Turkey call device
OwnerTerry Franklin Betkerinventor
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Abstract
A turkey call device is disclosed in this invention. The turkey call device includes a striker that has a wedge-shape taper ending in a flat striking tip and a counter-balancer. The tip is made of a harder material than some of the materials in rest of the striker. The combination of elements enables this turkey call device to be easier to use and produce more consistent turkey-like sounds than conventional turkey call devices in the market today.
Claims12
A turkey call device comprising:
- a striker comprising:
- a cylindrical rod having a wedge-shaped taper at one end, the wedge-shaped taper extending one-quarter to entire length of the rod and terminating to a flat striking tip, the flat striking tip being constructed from a first material, the cylindrical rod being also constructed from a second material with a hardness less than that of the first material, wherein the first material is compact bone of an elk antler and the second material is cancellous bone of the elk antler, wherein the hardness of the cancellous bone of the elk antler is less than that of the compact bone of the elk antler, and
- a counter-balancer fastened to one-quarter to three-quarter of the rod at another end of the rod.
A turkey call striker comprising a cylindrical rod and a counter-balancer, the cylindrical rod constructed from an elk antler and having a wedge-shaped taper at one end, the wedge-shaped taper extending one-quarter to entire length of the rod and terminating to a flat striking tip, the flat striking tip being composed of compact bone portion of the elk antler, the cylindrical rod being composed in part of cancellous bone of the elk antler, wherein the cancellous bone of the elk antler has a lower hardness than that of the compact bone portion of the elk antler, the counter-balancer being fastened to another end of the cylindrical rod.
A turkey call device by a process comprising the steps of:
- providing an elk antler;
- cutting a section of the antler along a longitudinal axis of the elk antler;
- cutting the section into multiple lengthwise parts, wherein at least one end of the parts includes compact bone of the elk antler;
- forming cylindrical rods from the lengthwise parts, wherein at least one end of each cylindrical rod includes compact bone of the elk antler;
- cutting a wedge-shaped taper at one end of at least one of the cylindrical rods with compact bone of the elk antler;
- and
- forming a flat tip at an end of the wedge-shaped taper to create a flat striking tip of a striker.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.