Patent ID: 8931202
Filing Date: 2015-01-13
Classification: A01M

Abstract:
1. A guidance fin for a hunting decoy comprising: a) the guidance fin being adapted to be both movably positionable and releasably attachable below a body of the hunting decoy; b) the guidance fin further including a rudder connected to a clamp body, the rudder having a rear end that is wider than a front end and the front end of the rudder defining a rudder sleeve, the rudder sleeve receiving a lower end of a rudder shaft; c) a rudder shaft connecting the rudder to the clamp body; d) the rudder being movable about the rudder shaft through a restricted arc; e) the guidance fin further including a clamp body to provide for easy attachment of the guidance fin to the hunting decoy; f) the guidance fin being easily removed from the hunting decoy through the clamp body, in order to provide for ease of storage or transportation for the hunting decoy; g) the guidance fin being secured to a keel of the hunting decoy; h) the guidance fin including a swing stop pin; i) the swing stop pin being positioned to limit a movement of the rudder and provide the restricted arc; j) a clamp body holding the rudder of the guidance fin on the hunting decoy; k) the clamp body being a rectangular U-shaped piece, the U-shaped piece defining a channel between the first and second arms, opposed braces defined inside the channel extending from the base upward along the first and second arms, the length of the braces less than the length of the arms, the base of the U-shaped piece having an opening receiving a top end of the rudder shaft, the rudder shaft top end having an opening receiving the swing stop pin such that the swing stop pin is perpendicular to the rudder shaft, with the swing stop pin disposed within the channel of the U-shaped piece; and l) each grip screw contacting the keel of the hunting decoy to thereby lock the clamp body onto the hunting decoy and support the guidance fin.