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US 2016/0242408 A1Published application
Photographic camouflaged scent-free game calls and method of manufacturing same
AssigneeDouble B Custom Calls, LLC
InventorsChristopher R. Betts, Zachary Martin Hornberg
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Abstract
A scent-free game call configured to emulate a sound of a predetermined species of animal, the call comprising a mouthpiece section, with a digitally reproduced image displayed thereon, in a manner such that the digitally reproduced image specifically relates to said predetermined species.
Claims20
A photographically patterned camouflage scent-free game call comprising:
- a game call reed insert;
- a game call reed cover, which is matched with said game call reed insert, so that when said game call reed insert is inserted into said game call reed cover, and air is blown through said game call reed cover, a sound is made which emulates a sound made by an animal;
- said game call reed cover further comprising:
- an inner tube, wherein said inner tube has an inner cylindrical surface and an outer cylindrical surface;
- said inner cylindrical surface being sized and configured to receive and to retain, with friction therein, a portion of said game call reed insert;
- a first predetermined patterned image disposed on said outer cylindrical surface of said inner tube;
- an outer transparent member;
- said outer transparent member having a cylindrical inner surface;
- and
- a contoured outer surface, having a differential thickness characteristic, through which said first predetermined patterned image can be seen.
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The game call of 2 wherein said game call mouth piece further comprising concentric annular protuberances disposed therein.
A method of making a scent-free printed game call comprising the steps of:
- providing a game call reed insert;
- comprising:
- a reed;
- a sounding board, disposed immediately adjacent to said reed;
- where said sounding board and said reed are configured to emulate a sound of a predetermined species;
- a hollow handle end coupled to said sounding board;
- providing a tube having an inner cylindrical surface and an outer cylindrical surface;
- said inner cylindrical surface being sized and configured to receive and to retain, with friction therein, a portion of said game call reed insert, including said sounding board and said reed;
- disposing a first predetermined patterned image around said outer cylindrical surface;
- and
- disposing a transparent cover with a cylindrical inner cover surface over said first predetermined patterned image.
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A game call comprising:
- a game call reed insert;
- a game call reed cover, which is matched with said game call reed insert, so that when said game call reed insert is inserted into said game call reed cover, and air is blown through said game call reed cover, a sound is made which emulates a sound made by an animal;
- said game call reed cover further comprising:
- an inner tube, wherein said inner tube has an inner cylindrical surface and an outer cylindrical surface;
- said inner cylindrical surface being sized and configured to receive and to retain, with friction therein, a portion of said game call reed insert;
- a first predetermined patterned image disposed on said outer cylindrical surface of said inner tube;
- an outer transparent member;
- and
- said outer transparent member having a cylindrical outer member inner surface and an outer member outer surface which is non-parallel with respect to said cylindrical outer member inner surface.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.