Patent ID: 7674160

Claim:
A gambrel comprising: a center bar having a center bar upper end, a center bar lower end, a center bar front surface and a center bar rear surface; a left elongated hook bar having a left hook end and a left hook pivot end; a right elongated hook bar having a right hook end and a right hook pivot end; a pivot pin pivotally attaching the left hook pivot end and the right hook pivot end to the center bar with the center bar between the left elongated hook bar and the right elongated hook bar; a first stop anchored to the center bar, between the pivot pin and the center bar lower end, and engaging the left elongated hook bar to limit counter clockwise rotation of the left elongated hook bar about the pivot pin and thereby hold the left elongated hook bar in a carcass supporting position; a second stop attached to the center bar, between the pivot pin and the center bar lower end, and engaging the right elongated hook bar to limit clockwise rotation of the right elongated hook bar about the pivot pin and thereby hold the right elongated hook bar in a carcass supporting position; a left hook groove in the left hook end with a left hook groove bottom that faces upwardly when the left elongated hook bar is in the carcass supporting position; and a right hook groove in the right hook end with a right hook groove bottom that faces upwardly when the right elongated hook bar is in the carcass supporting position.