US 2019/0159445 A1Published application

Animal call

OwnerJoseph Wilsoninventor

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Abstract

A reed-actuated animal call having a double-reed assembly and triple-reed assembly. The double-reed assembly has a short reed positioned atop a long reed positioned atop a sound board. An air passage is formed in the top of the soundboard underneath the long reed. The long reed extends a determined length beyond the end of the short reed, the short reed constraining the long reed to enable the rapid activation of the long reed. The triple-reed assembly has an additional mid-length reed positioned between the short and long reeds. The long reed extends a determined length beyond the end of the mid-length reed, the mid-length reed extends a determined length beyond the short reed above the soundboard, and the mid-length and short reeds constrain the long reed so as to enable the rapid activation of the long reed with a different resonance than the double-reed assembly.

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Dependent claims

A reed-actuation animal call comprising:

a. a body having a wall defining a first chamber, the body having an inlet that opens into the first chamber through the wall and an outlet that exits from the first chamber through the wall;
b. a first reed positioned at least in part inside the first chamber, the first reed having a fixed end and a free end generally opposite the fixed end, the fixed end of the first reed being attached to the wall of the body, the first reed being generally rectangular and having a length and a width, the first reed having a first face and an opposing second face, the first and second faces extending substantially between the first and second ends of the first reed, the first reed oriented relative to the inlet to allow air to flow from the inlet against the free end of the first reed;
c. a second reed positioned at least in part inside the first chamber, the second reed having a fixed end and a free end generally opposite the fixed end, the fixed end of the second reed being attached to the wall of the body proximate the fixed end of the first reed, the second reed being generally rectangular and having a length and a width, the length of the second reed being greater than the length of the first reed, the second reed having a first face and an opposing second face, the first and second faces extending substantially between the first and second ends of the second reed, the second reed oriented relative to the inlet to allow air to flow from the inlet against the free end of the second reed, the second face of the second reed positioned substantially adjacent the first face of the first reed and oriented such that the free end of the second reed extends a predetermined distance beyond the free end of the first reed to define an actuation portion of the free end of the second reed, said actuation portion having a length approximately twice the length of the free end of the first reed.

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