Patent ID: 6669528
Filing Date: 2003-12-30
Classification: A01M

Abstract:
A compact hand operated, friction type, box call comprising:a generally rectangular, elongated hollow wooden sound box forming internally a sound chamber, said sound box comprising a base connecting to a front end wall connecting a pair of spaced apart parallel contactable side walls to a back end wall; a striker lid comprising a generally rectangular, elongated planar member for cooperatively engaging said hollow wooden sound box, said elongated planar member defining a top flat surface and a bottom double longitudinally convex surface, said planar member having a generally rectangular front end and an opposing end including an angular portion; a tab mounted to said top flat surface of said striker lid; means for pivotal mounting said striker lid for pivotal movement across the open top of said sound box, against and perpendicular to, the longitudinal axis of a selected contactable wall of said sound box; compression means for holding said striker lid a selected and adjustable distance from said sound box where said striker lid is pivotally mounted to said sound box; means for holding projecting from said bottom surface of said striker lid limiting pivotal movement thereof; said side wall of said sound box opposite said angular portion of said striker lid including an opening in alignment with said means for holding; and means of biasing said striker lid against a contactable wall of said sound box for resisting movement of said striker across said contactable wall of said sound box and normally biasing said striker lid into a position slightly unparallel to said sound box.