Patent ID: 6092323
Filing Date: 2000-07-25
Classification: A01M

Abstract:
A decoy device, comprising:a rigid fowl-shaped decoy body housing a motor and power source;a motor-driven rotating shaft protruding from each of two opposite sides of said body;a pair of substantially rectangular, coplanar plates immovably fixed to said shaft, proximate each of two opposite ends of said shaft, each of said plates having a shaft edge and an outer edge;a rigid, flat platform upon which said decoy body hand-detachably sits, said platform having an outside surface facing away from said body, and an inside surface facing said body, said inside surface comprising: (a) a said body to said platform attachment means (b) a sub-housing containing said motor and power controls, and (c) said power source, said outside surface comprising: control knobs and a support member.a structural frame to support said platform and to support opposite ends of said shaft;a substantially vertical stand to support said frame, said stand comprising:a post made of hollow steel tubing;a solid steel foot peg extending from, and substantially normal to, said post;a solid steel stake having a top end insertable into said post, and a bottom end sharpened at its tip.