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US 2003/0192226 A1Published application
Animal decoy
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InventorTony Cain
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A process and apparatus for an animal decoy and more particularly pertains to a process for applying a photo-reproduced image to a silhouette decoy is disclosed. The animal decoy includes a body having a two sided flat surface, and a mounting stake for upright usage of the body. The body formed in the shape of a silhouette cut from a flat weather proof and light weight material. At least one side of the body receives a decoy image of a game animal shaped to match the silhouette. The resulting decoy image using the described process herein is a lenticular image, and can best be described as the decoy image coming to life. Slight movement of the body of the decoy will cause the decoy image of the present invention to appear active. Equally important, where the body is stationary, the slightest movement by the game animal viewing the decoy image displayed on the body causes the decoy image to visually alter so that the image appears active. Such effect is unique in the field of art, and effective in creating a more realistically rendered animal decoy to attract game to the hunter.
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1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to a process and apparatus for an animal decoy and more particularly pertains to a process for applying a photo-reproduced image to a silhouette decoy.
FIG. 1 illustrates a front view of the two components of a preferred embodiment of the present invention, namely, a silhouette form exemplifying the image of a goose, and a mounting stake.
FIG. 2 illustrates a front view of the decoy image of FIG. 1.
FIG. 3 illustrates an exploded perspective view of the mounting stake of FIG. 1.
FIGS. 1-6 illustrate a preferred embodiment of an animal decoy device 10 made in accordance with the present invention. Said device 10 having a decoy image 20 printed thereon. While the decoy image 20 as described herein is the image of a goose, it is understood that the image may be of any other game animal.
The device 10 includes a body 12 preferably formed in the shape of a silhouette cut from a flat weather proof and light weight material, and a mounting stake 30. The body 12 receives the decoy image 20 shaped to match the silhouette. As stated the body 12 is preferably formed from a two sided flat sheet, said body 12 having a first sided flat surface 12A and a second sided flat surface 12B (not shown). As best shown in FIG. 2, the body 12 includes a first slot opening 15 disposed in the approximate lower midway of the body 12 and a second slot opening 17 disposed below the first slot opening 15. Said first slot opening 15 and said second slot opening 17 on the same axis as the mounting stake 30.
In general, the decoy image 20 is received on the first sided flat surface 12A of the body 12 in a manner further described herein; and the decoy image 20 is received on the second sided flat surface 12B in a similar manner. As should be appreciated from the description herein, the device 10 is symmetrically constructed with said pair of surfaces 12A and 12B on opposite sides of the body 12. As such, while only the first sided flat surface 12A found on one side of the body 12 is shown in FIG. 1, it should be understood that the decoy image 20 received on the second sided flat surface 12B is preferably identical to the decoy image 20 received on the first sided flat surface 12A as described, with the exception that the second sided flat surface 12B is a mirror image of the first sided flat surface 12A described. Alternatively, the body 12 may be formed from first and second flat sheets of material (not shown) where the decoy image 20 is received on one side of the first flat sheet and on one side of the second flat sheet. Said first and second flat sheets are then attached so that the decoy image 20 is displayed on opposite sides of the formed body. Specifically, the decoy image 20 displayed on the one side of the first flat sheet, is a mirror image of the decoy image displayed on the opposite side.