Decoy mounting motion and staking device3
OwnerAllan D. Jireleinventor
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Abstract
A mounting, motion, and staking device for half-shell type decoys, which, during periods when horizontal forces are absent, allows the mounted decoy to assume an initial at-rest facing direction and position as selected by the user due to operative gravitational forces, and which further allows the mounted decoy to rotate on a bearing ledge in response to natural, manual, or mechanical horizontal force, and which further allows the mounted decoy to rotate in a reverse manner, returning to its at-rest position and facing direction when such horizontal force has been reduced or eliminated, such force causing the reverse rotational movement being gravity.
Claims2
A mounting, motion, and staking kit for decoys comprising:
- a mounting assembly comprising a mounting stake and an adjustable tether fastening assembly having a mounting button, a chain, and an S-shaped hook;
- said mounting stake having a bearing ledge positioned below an upper end thereof and a ground stabilizing wedge positioned above a lower end thereof, the bearing ledge having a diameter which is larger than a diameter of the mounting stake;
- said mounting button having a rounded top surface defining a head and a generally flat bottom surface with a closed loop extending therefrom;
- said chain having first and second ends and comprising a series of interconnected links;
- whereby when the device is used with a decoy, the lower end of the mounting stake being insertable into the ground and the upper end being positionable through a hole in an upper portion of the decoy so that a lower inner surface of the decoy rests upon the bearing ledge, the closed loop of said mounting button being positionable through a lower hole in a central front chest area of the decoy, the first end of the chain being attachable to the closed loop, the S-shaped hook having one end being positionable around an intermediate portion of the mounting stake located between the bearing ledge and the ground stabilizing wedge and the other end being attachable to the second end of the chain, wherein the decoy is capable of rotating about the bearing ledge of the mounting stake and the fastening assembly is capable of rotating around the intermediate portion of the mounting stake along with the decoy.
A mounting, motion, and staking device in combination with a decoy, the combination comprising:
- a decoy body with an upper hole through a central upper back area behind a head of the decoy body and a lower hole through a central front chest area of the decoy body;
- a mounting assembly comprising a mounting stake and an adjustable tether fastening assembly having a mounting button, a chain, and an S-shaped hook;
- said mounting stake having a bearing ledge positioned below an upper end thereof and a ground stabilizing wedge positioned above a lower end thereof, the bearing ledge having diameter which is larger than a diameter of the mounting stake;
- said mounting button of said fastening assembly having a head with top and bottom surfaces and a closed loop extending from the bottom surface;
- said chain having first and second ends and comprising a series of interconnected links;
- said closed loop of said mounting button being positionable through the lower hole of the decoy body, said first end of the chain being attachable to the closed loop;
- said lower end of the mounting stake being positionable in the ground and said upper end of the mounting stake being positionable through the upper hole of the decoy body so that a lower inner surface of the decoy body rests upon the bearing ledge;
- said S-shaped hook having one end being positionable around an intermediate portion of the mounting stake located between said bearing ledge and said ground stabilizing wedge and the other end being attachable to the second end of the chain;
- wherein the decoy body is capable of rotating about the bearing ledge of the mounting stake and the fastening assembly is capable of rotating around the intermediate portion of the mounting stake, thus allowing gravitational forces to determine a facing direction of the decoy body as determined by a direction of tilt of the mounting stake when the stake is mounted in the ground and when horizontal forces are absent and also allowing horizontal forces to rotate the decoy body when applied to the decoy body.
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