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Elk calling device

  • US 4,761,149 A
  • Filed: 03/14/1986
  • Issued: 08/02/1988
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/14/1986
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An improved elk calling device comprising:

  • a pair of rectangular, substantially coextensive, planar members with a longitudinal axis;

    the members being bowed perpendicular to said longitudinal axes longitudinal axes thereof and positioned opposing one another with their open concave sides facing one another and flared to form a double-tapered cavity sandwiched between the two members, said cavity extending in a direction parallel to the longitudinal axes of the two members with a flared opening at each end of said longitudinal axes;

    a first endless elastic band encircling the two members in a direction transverse to the longitudinal axes thereof and at a position adjacent but spaced from a first end of the device;

    a second endless elastic band means encircling the two members in a direction transverse to the longitudinal axes thereof and at a position adjacent a second end of the device for resiliently holding the two members together, the second end being opposite the first end of the device;

    the first endless elastic band further having a portion of the band disposed in the double-tapered cavity, which portion comprises a reed element for the device;

    the two resilient members being further adapted so that when the two members are squeezed together at the first end of the device, the members at the second end of the device are caused to separate because the portions of the first elastic band extending between the two members at the longitudinal edges thereof act as a fulcrum about which the two members pivot;

    the two resilient members further being constructed of flexible and resilient material and further adapted so that when the two members are squeezed together at the first end of the device, the size of the double-tapered cavity is substantially reduced beginning at the ends of the double-tapered cavity and working towards the center of the cavity and when pressure on the two members is released, the size of the double-tapered cavity is restored to its normal size.

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