Claims
- 1. An improved poultry leg retainer comprising
- an upper strip having downturned ends merging with resiliently extensible legs having hook means at the bottom thereof,
- a lower strip extending between said legs below said upper strip and having a central portion spaced forwardly of a common plane of said upper strip and hook means with end portions curved backwardly to said legs, and
- a pair of central strips disposed in space relation to each other and extending forwardly of said upper strip and downwardly to the central portion of said lower strip,
- whereby said strips are adapted to fit about the hocks of poultry with the central strips lying in the creases of said hocks to truss poultry legs.
- 2. The retainer of claim 1 further defined by said central strips extending toward each other from said upper strip and thence downwardly to said lower strip.
- 3. The retainer of claim 1 further defined by said strips all being integral and formed of a resiliently deformable material.
- 4. The retainer of claim 1 further defined by said legs being inclined slightly toward each other in extension downwardly from said upper strip.
- 5. The retainer of claim 1 further defined by the ends of said lower strip extending rearwardly of the central portion thereof and downwardly thereof to said legs.
- 6. The retainer of claim 1 further defined by said central strips extending downwardly from said upper strip and extending at an angle toward each other and then extending downwardly in straight sections inclined toward each other to said lower strip.
Parent Case Info
The present invention is an improvement on the poultry leg retainer of my prior copending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 731,881 now U.S. Pat. No. 4,615,075 issued 10-7-86 and this is a continuation-in-part of such patent application. All advantages of such prior invention are herein incorporated plus a further ease of trussing and improved capability of stacking of retainers for shipping.
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