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US 4,056,890 AGranted
Tethered decoy
OwnerGary R. Dembskiinventor
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Abstract
A decoy includes a shell wherein a coil spring which is operable to provide power for playing a phonograph recording of a duck call. Additionally the shell includes a pawl and ratchet arrangement operable to wind and unwind a tether line connected to an anchor.
Claims1
In a decoy with an outer shell having the general appearance of a duck, the improvement comprising:
- means disposed within said shell for playing a phonograph record;
- and
- a tether line connected to said decoy;
- an anchor;
- and
- an expandible and contractible coil spring connected between said anchor and a free end of said tether line,
- said playing means comprising:
- a rotatably mounted first gear having a face adapted to receive said phonograph record;
- and
- a second gear mounted for engagement with said first gear;
- a spring motor operable to cause rotation of said second gear;
- and
- means accessible from the exterior of said shell for winding said spring motor;
- a ratchet adapted to have said tether line wound thereon;
- a coil spring connected to said ratchet to cause rotation thereof;
- a pivotally mounted pawl;
- a spring-mounted release button connected to said pawl accessible from the exterior of said shell, said button having lock and release positions which causes said pawl to pivot to respectively engage and disengage said ratchet and upon disengagement to enable said ratchet to be manually rotated to unwind said tether line or for said coil spring to rotate said ratchet to wind said tether line thereabout and
- a fixedly mounted dowel in slidable engagement with said pawl for pivoting said pawl to disengage said ratchet when said release button is pushed against the bias of its spring-mounting.
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