US 10,893,672 B1Granted

Turkey decoy

AssigneeAlive Action Decoys, LLC

InventorWade Aaron Gotter

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Abstract

A turkey decoy system wherein the tail of the decoy can be moved from a lowered position to a raised and fanned position by a pair of control lines, wherein a fanned tail of the decoy can be oscillated by the control lines, wherein the decoy can be moved forward and backward by the pair of control lines, and wherein the decoy can be oscillated by the control lines.

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A turkey decoy, comprising:

a full body member, said full body member being a representation of the torso of an adult turkey, said full body member having an anterior portion, and a posterior portion;
a tail assembly support member, said tail assembly support member being attached to the posterior portion of the full body member, said tail support member suitably adapted to support a tail assembly;
a turkey tail assembly comprising a turkey tail fan and a turkey tail fanning mechanism suitably adapted to move the turkey tail fan such that the turkey tail fan is movable between an upright fanned state biased by a tail elastic member of the turkey tail assembly and a lowered unfanned state by the relaxation of the tail elastic member of the turkey tail assembly;
a first control line attached to the turkey tail assembly;
a second control line attached to the turkey tail assembly so that when the first and second control lines are each pulled an equal length, the turkey tail fan is positioned in the upright fanned state biased by the tail elastic member and when the first and second control lines are then pulled an unequal length in relation to each other with the fanned state remaining biased by the tail elastic member, the fanned tail assembly oscillates to one side or the other side of the body member on the tail support member in response to the unequal length pulling of the control lines and so that when the first and second control lines are each released an equal length the turkey tail fan is positioned in the lowered unfanned state biased by the relaxation of the tail elastic member;
a vertical support having a first end and a second end, the first end being attached to the body of the decoy, the second end pivotally attached to a base, the vertical support further comprising a first side arm extending in a direction toward one side of the body of the decoy, the vertical support further comprising a second side arm extending in a direction toward the other side of the body of the decoy, the first control line passing through an end portion of the first side arm, the second control line passing through an end portion of the second side arm, so that the body of the decoy is rotatable about the vertical support when the control lines are pulled an unequal length.

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A turkey decoy, comprising:

a tail assembly support member, said tail assembly support member being attached to a standard, said tail support member suitably adapted to support a tail assembly;
a turkey tail assembly comprising a turkey tail fan and a turkey tail fanning mechanism suitably adapted to move the turkey tail fan such that the turkey tail fan is movable between an upright fanned state biased by a tail elastic member of the turkey tail assembly and a lowered unfanned state by the relaxation of the tail elastic member of the turkey tail assembly;
a first control line attached to the turkey tail assembly;
a second control line attached to the turkey tail assembly so that when the first and second control lines are each pulled an equal length, the turkey tail fan is positioned in the upright fanned state biased by the tail elastic member and when the first and second control lines are then pulled an unequal length in relation to each other with the fanned state remaining biased by the tail elastic member, the fanned tail assembly oscillates to one side or the other side of the standard on the tail support member in response to the unequal length pulling of the control lines and so that when the first and second control lines are each released an equal length the turkey tail fan is positioned in the lowered unfanned state biased by the relaxation of the tail elastic member.

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Abstract

A turkey decoy, comprising:

a full body member, said full body member being a representation of the torso of an adult turkey, said full body member having an anterior portion, and a posterior portion;
a tail assembly support member, said tail assembly support member being attached to the posterior portion of the full body member, said tail support member suitably adapted to support a tail assembly;
a turkey tail assembly comprising a turkey tail fan and a turkey tail fanning mechanism suitably adapted to move the turkey tail fan such that the turkey tail fan is movable between an upright fanned state biased by a tail elastic member of the turkey tail assembly and a lowered unfanned state by the relaxation of the tail elastic member of the turkey tail assembly;
a first control line attached to the turkey tail assembly;
a second control line attached to the turkey tail assembly so that when the first and second control lines are each pulled an equal length, the turkey tail fan is positioned in the upright fanned state biased by the tail elastic member and when the first and second control lines are then pulled an unequal length in relation to each other with the fanned state remaining biased by the tail elastic member, the fanned tail assembly oscillates to one side or the other side of the body member on the tail support member in response to the unequal length pulling of the control lines and so that when the first and second control lines are each released an equal length the turkey tail fan is positioned in the lowered unfanned state biased by the relaxation of the tail elastic member;
a vertical support having a first end and a second end, the first end being attached to the body of the decoy, the second end pivotally attached to a base, the vertical support further comprising a first side arm extending in a direction toward one side of the body of the decoy, the vertical support further comprising a second side arm extending in a direction toward the other side of the body of the decoy, the first control line passing through an end portion of the first side arm, the second control line passing through an end portion of the second side arm, so that the body of the decoy is rotatable about the vertical support when the control lines are pulled an unequal length.

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