Artificial bird and method of making same
OwnerRickie F. Krietemeier, Gary D. Davisinventors
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Abstract
An artificial bird is comprised of a molded body consisting of the trunk, legs, neck and head; feet are secured to the legs, and the body is covered with feathers by applying a series of patterns to the body to which are attached rows of feathers to cover the legs and stomach, breast, back, neck and head. A pattern of wing feathers is affixed to a thin but fairly rigid base of air foil configuration, the wing feathers being secured by connecting rods to the sides of the body. A pattern of tail feathers arranged in rows is preassembled and formed to lend the desired configuration to the tail.
Claims16
A replica of a bird comprising in combination:
- a molded body consisting of a trunk, legs, neck and head;
- feet secured to each of the legs, and a feathered wing section secured to said body said wing section having a base plate and interconnecting means extending from said base plate for interconnecting said wing section to said body;
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- feather patterns for each of said feathered wing section, trunk and legs of said molded body, each feathered pattern comprising a flexible matrix and series of rows of individual feathers arranged to extend in horizontal courses with the feathers in each row partially overlapping the feathers in each next row in succession, and means for applying each of said feathered patterns in place on said matrix.
In a replica of a bird wherein a molded body includes a trunk, legs, neck and head and feet releasably secured to each of the legs, and a wing section is releasably secured to said body, the improvement comprising:
- feather patterns for each of said wing section, trunk, neck and leg portions, each feathered pattern comprising a matrix and a series of rows of feathers arranged to extend in courses along said matrix with the feathers in each row partially overlapping the feathers in each next row in succession, the feathers in each row consisting of individual feathers of differing lengths;
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- means for applying each of said feathered patterns in place on said wing section, trunk, neck and leg portions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.