Collapsible bird decoy
OwnerCraig T. McKnight, Jon R. Blevinsinventors
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Abstract
A collapsible bird decoy comprises a planar body panel, shaped like the side silhouette of the bird, and a top panel shaped like a top-silhouette of the bird. The body panel and the back panel are adapted to infit in mutually perpendicular planes to form a body which resembles the bird's body when viewed from the sides or above. A wing panel extends generally outwardly from each side of the body formed by interfitting the body panel and back panel. The wing panels are preferably pivotally mounted to the body panel to pivot between a storage position in which the wings extend along the axis of the body panel, and a use position in which the wings extend vertically upwardly and can flex downwardly and outwardly from the body.
Claims6
A collapsible bird decoy comprising:
- a generally planar body panel, shaped like a side silhouette of a bird;
- a generally planar back panel, shaped like the top-silhouette of the bird, the body panel and the back panel being adapted to infit in mutually perpendicular planes to form a body which resembles the bird's body when viewed from the side or above;
- two flexible wing panels, each wing panel having a proximal end and a distal end, and each wing adapted to extend generally outwardly from one of the sides of the body formed by interfitting the body panel and back panel;
- the back panel having a central slot and a tail slot therein for receiving portions of the body panel, and the body panel having a notch therein for receiving a portion of the back panel.
A method of assembling a collapsible bird decoy comprising:
- providing a planar body panel shaped like a side-silhouette of a bird, and having wing panels pivotally mounted thereto, to pivot, in planes parallel to the plane of the planar body panel, between a storage position in which the wings can extend generally along the length of the panel, and a use position in which the wings can extend generally vertically upwardly;
- and a back panel adapted to interfit with the body panel on mutually perpendicular planes;
- pivoting the wings to the use position and allowing the wings to drape generally outwardly out of the plane parallel to the plane of the planar body panel, arching generally upwardly and outwardly and then downwardly and outwardly from the body panel;
- interfitting the back panel on the body panel to form a body which resembles the bird's body when viewed from side or above.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.