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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4566214 | Feeding wildfowl decoy An improved wildfowl decoy featuring electromechanical means for lifelike motion when operated upon water. Anchored the same as regular wildfowl decoy it, while operating, moves continuously and produces a continuous outflow of ripples upon the water surr... | 01/28/1986 |
| 4539772 | Adapters for converting certain plastic bottles into decoys for duck hunters A molded plastic adapter, simulating at its forward end the head, neck and upper breast portions of a duck, includes a rearwardly extending hollow keel such that an empty plastic two liter soft drink bottle can be secured atop the keel with the neck of th... | 09/10/1985 |
| 4535560 | Duck decoy movement apparatus An apparatus for controlling the movement of a group of duck decoys having a decoy support frame attached at one end to an anchored elastic band and at its other end to a line which is attached to a reel and motor. Movement of the decoys is controlled by ... | 08/20/1985 |
| 4475674 | Goose decoy back pack A goose or other fowl decoy unit may be assembled to simulate a sentinel or feeding bird. The head and neck of the unit is joined to a stake portion for staking into the ground. The body of the unit is provided with a slot through which the head passes an... | 10/09/1984 |
| 4450642 | Buoyant water fowl decoy The water fowl decoy includes a body comprised of a rigid plastic outer shell filled with buoyant foam plastic material and a depending weighted keel comprised of a rigid plastic shell filled with concrete and having throughbores at each end thereof for r... | 05/29/1984 |
| 4435913 | Decoy Defined is a buoyant, full-bodied decoy for land or water use having top and bottom shells of blown-moulded plastic joined together by an interfitting joint, and maintained so joined together by a shaft component of a shaft-stake keel member. The shaft ca... | 03/13/1984 |
| 4422257 | Carrousel wildfowl decoy An array of hollow body wildfowl decoys operatively connected each to the others in a carrousel type configuration such that a plurality of auxiliary decoys are pulled around a central control decoy in which is housed electromechanical means for such acco... | 12/27/1983 |
| 4375337 | Underwater device for ruffling still water A small, battery operated, electric motor contained in an underwater waterproof housing operates a submerged propeller in a stationary location for the purpose of creating ripples on the surface of still water. Such ripples in a decoy-spread simulate moti... | 03/01/1983 |
| 4356928 | Decorative article containing fowl A decorative fowl provided for receiving articles is shaped to simulate an ornamental carved bird having an elongated body. A receptacle is provided in said elongated body having an opened top for receiving articles. A pair of wings is pivotally carried o... | 11/02/1982 |
| 4340192 | Reel for anchoring wild fowl decoys A reel for a duck decoy or the like, comprises a first hub having a second hub mounted and biased for rotary movement thereto. The second hub has diametrically opposed notches, each notch has two edges, and each notch has a circumferential groove located ... | 07/20/1982 |
| 4334643 | Goose decoy back pack A back pack for carrying a plurality of stacked goose decoys in the disassembled condition to enable a hunter to easily carry a supply of the decoys for field use. The back pack is in the form of an inverted hollow conic section, open at the top only with... | 06/15/1982 |
| 4322908 | Animated wildfowl decoy A improved animated wildfowl decoy with self-contained power and control systems featuring selectable solar energy power or alternative battery power, continuous solar energy re-charge of battery, unique new highly efficient capstan type torque conversion... | 04/06/1982 |
| 4318240 | Convertible decoys assembled from and collapsible to flat sheets Decoys for use in hunting waterfowl are provided as a plurality of stackable flat sheets, each suitably decorated on each opposite surface thereof to resemble a different species of fowl and having integral tabs and interfitting slits whereby each sheet i... | 03/09/1982 |
| 4314423 | Sound producing toy A toy animal or object embodies a sound emitting system to produce a sound characteristic of the animal or object represented. The sound emitting system has electronic sound generating circuitry and an actuator. The actuator is responsive to water to turn... | 02/09/1982 |
| 4251937 | Collapsible two specie duck or goose decoys A collapsible decoy comprised of two main body halves which are joined together along the upper back portion by a hinge thus allowing one main body half to be folded over the other. The coloration of the body halves is such that when one body half is fold... | 02/24/1981 |
| 4248368 | Device for supporting duck decoys or the like A device for supporting duck decoys or the like has a base with a slot opening on one end of the base. A latch movably mounted on the base selectively opens and closes the slot at the one end of the base. Decoys having weights attached by lines are suspen... | 02/03/1981 |
| 4172335 | Goose decoy A goose decoy which may be readily stacked in the disassembled condition to enable a hunter to easily carry a supply of the decoys for field use. Each decoy is formed of a detachable flat section shaped as a head and neck of a goose, a curved body section... | 10/30/1979 |
| 4141167 | Waterfowl decoy setting means A decoy set comprising an anchor, main line including at least one decoy, and a highly elastic band connected in series between the anchor and main line.... | 02/27/1979 |
| 4128958 | Water fowl decoy A decoy which can be made to resemble the external apparatus of a duck or a goose. The decoy is provided with a body capable of floating on the water surface. A pair of movable wings is hingedly mounted on the sides of the body, and control means in the f... | 12/12/1978 |
| 4120110 | Duck decoy A decoy assembly having a plurality of decoy members of generally flat configuration shaped in profile to resemble ducks or other game species and including a support which is adapted for movement between closed, collapsed and open, expanded positions. At... | 10/17/1978 |
| 4073397 | Fowl-shaped container A container possesses the configuration of a duck so that once it is emptied of its contents it may be used as a duck decoy, or as a toy, or for some other purpose which requires a duck-shaped appearance.... | 02/14/1978 |
| 4062141 | Decoy The invention comprises a decoy having a head portion with a neck portion therebeneath made of relatively rigid material; a hoop member is attached to the bottom of the neck portion and extends downward therefrom; a spike is at the bottom of the hoop and ... | 12/13/1977 |
| 4056890 | Tethered decoy A decoy includes a shell wherein a coil spring which is operable to provide power for playing a phonograph recording of a duck call. Additionally the shell includes a pawl and ratchet arrangement operable to wind and unwind a tether line connected to an a... | 11/08/1977 |
| 4023297 | Decoy products for game birds with compact nesting facilities Thin shell bodies which in use are detachably interconnected to form full volumetric simulation of the appropriate game birds. The thin shell sections, when disconnected, are positionable for extremely compact nesting of a multiplicity of the shell sectio... | 05/17/1977 |
| 3950879 | Decoy weight-carrier A collapsible decoy and combined carrier and weight. The carrier functions both as a carrier for the folded decoy and also as a weight when immersed in and filled with water. The carrier is connected to the decoy by string means. In use, the immersed carr... | 04/20/1976 |
| 3939591 | Decoy A fowl decoy having an inverted U-shaped body with open front and rear ends. A head is releasably connected to the top of the front of the body with a projection located in an opening. A downwardly directed leg is releasably connected to the midsection of... | 02/24/1976 |
| 3930328 | Anchor and adjustable tie-line for floatable decoys An anchor and a slidably adjustably carried tie-line for a floatable decoy duck or the like comprising a generally elongated non-rustable metal body preferably wider at one end than at the other, a continuous passageway for said tie-line extending from an... | 01/06/1976 |
