Tent – canopy – umbrella – or cane – Hunting blind or ice-fishing shelter
Reexamination Certificate
2000-06-13
2001-10-02
Callo, Laura A. (Department: 3635)
Tent, canopy, umbrella, or cane
Hunting blind or ice-fishing shelter
C135S098000, C135S099000, C043S001000, C043S002000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06296005
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to the field of collapsible blinds for hunting in general, and in particular to a collapsible blind whose primary function is to act as a decoy to attract wild game.
2. Description of Related Art
As can be seen by reference to the following U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,590,699; 5,214,872; 5,522,168; 5,572,823; and 5,787,632, the prior art is replete with myriad and diverse hunting blind constructions.
While all of the aforementioned prior art constructions are more than adequate for the basic purpose and function for which they have been specifically designed, they are uniformly deficient with respect to their failure to provide a simple, efficient, and practical collapsible blind construction whose primary function is to provide a decoy for wild game.
As most hunters are aware, the use of decoys for big game animals such as elk and deer is extremely effective; however, the transport of the decoy to a particular site or location can be so difficult and/or cumbersome as to make this task either impossible or impractical for most purposes.
As a consequence of the foregoing situation, there has existed a longstanding need among hunters for a new and improved collapsible blind whose primary purpose and function is to serve as a decoy for wild game, and the provision of such an construction is the stated objective of the present invention.
BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Briefly stated, the collapsible decoy and blind apparatus that forms the basis of the present invention comprises in general, a framework unit that is collapsible and supports a combined blind/decoy unit.
As will be explained in greater detail further on in the specification, the most important aspect of this invention revolves around the blind/decoy unit which includes a first sheet of at least partially transparent material having a front surface which is provided with an opaque decoy element that is contoured, colored, and configured to resemble a selected species of wild game. The light transmissive properties of the first sheet of material gives a three dimensional appearance to the decoy element such that when transparent material is employed as the first sheet of material, the decoy element will acquire a stand alone visual appearance. When a partially transparent sheet of material is employed as the first sheet of material, any hunter movement that occurs behind the blind/decoy unit will be attributed by an approaching game animal as emanating from the decoy element.
In addition, the framework unit includes a collapsible framework member mounted on a collapsible support shaft member, whereby the support shaft member folds in half and the framework member and the blind/decoy unit are collapsible in a quasi-folding umbrella fashion to facilitate the transport of the apparatus to a desired hunting location.
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Williams B. Monte
Williams Lincoln Scott
Callo Laura A.
Henderson & Sturm LLP
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