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US 6,669,529 B1Granted
Turkey call
OwnerJoseph L. Scariesinventor
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Abstract
In a turkey call, the gripping force of the sounding block on the vibratory rod is controlled, so that the length of the rod which protrudes from the resonant chamber of the sounding block can be adjusted by hand while in the field.
Claims22
A striker for an animal call, comprising:
- a vibratory rod, said rod comprising a shaft having a substantially constant diameter and a tapered end, said tapered end terminating in a blunt point;
- and
- a sounding block, said sounding block comprising a surrounding wall which defines a through bore, said through bore comprising a larger diameter bore formed by a first portion of said surrounding wall and a smaller diameter bore formed by a second portion of said surrounding wall, said second portion of said surrounding wall gripping said rod fitting within said smaller diameter bore with firm enough contact to ensure good transmission of vibrations from said rod to said sounding block while flexing sufficiently to allow axial adjustment of said rod when being adjusted therein solely by hand.
A striker for an animal call, comprising:
- a vibratory rod;
- and
- a sounding block, said sounding block including resilient means for gripping said vibratory rod at each of a plurality of selected positions such that a corresponding each of a plurality of selected lengths of said vibratory rod extends out of said sounding block, said resilient means gripping said vibratory rod at said each of said plurality of selected positions tightly enough to ensure good acoustical transmission of vibrations between said vibratory rod and said sounding block while flexing sufficiently to permit adjustment solely by hand of said rod within said block to another of said plurality of selected positions.
A striker for an animal call, comprising:
- a vibratory rod, said vibratory rod comprising a shaft having a substantially constant diameter and a pair of ends, at least one of said ends tapering to a blunt point;
- and
- a sounding block, said sounding block comprising a cylindrical wall, said cylindrical wall comprising a first portion forming a gripping channel and a second portion forming a resonant chamber, said gripping channel and said resonant chamber being relatively oriented within said cylindrical wall to define a through bore extending axially through said cylindrical wall;
- said vibratory rod being positioned within said through bore with said first portion firmly gripping said vibratory rod and said vibratory rod freely passing through said resonant chamber;
- said first portion being sufficiently resilient that said vibratory rod is movable within said gripping channel solely by hand without the use of tools to a plurality of positions, said vibratory rod being gripped in each of said plurality of positions by said first portion firmly enough to ensure good transmission of vibrations from said rod to said sounding block.
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A striker for an animal call, comprising:
- a vibratory rod;
- and
- a sounding block, said sounding block comprising means for gripping said vibratory rod such that said vibratory rod is movable within said gripping means solely by hand without the use of tools to a plurality of positions, said vibratory rod being gripped in each of said plurality of positions by said gripping means firmly enough to ensure good transmission of vibrations from said vibratory rod to said sounding block, and said sounding block further comprising resonant means for resonating with the vibrations of said vibratory rod.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.