Patent ID: 9717236
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: A01M,F16H

Claim:
1. A waterfowl motion decoy, comprising: a hollow body shaped in the form of a waterfowl; at least one wing member shaped in the form of a waterfowl wing, the at least one wing member including a first wing panel and a second wing panel and at least one spring connected to a first edge of the first wing panel and a first edge of the second wing panel, the at least one spring being configured to flex enabling the first wing panel to move with respect to the second wing panel; an actuator mounted within the body having a drive shaft rotatable about a drive axis; a swivel joint pivotally coupled to the body so as to pivot about a pivot axis; and a linkage assembly coupled to the drive shaft and the at least one wing member; wherein rotation of the drive shaft about the drive axis simultaneously causes the linkage assembly to pivot the swivel joint about the pivot axis and rotate the at least one wing member about a rotation axis formed along a length of the at least one wing member, wherein the rotation axis pivots about the pivot axis along with the swivel joint.