Patent ID: 9686977
Date: 2017-06-27
CPC Classifications: A01M,G08C

Claim:
1. A waterfowl decoy device comprising: a hub, said hub comprising a base and a drum rotationally coupled to said base; a plurality of support arms coupled to said hub, each said support arm having a respective first end pivotally coupled to said hub, each said support arm extending radially from said hub wherein each said support arm has a distal end relative to said hub, each said support arm being movable relative to said hub such that said distal end of each said support arm relative to said hub is selectively raised and lowered relative to a position of said hub; a plurality of decoys, each said decoy being coupled to said distal end of an associated one of said support arms wherein raising and lowering of said distal end of each said support arm imparts elevation and descent motion to each said decoy; a motor operationally coupled to said base and said drum for rotating said drum relative to said base; a piston coupled to said drum, said piston being extendable from said drum; an actuator operationally coupled to said piston wherein said actuator extends and retracts said piston relative to said drum; a plurality of connection arms, each of said connection arms having a respective upper end coupled to said piston and a respective lower end coupled to said associated one of said support arms wherein extension of said piston elevates each said distal end of each said support arm; a ring coupled to said base such that said hub extends around said ring, said ring being configured for electrically coupling to a power source; and a brush coupled to said hub, said brush being electrically coupled to said piston, said brush abutting said ring as said drum rotates relative to said base wherein said piston maintains electrical coupling to said ring as said drum rotates relative to said base.