends of said crossbeam; said crossbeam formed of a plurality of separate sections, each said section adapted to be removably joined to adjacent said sections of said crossbeam, each of said at least two middle pulleys mounted on separate ones of said plurality of separate sections; and a plurality of game hangers each selectively attachable to one of a plurality of said hooks on a plurality of said brackets supporting said at least two middle pulleys, said plurality of game hangers adapted to suspend multiple game carcasses from said hoist at the same time.