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Glam girl Heddy Lamar may have used her good looks to good effect on the silver screen, but she put her smarts to better use as an inventor. During World War II, she co-patented a frequency-switching system for torpedo guidance that was considered years ahead of its time.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7347772 | Conveyor system with pivotable hooks A conveyor system for linked sausage strands having a frame with an operating platform. The platform has opposite first and second ends, opposite sides, a top surface, and a wall extending along the sides and ends. A channel is formed in the top surface and a convey... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7341506 | Adjustable collapsible animal hanging gambrel An adjustable collapsible animal hanging gambrel comprising a multiple piece tubular telescopically adjustable spreader unit with rotating floating V-shaped impaling/supporting hooks on both ends of the spreader unit along with hanger cables connecting from the ends... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7341507 | Portable game support A portable game support uses a frame made from horizontal, vertical and diagonal frame members. The frame members have opposite ends, and have attachment points on the ends. The attachment points are U-shaped connectors that have overlap and compression sections. Th... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7261631 | Portable big game hoist assembly A portable big game hoist assembly includes a bottom rod that has a first end and a second end. Each of a pair of bottom couplers is attached to one of the first and second ends. Base supports are attached to and extend laterally away from the bottom couplers. A fir... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7226351 | Small game gambrel A low cost, compact, lightweight gambrel is disclosed. The gambrel can have a coupler, a cable, a spreader bar, and six swage sleeves. The coupler can be affixed to a limb of a tree or any other point that is semi rigid and to a loop of the gambrel formed by folding... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7222903 | Spreader bar apparatus The present invention is directed to a spreader bar. The spreader bar has an elongate central member having a hollow interior, and a pair of elongate end members wherein each elongate end member is partially disposed within the hollow interior of the central elongat... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7125331 | Small game skinning and cleaning aid A small game skinning and cleaning aid that bears resemblance to a beam balance, or a mobile, has a beam that is suspended from a firmly tied-off top line. The beam extends between spaced outer retention points from where respective drop lines are retained. As well ... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7059956 | Portable game hoist A device, easily assembled and disassembled for portability, for hoisting and skinning large game in the wilderness. A pair of upright members extend upward from base members, and a cross beam joins upper ends of the upright members to form a rigid frame. A winch mo... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7029045 | Doe Antlers A Doe Antlers is a device designed for retrieving wild game animals such as deer or other animals of similar size. Doe Antlers consists of a yoke, yoke handles, an adjustment fastener, a hook, and hand grips. The yoke can be manufactured of tubular or solid material... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6974374 | Self-adjusting gambrel The present invention consists of an gambrel that can be easily and quickly hung from a variety of mounts to allow for quick, safe, reliable field dressing of slaughtered animals. It will automatically adjust to the size and weight of the slaughtered animal. The gam... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6921007 | Hitch-mounted game carrier apparatus A hitch-mounted game carrier apparatus for transporting and skinning game. The hitch-mounted game carrier apparatus includes a support assembly being adapted to be fastened to a hitch of a vehicle; and also includes a winch assembly being mounted to the support asse... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6915913 | Attachment device for shelving and organizer systems An attachment device and method of providing the same includes opposing flaps or tabs for securing around different portions of shelving, particularly ventilated shelving. The flaps or tabs are generally flexible and sets of the flaps or tabs are generally provided ... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6855049 | Stow away collapsible fish cleaner A collapsible fish cleaner in the form of a V-shaped trough or holding tray with integral ends that performs similarly to welded or molded fish cleaners to securely hold fish for cleaning on the outside of a boat. Seven integrally incorporated hinge assemblies allow... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6626748 | Big game hoist and carrier assembly A game hoist and carrier comprises a rack having expandable sides for transporting game from a hunting site. A hoist mast is mounted to the rack, and a vertical support shaft is attached to the rack for stabilizing the game hoist and carrier above a surfa... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6264544 | Game hanger A hanger device for suspending, dressing and weighing game comprises a main structure having an integrated weight scale for determining a total and a dressed game weight. Two main arms have a proximal end and a distal end. Each of the two main arms are pr... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6186882 | Animal field dressing hanger An animal gambrel apparatus having a three piece telescoping spreader bar. The center section of the spreader bar has a telescoping section engaged in each end of the center section, and each end of the center section has an internally mounted retention m... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6132305 | Portable game animal hanger A portable game animal hanger for hanging a game animal thereon to facilitate skinning and cleaning of the game animal. The portable game animal hanger includes a pair of elongate arms each has proximal and distal ends. The proximal ends of the arms are p... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6062974 | Portable game animal support A portable, foldable structure for the dressing of game animals in the field is provided. The present invention is a portable game support which has an upper arm with a game attachment means suspended at one end of the upper arm and a flange support attac... | 05/16/2000 |
| 6045442 | Non-rotating, heavy duty game hoist A heavy-duty game hoist for suspending large game, such as deer, or other animals for processing in a stable, non-rotating manner. The preferred embodiment of the present invention contemplates a hoist configured to be affixed to a pole, tree, or the like... | 04/04/2000 |
| 5938521 | Portable gambrel A portable gambrel comprising a pair of sturdy bar arms rotatably supported in a triangular saddle member, each of said arms having a rotating hook at its outermost end. The arms may be rotated from the horizontal position to the vertical position for sto... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5873776 | Weight-activated, expanding gambrel apparatus and method of using same An expanding gambrel apparatus and method for supporting a slaughtered animal. The gambrel apparatus includes a pair of support arms each having an arcuate end forming a hook. The pair of support arms are pivotally connected to each other. A pair of brace... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5820455 | Portable animal hoist A portable animal hoist (10) comprises the vertical member (12). The member holder (12B) is securely attached to the top end of the vertical member (12) on one distal end. The opposite distal end of the member holder (12B) is wrapped around the tree (30) ... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5591077 | Gambrel support structure for animal carcass A gambrel apparatus is provided for the support of animals and the like. The gambrel apparatus includes a spreader bar adapted to permit convenient and rapid adjustment of its length. End pieces of the spreader bar include special entailing hooks for moun... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5417609 | Portable wild game hanging device A portable wild game hanging device is provided. The device has a J-shaped hook with transversely oriented base and arm portions. The hook may be secured about an elevated support, such as an elevated tree limb with the arm portion located over the elevat... | 05/23/1995 |
| 5304091 | Self-spreading gambrel for supporting slain animals An adjustable frame member has one end of a first linking member pivotally connected to the adjustable frame member. A first abutting member is pivotally connected to another end of the first linking member and a first side frame member is attached to the... | 04/19/1994 |
| 5288265 | Folding gambrel support A hinged gambrel support which folds and latches for storage. Each of a pair of support arms include one or more gambrel retainer projections, mating latch surfaces and tie off apertures. A bored axle at one arm mates with and is retained to the other arm... | 02/22/1994 |
| 5236386 | Portable deer hoist and support A device for field dressing of game is set forth. It includes an upstanding central strap which connects at its lower end to a pivot means. The pivot means supports a left arm, and a duplicate right arm. They engage the hind legs of game for cleaning. In ... | 08/17/1993 |
| 5071389 | Compact gambrel A lightweight, collapsible gambrel for carrying or lifting an animal carcass is provided having a central support member for securing a manipulative tether and two opposing foldable branch members pivotally attached to the central support member. Each bra... | 12/10/1991 |
| 5049110 | Portable game support A portable game support for suspending game from a vertical support such as a post or tree, which game support includes a support frame having spaced legs for skirting the tree, a connector bar spanning the legs for engaging one side of the tree, a brace ... | 09/17/1991 |
| 4930188 | Sportsman's game and fish cleaning station A game and fish cleaning station expedites the cleaning, skinning and/or processing of captured game animals. An elongated, aluminum support bar suspends game to be cleaned. It horizontally extends between a pair of support vertical posts, at a desired va... | 06/05/1990 |
| 4909555 | Collapsible adjustable animal gambrel An adjustable animal gambrel having a pair of telescopic members. An impaling hook is slidably secured within an end of each of the pair of telescopic members. Each of the impaling hooks has a knob and an off-set eyelet. A retainer pin keeps the telescopi... | 03/20/1990 |
| 4828307 | Take apart hunter's drag apparatus A take apart lightweight hunter's drag apparatus capable of being carried in a compact arrangement on the body of a hunter, for carrying said apparatus in a disassembled compact arrangement on a hunter and for transporting in an assembled arrangement slai... | 05/09/1989 |
| 4763942 | Gambrel A game holding gambrel is formed from a pair of plastic tubes attachable together by the use of a threaded coupling. Loops are provided at opposed ends of the assembled tubes with these loops being designed to receive the feet of the animal to be butchere... | 08/16/1988 |
| 4581790 | Portable small game holder A portable small game holder for dressing game in the field having two flat rectangular plate arms joined by a hinge, with the outer ends of the arms containing an inwardly extending U-shaped slot into which the legs of the animal are fitted. The holder i... | 04/15/1986 |
| 4027357 | Collapsible dressing hook for animals A dressing hook for animals having a yoke adapted to be supported from above and having a pair of oppositely, outwardly extending arms adapted to be hingedly moved on the yoke from the outwardly extending position to a collapsed position; the arms are sup... | 06/07/1977 |
