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US 4,062,141 AGranted
Decoy
OwnerJelmer B. Shjefloinventor
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The invention comprises a decoy having a head portion with a neck portion therebeneath made of relatively rigid material; a hoop member is attached to the bottom of the neck portion and extends downward therefrom; a spike is at the bottom of the hoop and extends downward therefrom. The spike is adapted to be inserted into the ground. The head and neck portions are shaped to simulate the head and neck of a water fowl. A flexible bag, having a wind sock construction with an opening at the front, is mounted to the hoop with the edges of the bag forming the opening mounted about the hoop. The bag has flared out center portion and a tapered tail portion whereby when the decoy is positioned so that the opening in the bag is facing into the wind, the wind may inflate the bag so that the bag will have the appearance of the body of a water fowl with the flared out center portion giving the appearance of the folded wings of a water fowl and the tapered rearward portion giving the appearance of the tail of a water fowl and the inflating of the bag giving a rounded body shape to the bag similar to the rounded body of a water fowl.
A decoy comprising a head portion having a neck portion therebeneath and made of relatively rigid material, a hoop member attached to the bottom of the neck portion and extending downward therefrom, a spike attached to the bottom of the hoop and projecting downward therefrom, said spike being adapted to be inserted into the ground, said head and neck portions simulating the head of a water fowl, a flexible bag having a wind sock construction with an opening at the front end with the edges of the bag adjacent the opening fixed to the hoop to keep and maintain the opening in an open condition, the bag having flared out center portions, a tapered rearward portion, whereby when the decoy is positioned so that the opening in the bag is facing into the wind, the wind will inflate the bag so that the bag will give the appearance of the body of a water fowl with the flared out center portions giving the appearance of the folded wings of the decoy, and the tapered rearward portion giving the appearance of the tail of the water fowl.
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