Fishing – trapping – and vermin destroying – Decoys – Duck
Patent
1999-05-12
2000-07-25
Lavinder, Jack W.
Fishing, trapping, and vermin destroying
Decoys
Duck
A01M 3106
Patent
active
060923237
ABSTRACT:
A fowl decoy for use by duck hunters. More specifically, the invention is a model duck having motorized wings which provide the decoy with the appearance of a duck in perpetual stationary flight above a water body. The duck body is mounted on a control platform. The platform is supported by the middle fork of a pitch fork-shaped frame. A pair of plates is welded to each end of a horizontal shaft, extending from the left and right side of the duck body. The shaft is supported at its opposite ends by the two outside forks of the frame, and is connected to a motor housed inside the duck body. Each plate-shaped wing has a major surface that is white, and a major surface that is dark brown such that rotation of the plates simulates a duck flapping its wings. The shaft is free spinning while the motor is off so that the shaft and plates may spin due to wind forces. Wind-induced spinning of the plates is facilitated by a wing flap along the outer edge of each plate. The motor is preferably of variable speed, direct current, and preferably powered by a six volt lantern battery. It may also be powered by a 12 volt rechargeable battery. A substantially vertical stand having a foot peg and sharpened base supports the frame. Using the foot peg, the base is driven into the mud in a shallow area, such that the duck decoy flies conspicuously above the water.
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McBride Craig M.
Meeker Thomas L.
Lavinder Jack W.
Litman Richard C.
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