Patent ID: 8627592
Filing Date: 2014-01-14
Classification: A01M,F16M

Abstract:
1. A telescopable strut assembly removably secured within a decoy shaped in the form of a wild fowl, the decoy including a main body having an upper body with an underside, a neck supporting a head of the wild fowl, and a lower body including a tail, the strut assembly having (i) a tapered upper strut with an upper end having cooperating means adapted to receive a fastening means for removably fastening the strut assembly to an upper surface of the main body at any time prior to deploying the decoy, and, (ii) a tapered lower strut having a pointed lower end manually insertable into the ground upon which the decoy is to be deployed, thus supporting the decoy in a standing position, the upper strut being non-detachably held relative to the lower strut in the assembly when the decoy is deployed, at least 50% of a length of the lower strut being telescopable within the upper strut, the upper and lower struts each having a taper such that a lower end of the upper strut has an inner diameter smaller than an outer diameter of the lower strut so as to lock the lower strut only in a fully extended position before the pointed lower end is inserted into the ground upon which the decoy is to be deployed, and, the fastening means to secure the cooperating means to the underside of the upper body.