Patents by Inventor Silas G. Hyde

Silas G. Hyde has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 4930188
    Abstract: 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 variable elevation. A clamping system forcibly sandwiches at least a portion of a game animal to be cleaned or skinned against the bar. The clamping system comprises a pair of rigid, grooves clamping plates which are pivotally coupled to the support bar by a special hinge structure. The clamping plates may be compressed against the support bar by tightening a suitable nut upon a threaded rod which penetrates a follower slot in the plates. When the clamping plates are compressed against the support bar, the grooves in the plates will register with similar grooves formed in the bar, and the feet of an animal will be frictionally captured. A cooperating cleaning table may be mounted below the support bar between the support posts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 1989
    Date of Patent: June 5, 1990
    Inventor: Silas G. Hyde