US2407172A

US2407172A - Game carrier

Info

Publication number: US2407172A
Application number: US629305A
Authority: US
Inventors: Clarence H Mcmillan
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1945-11-17
Filing date: 1945-11-17
Publication date: 1946-09-03
Anticipated expiration: 1963-09-03

Description

Patented Sept. 3, 1946 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE GAME CARRIER v Clarence H. McMillan, Minneapolis, Minn. Application November 17, 1945, Serial No. 629,305

3 Claims.

My invention relates to improvements in game carriers, and more particularly, to a carrier for ducks and other game birds.

An object of this invention is to provide a simple and highly efficient game carrier that may be carried by hand, thrown over the shoulder or hung from a support in an automobile.

Another object of this invention is to provide a game carrier having means for carrying game birds in groups and each of said means being self-adjusting.

A still further object of this invention is to provide a game carrier which, when not in use. may be stored or carried in a relatively small and compact space.

Other objects of this invention will be apparent from the following description, reference being had to the drawing.

To the above end, generally stated, the inven tion consists of the novel construction and arrangement hereinafter described and defined in the claims.

In the accompanying drawing, which illus'- trates the invention, like characters indicate like parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a View in side elevation of the game carrier showing one of the looped straps folded to form a noose, a portion of the handle being broken away and sectioned;

Fig. 2 is an end elevation ofthe game carrier as shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the handle with the looped straps removed; and i Fig. 4 is a fragmentary perspective view of one of the looped straps showing a step in the process of connecting the end portions thereof.

The numeral 5 indicates a rectangular leather handle having four holes 6 punched in each end. portion thereof. Attached to each end portion of the handle 5 are two straps 1 of rawhide and each strap is folded upon itself to form a long loop. Each strap 'l is attached to the handle '5 by having its end portions inserted through two of the holes 6 and connected by a knot 8. The knot 8 is formed by cutting a slit 9 in each end bird is inserted therethrough and the noose ll is tightened around the neck of the bird.

The improved game carrier is designed to carry twenty birds, five by each strap 1. Obviously, each noose Il is self-adjusting so that there is no chance of the noose Il becoming loose and releasing a bird held thereby. The noose l I will hold, say, ve birds, equally as well as one bird.

As previously stated, the carrier may be held in the hand, thrown over the shoulder or hung on a support in an automobile. In carrying a plurality of birds by the carrier, they will, of course, be equally or substantially equally divided among the several straps 1. This distribution of the birds substantially balances the load from the four corners of the handle 5 which makes the carrier easy to carry.

From what has been said, it will be understood that the game carrier described is capable of modification as to details of construction and arrangement within the scope of the invention herein disclosed and claimed.

What I claim is:

l. A game carrier comprising a rectangular leather handle having in each end portion two pairs of holes, the holes of each pair being substantially parallel to the longitudinal edges of` the handle, and pairs of long rawhide straps, each strap being folded upon itself to form a loop, the end portions of each strap being inserted through one pair of said holes and connected, each looped strap being capable of being folded to form a running noose.

2. A game carrier comprising a rectangular leather handle having in each end portion two pairs of holes, the holes of each pair being substantially parallel to the longitudinal edges of the handle, and pairs of long rawhide straps, each strap being folded upon itself to form a loop, the end portions of each strap being inserted through one pair of said holes from the under side of the handle, each looped strap being capable of being folded to form a running loop.

3. A game carrier comprising a rectangular leather handle having in each end portion two portion of the strap 1 and inserting the end por- Y tions through the slits 9, as shown in Fig. 4,` and then by pulling said end portions in opposite directions, to form the knot 8. The end portions of the straps 1, outwardly of the slits 9, are cut to form points l0 to facilitate the insertion there of through the slits 9 and also add to the attractiveness of the game carrier.

To attach a game bird to the carrier, one of the looped straps 1 is again folded upon itself` to form therein a running noose Il and the head of the pairs of holes, the holes of each pair being substantially parallel to the longitudinal edges of the handle, and pairs of long rawhide straps, each strap being folded upon itself to form a loop,

the `end portions of each strap being inserted through one pair of said holes, the end portions of each strap having therein, above the handle, slits, each end portion of each looped strap being inserted through the slit in the other end portion and said end portions tightened to form a knot, each looped strap being capable of being folded to form a running noose. v

CLARENCE H. MCMILLAN.