Abstract A portable skid for hauling game from the field which comprises a rectangular sheet of plastic having a high tear strength and provided with reinforced apertures along the side margins and forward margin. When not in use, the skid is rolled in a coil and carried on the shoulder by a sling. When in use, the game carcass is placed on the unrolled skid and cords tied between the reinforced apertures on the side margins to form an upwardly open U-shaped channel around the carcass with the narrow bottom web interconnecting the channel side walls functioning as a runner. A rope secured to reinforced apertures in the forward margin is used to drag the skid. In one embodiment of the invention, spaced bands having a stiff pile or fiber surface on the upper surface of a plastic sheet prevent the carcass from sliding off the skid.
Inventors
👤 H Duerst
Bibliographic Details
Application Number—
JurisdictionUS
Data Sourcegoogle_patents
Last Synchronized2026-11-06 19:53
CPC Classifications
B; B62; B62B; B62B15/00
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 3
Claim 1
Independent Claim
167 words
A skid for hauling a load from the field comprising an elongated sheet of plastic having an uppeR surface and a high tear strength and formable into a channel, said sheet having side margins and a forward margin with a plurality of reinforced apertures in said margins, tie means extending through oppositely located ones of said apertures in said side margins for maintaining said sheet in said channel shape, a handle means for pulling said skid connected to said apertures in said forward margin, said channel being defined by side walls of said sheet, and a web portion of said sheet, said web portion interconnecting said side walls and being rigidified by said side walls to form a stiff skid bottom and means for retaining the load against rearward slippage from said sheet said means for retaining the load comprising a plurality of longitudinally spaced transverse bands located intermediate said side margins and glued to said upper surface of said sheet, said bands having a friction surface.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
167 words
A skid for hauling a load from the field comprising an elongated sheet of plastic having an uppeR surface and a high tear strength and formable into a channel, said sheet having side margins and a forward margin with a plurality of reinforced apertures in said margins, tie means extending through oppositely located ones of said apertures in said side margins for maintaining said sheet in said channel shape, a handle means for pulling said skid connected to said apertures in said forward margin, said channel being defined by side walls of said sheet, and a web portion of said sheet, said web portion interconnecting said side walls and being rigidified by said side walls to form a stiff skid bottom and means for retaining the load against rearward slippage from said sheet said means for retaining the load comprising a plurality of longitudinally spaced transverse bands located intermediate said side margins and glued to said upper surface of said sheet, said bands having a friction surface.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
20 words
A skid in accordance with claim 1 wherein said friction surface on said bands comprises a mat of stiff fibers.