Duck call organizer

• US 9,370,238 B1
• Filed: 09/04/2015
• Issued: 06/21/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 01/21/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ducks, Ducks & More Ducks, LLC
• Original Assignee: Ducks, Ducks & More Ducks, LLC
• Inventors: Cascio, Joe David II
• Primary Examiner(s): Nash, Brian D
• Application Number:
  US14/846,518
• Time in Patent Office: 291 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A01M 31/004 Game callers
• CPC Class Codes: A45F 5/004 with an automatic spring reel

Abstract

A duck or game call organizer includes a band to be worn on the duck hunter'"'"'s body and several retractors located along the band. Each retractor provides a line to connect a respective call device so that the user may select a call device, extend it from the band and operate it, and release it. The retractor then retracts the call device to the band. The band may provide a cradle for each retractor to orient or align the call device in a predetermined position when it retracts.

Claims

1. A game call organizer for organizing and holding a plurality of game call devices, comprising:

an elongated band including at least one fastener permitting the band to be removably connected to a garment, belt, or lanyard worn by a user;

at least one retractor in engagement with the band, each said retractor having a corresponding line to be extended from and retracted to the retractor a distance of at least several inches;

each line including a connector to engage a game call device;

wherein the elongated band is not a trouser belt;

a base member secured around the at least one retractor, the base member having protruding spaced apart side edges extending substantially perpendicular to the band, the side edges defining a central channel between the edges, the retractor seated within the central channel between the side edges, the central channel sized to receive and hold at least a portion of a game call device when fully retracted to the retractor, the base holding a retracted game call device in an substantially perpendicular orientation relative the band.

2. The game call organizer of claim 1 wherein the elongated band further includes a cover that is not part of the retractor, wherein the cover includes an opening through which the line of a corresponding retractor passes.

3. The game call organizer of claim 2 wherein the elongated band is sized to be worn across the chest of the user.

4. A combination of a garment and a game call organizer, comprising:

an elongated band having a first and second end and a first and second side, the first and second ends having fasteners;

a retractor in engagement along the first side of the elongated band between the first and second end, the retractor having an exterior housing and a retractable line to be extended from and retracted to the retractor a distance of at least several inches;

a connector to engage a game call device, the connector coupled to a free end of the retractable line;

a garment suitable for being worn by a person, the garment having attachment members to secure the fasteners at the first and second ends of the elongated band, upon being secured to the garment, the second side of the band is positioned against an exterior surface of the garment and the retractor along the first side of the band faces outward, away from the person

a base member secured around the retractor, the base member having protruding a central channel between the edges, the retractor seated within the central channel between the side edges, the central channel sized to receive and hold at least a portion of a game call device when fully retracted to the retractor, the base holding a retracted game call device in an substantially perpendicular orientation relative the band.

5. The combination of claim 4 further comprising a game call device affixed to the connector on the free end of the retractable line.

6. The combination of claim 4 wherein at least a portion of the line is maintained in a coiled configuration inside the housing.

7. The combination of claim 4 further comprising a removable cover that is independent from and external to the retractor and that extends over at least a portion of the elongated band to conceal and protect the retractor, the cover having corresponding holes to permit the line to extend through the cover.