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US 11,659,832 B2Granted
Wild game call with improved harmonics
AssigneeMeateater Holding Company, LLC
InventorAbram Summerfield
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Abstract
A wild game call includes a bugle tube and a damper. The bugle tube includes a first end with a first aperture, a second end with a second aperture, and a wall extending from the first end to the second end. The wall defines an interior volume, and the first aperture and the second aperture provide access to the interior volume such that a flow path is defined through the bugle tube from the first end, through the second end, and out the second end. The bugle tube includes a metal and is configured to generate sound waves by vibrating responsive to air flowing along the flow path. The damper surrounds the outer surface of the wall of the bugle tube between the first end and the second end and may reduce unwanted ringing while improving the sound of the bugle call.
Claims20
A game call comprising:
- a bugle tube comprising:
- a first end comprising a first aperture;
- a second end opposite from the first end and comprising a second aperture;
- a bugle wall extending from the first end to the second end and comprising an inner surface and an outer surface, wherein the inner surface defines an interior volume, wherein the first aperture and the second aperture provide access to the interior volume, wherein a flow path is defined through the bugle tube from the first end, through the interior volume, and out the second end, and wherein the bugle tube is configured to generate sound waves by vibrating responsive to air flowing along the flow path,
- wherein:
- at least a portion of the bugle wall between the first end and the second end is formed of a metal;
- the first end of the bugle tube comprises a first end outer dimension defined by the outer surface of the bugle wall at the first end and a first end inner dimension defined by the first aperture;
- the second end of the bugle tube comprises a second end outer dimension defined by the outer surface of the bugle wall at the second end and a second end inner dimension defined by the second aperture;
- the second end outer dimension is greater than the first end outer dimension;
- and
- the second end inner dimension is greater than the first end inner dimension;
- and
- a damper surrounding at least a portion of the outer surface of the bugle wall between the first end and the second end of the bugle tube,
- wherein the game call comprises a resonance frequency of greater than 1300 Hz.
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A game call comprising:
- a bugle tube comprising:
- a first end comprising a first aperture;
- a second end opposite from the first end and comprising a second aperture;
- a bugle wall extending from the first end to the second end and comprising an inner surface and an outer surface, wherein the inner surface defines an interior volume, wherein the first aperture and the second aperture provide access to the interior volume, wherein a flow path is defined through the bugle tube from the first end, through the interior volume, and out the second end, and wherein the bugle tube is configured to generate sound waves by vibrating responsive to air flowing along the flow path,
- wherein:
- at least a portion of the bugle wall between the first end and the second end is formed of a metal;
- the first end of the bugle tube comprises a first end outer dimension defined by the outer surface of the bugle wall at the first end and a first end inner dimension defined by the first aperture, wherein the first end outer dimension is from about 0.5 inches to about 2 inches and wherein the first end inner dimension is from about 0.5 inches to about 1.5 inches;
- the second end of the bugle tube comprises a second end outer dimension defined by the outer surface of the bugle wall at the second end and a second end inner dimension defined by the second aperture, wherein the second end outer dimension is from about 2 inches to about 4 inches and wherein the second end inner dimension is from about 2 inches to about 3.5 inches;
- the second end outer dimension is greater than the first end outer dimension;
- the second end inner dimension is greater than the first end inner dimension;
- and
- a distance from the first end to the second end defines a length of the bugle tube, and wherein the length of the bugle tube is at least about 16 inches and no more than about 20 inches;
- and
- a damper surrounding at least a portion of the outer surface of the bugle wall between the first end and the second end of the bugle tube,
- wherein the game call comprises a resonance frequency of greater than 1300 Hz.
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A game call comprising:
- a bugle tube comprising:
- a first end comprising a first aperture;
- a second end opposite from the first end and comprising a second aperture;
- a bugle wall extending from the first end to the second end and comprising an inner surface and an outer surface, wherein the inner surface defines an interior volume, wherein the first aperture and the second aperture provide access to the interior volume, wherein a flow path is defined through the bugle tube from the first end, through the interior volume, and out the second end, and wherein the bugle tube is configured to generate sound waves by vibrating responsive to air flowing along the flow path,
- wherein:
- an entirety of the bugle wall between the first end and the second end is formed of a metal;
- the first end of the bugle tube comprises a first end outer dimension defined by the outer surface of the bugle wall at the first end and a first end inner dimension defined by the first aperture, wherein the first end outer dimension is from about 0.5 inches to about 2 inches and wherein the first end inner dimension is from about 0.5 inches to about 1.5 inches;
- the second end of the bugle tube comprises a second end outer dimension defined by the outer surface of the bugle wall at the second end and a second end inner dimension defined by the second aperture, wherein the second end outer dimension is from about 2 inches to about 4 inches and wherein the second end inner dimension is from about 2 inches to about 3.5 inches;
- the second end outer dimension is greater than the first end outer dimension;
- the second end inner dimension is greater than the first end inner dimension;
- and
- a distance from the first end to the second end defines a length of the bugle tube, and wherein the length of the bugle tube is at least about 14 inches and less than about 18 inches;
- and
- a damper surrounding at least a portion of the outer surface of the bugle wall between the first end and the second end of the bugle tube,
- wherein the game call comprises a resonance frequency of greater than 1300 Hz.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.