Method of making a hunting decoy
OwnerJames Robert Martin, By Mary L. Schreiber +1inventors
InventorsJames Robert Martin, By Mary L. Schreiber, By Theresa Ann Martin
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Abstract
An improved hunting decoy is made by securing an outer skin around a buoyant core. A buoyant core body is formed from buoyant core material into a shape approximating that of a desired animal. The core body may include a head or be headless. After the buoyant core body has been formed in the desired shape, a rigid outer skin is secured about the buoyant core body. Securing the outer skin is accomplished by vacuum-forming a sheet of deformable material about the buoyant core body.
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A method of making an improved decoy, comprising the steps of:
- forming a buoyant core body in a shape approximating that of a desired animal from a porous buoyant core material;
- applying a sheet of deformable material about the buoyant core body;
- heating the buoyant core body and the sheet of deformable material to a temperature where the sheet softens and reaches a point of elasticity without producing any phase change in the sheet;
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- applying suction through the porous buoyant core body to vacuum form the sheet of deformable material about the buoyant core body,
- wherein the sheet of vacuum-formed material forms a rigid outer skin about the buoyant core body.
A method of making an improved decoy, comprising the steps of:
- forming a buoyant core body in a shape approximating that of a headless desired animal from a porous buoyant core material;
- heating a sheet of deformable material to a temperature where the sheet softens and reaches a point of elasticity without producing any phase change in said sheet;
- causing the sheet of deformable material heated to said temperature to collapse over the buoyant core body;
- heating the buoyant core body in conjunction with the heated sheet of deformable material;
- applying suction through the porous buoyant core body to vacuum-form the sheet of deformable material about the buoyant core body, wherein the sheet of vacuum-formed material forms a rigid outer skin about the buoyant core body;
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- securing a mock head to the buoyant core body.
A method of making a decoy, comprising the steps of:
- expanding polystyrene beads within a core body form having a shape approximating that of a desired animal to form a buoyant core body;
- cooling the buoyant core body;
- heating a sheet of deformable material to a temperature where the sheet softens and reaches a point of elasticity without producing any phase change in said sheet;
- causing the sheet of deformable material heated to said temperature to collapse over the buoyant core body;
- heating the buoyant core body and the sheet of deformable material together;
- applying suction through the porous buoyant core body to vacuum-form the sheet of deformable material about the buoyant core body;
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- cooling the buoyant core body and the sheet of deformable material,
- wherein the sheet of vacuum-formed material forms a rigid outer skin about the buoyant core body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.