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US 10,238,101 B1Granted
Replaceable soundboard inserts and a sound adjuster for a box call
AssigneeChristobalina Michel
InventorThomas J. Michel
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Abstract
A single box call having a plurality of replaceable soundboard inserts and a plurality of replaceable lids having different sound characteristics, selectively used in combination together for producing distinctly different sounds that imitate turkey calls. The box call includes a housing having two receiving slots for receiving soundboard inserts, and a sound adjuster engageable with one or both soundboard inserts to vary the sound. There is a connecting means for releasably connecting the lid to the housing.
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A box call comprising:
- (a) a housing comprising a base and a plurality of walls upstanding therefrom and forming an open-topped sound chamber for producing one or more sounds substantially similar to a turkey's call, and a tensioning means associated with said housing for varying the sound;
- (b) a lid comprising a striker surface;
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- (c) a connecting means for pivotably connecting said lid to said housing;
- (d) said lid being one or a plurality of available lids interchangeable on said housing to further vary the sound produced by said box call.
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A box call comprising:
- (a) a housing comprising a base and a plurality of walls upstanding therefrom comprising a first end wall and a second end wall opposite thereto connected by a first sidewall, said base defining a longitudinal groove extending from within said first end wall to within said second end wall, said housing further comprising at least one of a plurality of soundboard inserts insertable into said groove and forming a second sidewall, said housing further comprising a tensioning means associated with said housing for varying the sound;
- (b) a lid comprising a striker surface;
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- (c) a connecting means for pivotably connecting said lid to said housing;
- (d) said lid being one or a plurality of available lids interchangeable on said housing to further vary the sound produced by said box call.
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