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US 6,783,422 B1Granted
Apparatus and method for controlling a volume characteristic of sound being emitted laterally through intermediate ports in a game call
AssigneeHunter's Specialties, Inc.
InventorRon M. Bean
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Abstract
A game call with a game call multi-colored volume and tone control which includes a game call volume and tone control-tapered inner chamber and a rotatable game call volume and tone control outer chamber having an outer chamber sound exiting port which variably exposes alternately oriented inner chamber sound exiting ports.
Claims20
A game call comprising:
- means for permitting airflow along a first linear axis and generating a sound in response thereto, which sound emulates noises made by a game animal;
- a game call volume control inner chamber having an inner chamber inlet end;
- an inner chamber outlet end;
- and a first inner chamber sound exiting port disposed between said inner chamber inlet end and said inner chamber outlet end;
- said game call volume control inner chamber being disposed about said first linear axis and oriented to receive airflow along said first linear axis;
- a game call volume control outer chamber sleeve disposed, at least in part, axially about a first portion of said game call volume control inner chamber;
- said game call volume control outer chamber sleeve having an outer chamber sound exiting port therein;
- means for coupling said game call volume control inner chamber and said game call volume control outer chamber sleeve so as to restrict relative movement along said first linear axis and simultaneously permit relative angular motion between said game call volume control inner chamber and said game call volume control outer chamber sleeve;
- said first inner chamber sound exiting port and said outer chamber sound exiting port being sized, shaped and configured to cause a variably sized continuous opening to exist through both of said game call volume control inner chamber and said game call volume control outer chamber sleeve, when said game call volume control outer chamber sleeve is rotated about said first linear axis;
- and
- whereby a volume characteristic of said sound can regulated in response to a rotation of said game call volume control outer chamber sleeve.
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A method of calling game comprising:
- generating a sound in response to an airflow along a first linear axis;
- regulating a volume characteristic of said sound by a rotation of a member around said first linear axis;
- wherein said member has a sound exiting port therein which is oriented to allow a primary direction of airflow therethrough to be in a direction radial to said first linear axis;
- and
- whereby a volume level of a sound which emulates noises made by an animal is regulated.
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A method of calling game comprising:
- generating a sound in response to an airflow along a first linear axis;
- regulating a volume characteristic of said sound by a rotation of a member around said first linear axis;
- whereby a volume level of a sound which emulates noises made by an animal is regulated;
- wherein said rotation causes regulation in size of a sound exiting port;
- and wherein said sound exiting port allows airflow in a direction other than along said first linear axis.
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A method of calling game comprising:
- generating a sound in response to an airflow along a first linear axis;
- regulating a volume characteristic of said sound by a rotation of a member around said first linear axis;
- whereby a volume level of a sound which emulates noises made by an animal is regulated;
- wherein said rotation causes regulation in size of a sound exiting port;
- wherein said sound exiting port allows airflow in a direction other than along said first linear axis;
- and
- wherein said rotation exposes either of a plurality of alternately oriented inner chamber sound exiting ports.
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A method of calling game comprising:
- generating a sound in response to an airflow along a first linear axis;
- regulating a volume characteristic of said sound by a rotation of a member around said first linear axis;
- whereby a volume level of a sound which emulates noises made by an animal is regulated;
- wherein said rotation causes regulation in size of a sound exiting port;
- wherein said sound exiting port allow airflow in a direction other than along said first linear axis;
- making an observation, in relation to an adjacent scale, of an edge of one of a plurality of inner sound exiting ports through an outer chamber sound exiting port;
- and,
- regulating a volume characteristic in response to said observation.
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A game call comprising:
- means for generating sound which emulates noises made by a game animal;
- means for bounding a flow of air along a first axial direction;
- a volume and tone control mechanism comprising:
- a tapered game call volume control inner chamber having a plurality of alternately oriented triangular shaped inner chamber sound exiting ports therein;
- said tapered game call volume control inner chamber having a first color characteristic;
- a tapered game call volume control outer chamber sleeve having an outer chamber sound exiting port adjacent to a three dimensional outer chamber sound exiting measurement relief scale;
- said tapered game call volume control outer chamber sleeve having a second color characteristic which is distinct from said first color characteristic;
- and,
- said out chamber sound exiting port being configured as a linear slot through which said first color characteristic is visible.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.