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US 2017/0280705 A1Published application
Self restoring decoy
AssigneeEBSCO Industries, Inc.
InventorGregory S. Burcham
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Abstract
A compressible decoy construction involves a thin rubber roto molded outer shell lined with a thicker layer of foam rubber. The interior of the decoy is hollow, thus allowing the decoy to be folded or compressed into a small mass such that when the compressive force is removed, the decoy returns to its full shape due to the memory of the foam rubber lining.
Claims10
A decoy in a shape of a wild animal, comprising:
- a. A shell molded in a shape of said wild animal with detailed features of said wild animal molded thereon, said shell being resilient, permeable and flexible and having a bottom portion circumscribing an opening in said shell;
- b. A layer of open cell foam affixed to an inner surface of said shell from adjacent said opening contiguous with the inner surface, said layer of open cell foam defining an inner hollow core of said decoy communicating with said opening in said shell;
- wherein said shell and said layer of open cell foam are compressible due to external force applied to said shell to reduce the volume of said decoy, wherein said shell and said layer of open cell foam returns to the shape of said wild animal upon release of said external force without any restoring force being applied.
A method of fabricating a decoy in the shape of a wild animal, comprising:
- a. Creating a mold for use in a roto molding process said mold designed to mirror the external features of said wild animal;
- b. Roto-molding a thin flexible shell in the shape of said wild animal within said mold;
- c. Forming an opening in a bottom portion of said then flexible shell;
- d. Applying a thick layer of open cell foam inside said thin flexible shell;
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- e. Painting an outside surface of said shell with colors mimicking said wild animal.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.