Wind direction indicator

• US 9,841,433 B2
• Filed: 11/16/2015
• Issued: 12/12/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 11/16/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Cirrus Outdoors, LLC
• Original Assignee: Cirrus Outdoors, LLC
• Inventors: Norris, Jeffrey, Angott, James Angelo
• Primary Examiner(s): Smith, R. A.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Roberts, Herbert K
• Application Number:
  US14/942,098
• Publication Number:
  US 20160069924A1
• Time in Patent Office: 757 Days
• Field of Search: 392404, 7317004
• CPC Class Codes: A01M 31/00 Hunting appliances
• CPC Class Codes: A24F 40/50 Control or monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: A63J 5/025 Devices for making mist or smoke effects, e.g. with liquid air for camouflage F41H9/06
• CPC Class Codes: C06D 3/00 Generation of smoke or mist (chemical part) compositions used as biocides, pest repellants or attractants, or plant growth regulators A01N25/18
• CPC Class Codes: G01P 13/00 Indicating or recording presence, absence, or direction, of movement electric switches H01H; counting moving objects G06M7/00
• CPC Class Codes: G01P 13/0093 by making use of products, e.g. chemical products added to the fluid in order to make the fluid flow visible
• CPC Class Codes: G01P 13/02 Indicating direction only, e.g. by weather vane

Abstract

A wind direction indicator for hunters includes a smoke generator, a housing, an electrical power source, an air pump and a switch all arranged such that the indicator may be actuated by a hunter using a single hand. The smoke generator may be a cartomizer as an example.

Claims

1. A wind direction indicator comprising;

a) A first housing including a top, a bottom, and two sides and a front and rear portion,

b) a smoke generator, the smoke generator including a second housing disposed in the first housing, a heating element, a fibrous mass impregnated with a smoke generating liquid and an internal air passageway extending through the fibrous mass,

c) an air pump having an outlet connected to the air passageway, and

d) a switch connected to the heating element for energizing the heating element from a power source, wherein the first housing includes an inclined portion extending from the top to a first side portion, the switch being mounted on the inclined portion, and the air pump being mounted on a second side portion, whereby the wind indicator may be actuated by a user'"'"'s thumb and trigger finger.

2. The wind direction indicator of claim 1 further including a pocket positioned within the first housing, the smoke generator being removably secured in the pocket.

3. The wind direction indicator of claim 1 further including a light mounted on the top of the first housing for illuminating the smoke as it is generated.

4. The wind direction indicator of claim 2 further including a cutout provided on the front portion of the first housing for viewing a level of a liquid contained within the smoke generator.

5. The wind direction indicator of claim 1 further including a battery connected between the switch and the heating element.

6. A wind direction indicator comprising:

a) A first housing including a top, a bottom, and two sides and a front and rear portion,

b) a smoke generator, the smoke generator including a second housing disposed in the first housing, a heating element, a fibrous mass impregnated with a smoke generating liquid, and an internal air passageway extending through the fibrous mass and having an inlet and outlet,

c) an air pump for introducing air into the inlet of the air passageway, and

d) a switch connected to the heating element for energizing the heating element from a power source, wherein the first housing includes an inclined portion extending from the top to a first side portion, the switch being mounted on the inclined portion, and the air pump being mounted on a second side portion, whereby the wind indicator may be actuated by a user'"'"'s thumb and trigger finger.

7. The wind direction indicator of claim 6 further including a battery connected between the switch and the heating element.