Patent ID: 7178310

Claim:
A apparatus for packaging a poultry in a bag, comprising: a frame having a left side and a right side; a left base guide projecting from said left side of said frame, said left base guide comprising a base element and a side element, said base element and said side element forming an angle greater than 90 degrees; a right base guide projecting from said right side of said frame, said right base guide comprising a base element and a side element, said base element and said side element forming an angle greater than 90 degrees; a right finger attached to said frame and rotating in an arc from a first position between said left base guide and said right base guide, to a second position above said right base guide; a left finger attached to said frame and rotating in an arc from a first position between said left base guide and said right base guide, to a second position above said left base guide; whereby rotation of said right finger from said right finger first position to said right finger second position and rotation of said left finger from said left finger first position to said left finger second position, stretches a bag placed over said left base guide, said right base guide, said left finger, and said right finger, to form a cross-section of a hexagon; a pusher assembly comprising a body having a first chamber and a second chamber said pusher assembly mounted on a ram, said ram moving from a first position remote from said base guides, to a second position adjacent said base guides, said first chamber grasping a first leg of a poultry placed between said base guides and said second chamber grasping a second leg of the poultry; whereby said pusher assembly maintains the first leg and the second leg in a hocked position as said ram guides the poultry into the stretched bag.