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US 12,568,957 B2Granted
Turkey decoy system
OwnerSamuel D. Cagleinventor
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Abstract
A turkey decoy system may include a decoy having a silhouette of a wild turkey with a wry tail. A turkey decoy system may include a decoy supporting our housing a motion sensor which triggers or activates at least one activatable member such as a camera, an actuator to activate a turkey call supported by the decoy, and actuator to rotate the decoy and/or an actuator to change a height of the decoy.
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A turkey decoy system comprising:
- a decoy comprising a silhouette of a wild turkey hen, the silhouette comprising:
- a body having a first centerline;
- a neck extending forwardly and upwardly from the body and supporting a head, the neck and the head being symmetrical with respect to the first centerline of the body;
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- a wry tail having top and bottom surfaces extending rearwardly and downwardly from the body, the wry tail being stationary and fixed against motion relative to the head, the wry tail having a second centerline angled to one side of the first centerline, the second centerline of the wry tail being stationary and fixed against movement relative to the first centerline and relative to the body while being angled to one side of the first centerline.
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A turkey decoy system comprising:
- a decoy comprising a silhouette of a wild turkey hen, the silhouette comprising:
- a body having a first centerline;
- a neck extending forwardly and upwardly from the body and supporting a head, the neck and the head being symmetrical with respect to the first centerline of the body;
- a wry tail having top and bottom surfaces extending rearwardly and downwardly from the body, the wry tail being stationary and fixed against motion relative to the head, the wry tail having a second centerline angled to one side of the first centerline, the second centerline of the wry tail being stationary and fixed against movement relative to the first centerline and relative to the body while being angled to one side of the first centerline;
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- a camera within the silhouette of the wild turkey hen, the camera facing rearward and having a rearward facing field-of-view.
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A turkey decoy system comprising:
- a decoy comprising a silhouette of a wild turkey hen, the silhouette comprising:
- a body having a first centerline;
- a neck extending forwardly from the body and supporting a head, the neck and the head being symmetrical with respect to the first centerline of the body;
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- a wry tail extending rearwardly from the body, the wry tail having a second centerline angled to one side of the first centerline,
- wherein the body comprises a slot sized to partially removably receive a smart phone having a camera, the slot being sized and located such that the camera has a field-of-view containing the wry tail.
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A turkey decoy system comprising:
- a decoy comprising a silhouette of a wild turkey hen, the silhouette comprising:
- a body having a first centerline;
- a neck extending forwardly from the body and supporting a head, the neck and the head being symmetrical with respect to the first centerline of the body;
- a wry tail extending rearwardly from the body, the wry tail having a second centerline angled to one side of the first centerline, wherein the body comprises a slot sized to partially removably receive a smart phone having a camera, the slot being sized and located such that the camera has a field-of-view containing the wry tail;
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- an internal cavity within the body that has sides and a floor, the slot forming a mouth for the internal cavity and facing in a sideways or upwards direction, the internal cavity having a depth from the mouth to the floor configured to partially removably receive a smart phone, the floor limiting an extent to which the smart phone may be inserted into the internal cavity, wherein the slot extends along a top of the body and wherein the internal cavity is rearwardly angled.
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A turkey decoy system comprising:
- a decoy comprising a silhouette of a wild turkey hen, the silhouette comprising:
- a body having a first centerline;
- a neck extending forwardly from the body and supporting a head, the neck and the head being symmetrical with respect to the first centerline of the body;
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- a wry tail extending rearwardly from the body, the wry tail having a second centerline angled to one side of the first centerline, the second centerline of the wry tail being stationary and fixed against movement relative to the first centerline and relative to the body while being angled to one side of the first centerline,
- wherein the silhouette comprises an anus or a reproductive tract vent of the wild turkey hen along the first centerline of the body and wherein the wry tail is angled to extend completely to one rearward side of the anus or the reproductive tract vent to expose the anus or the reproductive tract vent.
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A turkey decoy system comprising:
- a decoy;
- a ground support supporting the decoy, the ground support comprising a single sheet forming a plurality of forks, the single sheet also forming a pair of ears extending nonparallel to the forks, at least one of the ears comprising an aperture;
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- at least one flexible line operably coupled to the decoy and extending through the aperture.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.