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US 2017/0280706 A1Published application
Decoy
OwnerShane Kubinecinventor
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Abstract
A decoy comprising: (a) an anchor device comprising: (i) a crank; (ii) a spool connected to the crank; and (iii) a locking member located proximate to the spool, wherein a gap separates the spool and the locking member and the gap in a locked position is sufficiently small so that the spool is prevented from rotating and the gap in a deployment position is sufficiently large so that the spool free rotates; (b) an anchor, and (c) an anchor line connecting the anchor to the spool so that the spool in the locked position assists in retracting the anchor and in the deployment position allows the anchor to deploy.
Claims24
1) A decoy comprising:
- a. an anchor device comprising:
- i. a crank;
- ii. a spool connected to the crank, the spool being axially movable along a rotational axis of the spool;
- iii. a plurality of spool recesses within the spool;
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- iv. a locking member located proximate to the spool,
- wherein a gap separates the spool and the locking member and the gap is sufficiently large so that spool is free to rotate relative to the locking member when the spool axially moves along the rotational axis of the spool to a deployment position and the spool axially moves along the rotational axis to a locked position where the gap is sufficiently small so that the spool is prevented from rotating by the locking member;
- b. an anchor;
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- c. an anchor line connecting the anchor to the spool so that the spool in the locked position assists in retracting the anchor and in the deployment position allows the anchor to deploy.
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10) A decoy comprising:
- a. an anchor device comprising:
- i. a crank;
- ii. a spool connected to the crank, the having a rotational axis and being movable axially along the rotational axis;
- iii. a plurality of spool recesses within the spool;
- iv. a locking member located proximate to the spool,
- v. a lock device at least partially located within the locking member, wherein a gap separates the spool and the lock device when the spool is in a deployment position so that the spool is free to rotate relative to the lock device, and the gap in a locked position is sufficiently small so that the spool is prevented from rotating by the lock device extending into one of the plurality of spool recesses;
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- vi. a bias member located between the locking member and the spool, the bias device creating the gap between the spool and the locking member when the crank is moved in a first direction and the gap being removed when the crank is moved in a second direction;
- b. an anchor;
- c. an anchor line connecting the anchor to the spool so that the spool in the locked position assists in retracting the anchor and in the deployment position allows the anchor to deploy;
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- d. one or more collapsible keels located on a bottom of the decoy so that during use the one or more collapsible keels during use are extended below the decoy and during storage the collapsible keels are collapsed into a keel recess so that the one or more collapsible keels are substantially planar with the bottom of the decoy.
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19) A decoy comprising:
- a. a body having a recess;
- b. a cover covering the recess in the body so that the decoy is substantially fluid resistant, wherein the cover includes a cover locking member;
- c. an anchor device located in the recess, the anchor device comprising:
- i. a crank;
- ii. a spool connected to the crank;
- iii. a plurality of spool recesses located within the spool;
- iv. a locking member located proximate to the spool,
- v. a lock device at least partially located within the locking member,
- vi. a bias member in communication with the lock device so that the bias member biases the lock device towards the spool;
- vii. a fastener that is connected to and extends from the crank through the locking member;
- viii. a locking member fastener connecting the locking member to the decoy, wherein a gap separates the spool and the lock device when the spool is in a deployment position so that the spool is free to rotate relative to the lock device, and the gap in a locked position is sufficiently small so that the spool is prevented from rotating by the lock device extending into one of the plurality of spool recesses;
- d. an anchor;
- e. an anchor line connecting the anchor to the spool so that the spool in the locked position assists in retracting the anchor and in the deployment position allows the anchor to deploy;
- f. one or more collapsible keels located on a bottom of the decoy so that during use the one or more collapsible keels during use are extended below the decoy and during storage the collapsible keels are collapsed into a keel recess so that the one or more collapsible keels are substantially planar with the bottom of the decoy;
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- g. a head having a head locking member that is complementary to the cover locking member so that the head is movable to a plurality of positions and the head is lockable in any of the plurality of positions.
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