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US 6,306,471 B1Granted
Arborescent concealment artifice
AssigneePort Midwest International, Inc.
InventorsDavid B. Pitman, Patrick M. Leavy
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Abstract
An arborescent concealment artifice for hunters and nature observers constructed of artificial limbs, branches, stems and leaves. The limbs have a plastically deformable wire core sheathed in flexible plastic. The proximal ends of the limbs are detachably connected to a common mounting block; the block is detachably secured to a connector plate disposed intermediate the block and a support; and, the connector plate is detachably secured to the support.
Claims18
A concealment artifice, comprising:
- a simulated arborescent structure having at least one projecting limb;
- mounting means for releasably connecting said limb to a support;
- said mounting means including base means defining first attachment means which receives said limb;
- said mounting means including a discrete connecting member detachably joined to said base means and said support;
- and,
- said base means and said connecting member having complementary surfaces providing an interfitting joint therebetween.
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A concealment artifice, comprising:
- a simulated arborescent structure having a branched skeletal core substantially encased in a sheath;
- said structure having an attachment segment situated proximate one end of said sheath;
- mounting means for detachably joining said attachment segment to a support;
- said mounting means including a base to which said attachment segment is detachably joined and including a connecting member disposed between and detachably joined to said base and to said support;
- and,
- said base including a generally orthogonal plastic block having a plurality of cavities formed therein.
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A concealment artifice, comprising:
- simulated arborescent structure having a branched skeletal core substantially encased in a sheath;
- said structure having an attachment segment situated proximate one end of said sheath;
- mounting means for detachably joining said attachment segment to a support;
- said mounting means including a base to which said attachment segment is detachably joined and including a connecting member disposed between and detachably joined to said base and to said support;
- said connecting member including a plate;
- said plate has a surface with a projection formed medially thereacross;
- and,
- said mounting means including an elongated flexible member for detachably joining said connecting member to said support.
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A concealment artifice, comprising;
- a simulated arborescent structure having projecting limbs;
- mounting means for releasably connecting said limbs to a support;
- said mounting means including base means defining plural first attachment means which receive said limbs;
- said mounting means including a discrete connecting member detachably joined to said base means and said support;
- said base means defining second attachment means;
- said connecting member having a portion detachably joined with said second attachment means;
- the proximal end of said limbs are detachably joined to said first attachment means;
- said plural first attachment means include elongated cavities opening laterally to a surface of said base means;
- and,
- said cavities are grooves which slope with respect to the centerline of said surface.
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A concealment artifice, comprising:
- a simulated arborescent structure having projecting limbs;
- mounting means for releasably connecting said limbs to a support;
- said mounting means including base means defining plural first attachment means which receive said limbs;
- said mounting means including a discrete connecting member detachably joined to said base means and said support;
- said base means defining second attachment means;
- said connecting member having a portion detachably joined with said second attachment means;
- the proximal end of said limbs are detachably joined to said first attachment means;
- said plural first attachment means include elongated cavities opening laterally to a surface of said base means;
- and,
- the longitudinal centerlines of said cavities lie in substantially the same plane.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.