Patent ID: 7739826
Filing Date: 2010-06-22
Classification: A01M

Abstract:
1. A decoy comprising: a head portion, a body portion and wings, means for joining said wings to said body portion, said wings each having a forward edge and a trailing edge, said means joining said wings to said body portion being adjacent said forward edge, means for holding said wings in an extended position, said means for holding said wings in an extended position comprising pockets mounted to said wings, said means for holding said wings in an extended position also comprise a plurality of slits, and a rod extending through said slits, and mounted in said plurality of slits and said pockets, and said rod is made of a stiffly flexible material, and wherein said wings have a pair of slots which separate first portions of said wings from said body portion, each slot of said pair of slots being defined by two parallel sides, said pair of slots start at said trailing edges of said wings and extend toward said forward edges and terminate at locations between said trailing and forward edges, said means for joining said wings to said body portion comprising second portions of said wings which remain attached to said body portion and which are defined between said terminating locations of said pair of slots and said forward edges, said second portions constituting living hinges, and wherein said trailing edges of said wings are uninterrupted edges except for said pair of slots located rearwardly of said means for joining said wings to said body portion.