Patent ID: 6042447
Filing Date: 2000-03-28
Classification: A01M

Abstract:
A hand operated animal call, comprising:a. a flexible, substantially air impervious pouch, said pouch including an opening;b. a vibrating reed housing positioned entirely within said air impervious pouch, said housing having an air inlet opening and an air outlet opening;c. a vibrating reed positioned within said reed housing, said vibrating reed oscillating at a predetermined rate due to air being forced through said reed housing from said air inlet opening to said air outlet opening;d. a sound modifying tube attached to said air outlet opening of said reed housing within said pouch, a portion of said sound modifying tube extending out of said pouch opening; ande. a quantity of porous, compressible fiber positioned in said pouch surrounding said vibrating reed housing, said compressible fiber having an elastic memory such that it is reduced in volume when the pouch is compressed and expands in volume once the pouch is released.