Systems and Methods for Providing Motion in Animal Decoys
First Claim
1. An animal decoy comprising a body and a mechanical assembly operable for moving the body of the animal decoy, the mechanical assembly including:
- a bottom mount;
a top mount coupled to the bottom mount such that the top mount is rotatable relative to the bottom mount;
a cam;
a motor having a shaft coupled to the cam for rotating the cam; and
a sweep arm coupled to the top mount, the bottom mount, and the cam;
whereby the sweep arm is configured to cause the top mount to rotate relative to the bottom mount when the cam is being rotated by the motor; and
whereby rotation of the top mount relative to the bottom mount rotates the body of the animal decoy relative to the bottom mount.
2 Assignments
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
Disclosed are exemplary embodiments of mechanical assemblies or systems that may be used to create or provide various motions in animal decoys, such as in a decoy of a duck, goose, turkey, deer, dove, crow, coyote, among other types of birds, mammals, etc. For example, a mechanical assembly or system disclosed herein may be used to create or provide sweeping (e.g., rotation left-to-right and right-to-left, etc.) motions and/or peck (e.g., pivoting up-and-down, etc.) feeding motions for wild bird decoys (e.g., ducks, geese, dove, crow, drake, etc.).
-
Citations
20 Claims
-
1. An animal decoy comprising a body and a mechanical assembly operable for moving the body of the animal decoy, the mechanical assembly including:
-
a bottom mount; a top mount coupled to the bottom mount such that the top mount is rotatable relative to the bottom mount; a cam; a motor having a shaft coupled to the cam for rotating the cam; and a sweep arm coupled to the top mount, the bottom mount, and the cam; whereby the sweep arm is configured to cause the top mount to rotate relative to the bottom mount when the cam is being rotated by the motor; and whereby rotation of the top mount relative to the bottom mount rotates the body of the animal decoy relative to the bottom mount. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 17, 18)
-
-
11. A system operable for providing motion in an animal decoy, the system comprising:
-
a bottom mount; a top mount coupled to the bottom mount such that the top mount is rotatable relative to the bottom mount; a cam; a motor having a shaft coupled to the cam for rotating the cam; and a sweep arm coupled to the top mount, the bottom mount, and the cam; whereby the sweep arm is configured to cause the top mount to rotate relative to the bottom mount when the cam is being rotated by the motor. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
-
-
19. A method related to providing motion to a body of an animal decoy, the method comprising selectively configuring a mechanical assembly into one of a plurality of configurations, the plurality of configurations including:
-
a first configuration in which the mechanical assembly is operable for providing the body of the animal decoy with a sweeping motion by rotating the body of the animal decoy in a first direction and then rotating the body of the animal decoy in a second direction opposite the first direction; and a second configuration in which the mechanical assembly is operable for providing the body of the animal decoy with the sweeping motion and also a peck feeding motion by pivoting the body of the animal decoy in a third direction and then pivoting the body of the animal in a fourth direction opposite the third direction. - View Dependent Claims (20)
-
Specification