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US 7,070,473 B1Granted
Adjustable-tone deer call having a metal slider
OwnerAngelo Cassetteinventor
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Abstract
An apparatus for calling deer, and methods of its use; the apparatus having an adjustable sliding element moved longitudinally by the user to adjust the dimension x of a vibrating reed to vary the sound generated by the deer call. The device includes a barrel assembly with a vibrating reed mounted therein on a reed holder. A metal slider mounted for longitudinal movement within the barrel assembly has a tab extending outwardly therefrom so as to be adjustable without disassembly of the device.
Claims12
An adjustable-tone deer call device comprising:
- a barrel assembly comprising an outside barrel and a small inside barrel, the outside barrel having an inlet end adapted to serve as a mouthpiece, and having an outlet end for air, and the small inside barrel having an open proximal end secured inside the outlet end of said outside barrel and a distal end for air to exit;
- a reed mounted for vibration within said barrel assembly, said reed having a proximal tree end toward the inlet end of said outside barrel, the reed generating a sound of a selected pitch when air passes through the small inside barrel;
- a reed holder supporting the reed at its distal end within said barrel assembly, and having sidewalls and a bottom, together forming along with the reed, an elongated air flow channel;
- and
- a metal slider mounted for longitudinal movement within said outside barrel and atop the small inside barrel, the slider being adapted to clamp the reed at a line of contact to the reed holder at a range of positions selectable by axially sliding the metal slider, thereby confining the length of the vibrating reed to a predetermined dimension and producing sound of a selected pitch;
- wherein the metal slider is a strip of metal having at least the following folds;
- a first fold forming a user-erasable upstanding movable tab, the movable tab extending outside of the outside barrel;
- a second fold at an acute angle forming the beginning of said metal slider;
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- a third fold which defines the line of contact with the reed.
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