Abstract:
Wild game calls comprising combinations of main housings, mouthpieces, lids, bellows, pitch adjusters, air chambers, adjustable seals, and air-activated sound-producing members, used for attracting wild game.

Description:
[0001]     This application claims priority from U.S. Utility application Ser. No. 11/129,815 filed May 13, 2005. 
     
    
     BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION  
       [0002]     The present invention relates to wild game calls, and more particularly, to wild game calls for hunting and attracting wild game.  
         [0003]     Many game calls have been designed and used by those trying to attract game for hobby and hunting purposes. Such calls are used to imitate the call or sounds of an animal or fowl so that the animal or fowl will come closer to the hunter to ensure that a proper shot is made so, or so that a better view can be had of the game. Such devices are typically used with shotguns, rifles, archery equipment, and the like.  
         [0004]     Some calls are hand activated and some calls are activated by the hunter breathing into, or inhaling the breath, across a reed or some similar device, located in the device. Other calls are activated by foot mechanisms and some calls, such as turkey calls, are activated by the user having the call in the mouth and using puffs of breath across the call rather than blowing into a device.  
         [0005]     Such calls can be, for example, found in U.S. Pat. No. 4,888,903, that issued on Dec. 26, 1989 to Knight, et al which is a reed type of game call that is operated by blowing and/or sucking on a single end of the call.  
         [0006]     There is an animal call device that is disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 4,915,660, that issued on Apr. 10, 1990 to Overholdt that is a restricted bore opening that is alleged to lower the tone of the device without having to cup hands around the discharge end of the device.  
         [0007]     An atypical call is that disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,885,125, that issued to Primos on Mar. 23, 1999, in which the device is a system of modules that can be interchanged to change the type of call that is required.  
         [0008]     It is highly preferred by hunters to be able to activate such calls without obvious body movement, such as moving hands, arms, legs, and the like, and thus, devices that can be used in a hands-free, or leg and arm movement free, are highly desired.  
         [0009]     It is also highly desirable to be able to activate such calls while holding a weapon in the ready position, that is, a drawn bow, or a rifle or shotgun mounted to the shoulder and thus, devices have been devised that allow for the hunter to mount the call on his or her person so that the hunter can have complete access and attention to the weapon.  
         [0010]     Such a mounting device can be found, for example, in U.S. Pat. No. 2,961,135, that issued to Hughes, on Nov. 22, 1960 in which there is disclosed a duck call holder that has a holder attached to a wrist band and the call is attached to the holder.  
         [0011]     A similar device can be found in U.S. Pat. No. 4,733,808, that issued on Mar. 29, 1988 to Turner in which there is a shown a flexible strap having attached thereto, a flexible encircling strap loop that will engage a duck call.  
         [0012]     U.S. Pat. No. 5,035,390, that issued to Sanders on Jul. 30, 1991 deals with an adapter for attaching an animal call to a firearm.  
         [0013]     There is disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,988,469, that issued to Musacchia on Nov. 23, 1999, a holder for game calls and the like that is strapped to the limb of a hunter, for example, the thigh of the hunter, and in U.S. Pat. No. 5,431,590, that issued to Abbas on Jul. 11, 1995, there is disclosed a bow mounted game animal caller that allows the bowman to draw the bow without having to move the game caller.  
         [0014]     U.S. Pat. No. 5,111,981 that issued on May 12, 1992 to Allen provides for a vest or shirt mounted game call holder.  
         [0015]     U.S. Pat. No. 5,664,360, that issued to Conway on Sep. 9, 1997, deals with a holster that is mounted on the stock of a rifle or shotgun for holding game calls.  
         [0016]     There is disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,820,000, that issued on Oct. 13, 1998 to Timberlake, et al., yet another holder that is strapable to the wrist or arm of the user.  
         [0017]     Finally, U.S. Pat. No. 6,514,116, that issued to Abbas on Feb. 4, 2003 deals with a hands-free, body-mounted game caller system that provides a flexible conduit to attach to the wild game call and the flexible conduit can be affixed to the upper portion of the user to allow the user to use the call without the use of any moving body parts.  
       THE INVENTION  
       [0018]     In one embodiment, what is disclosed and claimed herein is a wild game call for use by hunters and others, comprising in combination a main housing having a top side, a bottom side, a near end, a distal end and a middle section. The main housing has an opening in the top side near the middle section and the opening has a back side and a front side, there being present at the backside, a hinge connection, and there being present a latch connection at the front side.  
         [0019]     There is a mouthpiece slidably attachable to one end of the main housing, the mouthpiece having a hollow interior. The hollow interior has mounted therein a connecter for a flexible conduit.  
         [0020]     The main housing has an air chamber mounted in essentially the middle section of the main housing. The air chamber has a near side, and a distal side, and a top opening, wherein the air chamber near side has an opening in it near the main housing bottom side to allow the passage of air into and out of the air chamber.  
         [0021]     The air chamber has a vertical well located at the air chamber distal side and a threaded hole located in the bottom side of the main housing. The threaded hole opens into the air chamber.  
         [0022]     There is a pitch adjuster threadedly insertable into the threaded hole, the pitch adjuster being comprised of a threaded staff mounted at the center of a knob wherein the threaded staff has a distal end, and the length of the pitch adjuster threaded staff is such that when fully turned into the threaded hole, the distal end of the staff will exceed the height of the air chamber.  
         [0023]     Also included in the combination is an adjustable seal insertable in the vertical well at the air chamber, the adjustable seal comprised of a vertical wall with a bottom end, a top end, and a front surface, wherein the adjustable seal has a pull tab attached to the top end of the vertical wall. The adjustable seal is attached near the junction of the vertical wall and the pull tab and on the front surface of the vertical wall.  
         [0024]     There is an adjustable tongue, the adjustable tongue being sized such that it will fit within the top opening in the air chamber.  
         [0025]     In addition, there is a latchable, hinged lid that fits over the main housing top side opening, the lid having a back edge and a front edge, with the hinge located at the back edge and aligned with the hinge connection, and the latch located at the front edge and aligned with the latch connection.  
         [0026]     In another embodiment, there is disclosed and claimed a wild game call as described just above, wherein the end opposite of the end with the mouthpiece has in addition, an adjustable bellows.  
         [0027]     Still further, another embodiment is a wild game call as described just above wherein the connecter for a flexible conduit in the mouthpiece has a flexible conduit attached thereto, and the opposite end of the flexible conduit has an adapter that is slidably insertable into one end of the main housing.  
         [0028]     A further embodiment of this invention is a wild game call as wherein there is a an air-actuated sound-producing member mounted on the top opening of the air chamber, and above the adjustable tongue to produce game calls.  
         [0029]     A yet another embodiment is a wild game call wherein the component parts of the wild game call are manufactured from plastics.  
         [0030]     In yet another embodiment, there is a wild game call, said wild game call comprising in combination a main housing having a top side, a bottom side, a near end, a distal end, and a middle section. The main housing has an opening in the top side near the middle section and the opening has a back side and a front side.  
         [0031]     There is a mouthpiece slidably attached to one end of said main housing and, a call module insertable in the opening in the top side of the main housing, the call module comprising in combination a top plate, a back wall with a centered opening through it, a hollow reed holder having a distal end the distal end of the reed holder being insertable in the centered opening. There is a reed, the reed has a distal end, the reed being inserted at the distal end into the centered opening, beneath the hollow reed holder.  
         [0032]     The main housing contains a partial vertical wall located near the back side of the opening in the main housing an there is a threaded hole located in the bottom side of the main housing. The threaded hole opens into the main housing beneath the call module.  
         [0033]     There is a pitch adjuster threadedly insertable into the threaded hole, the pitch adjuster being comprised of a threaded staff mounted at the center of a knob, the threaded staff having a distal end, the length of the pitch adjuster threaded staff being such that when fully turned into the threaded hole, the distal end of the staff will touch the reed when the reed is fully compressed against the reed holder.  
         [0034]     There is a flexible tab having a distal end, the flexible tab being located beneath the hollow reed holder and insertable by its distal end into the centered opening in the back wall.  
         [0035]     In a final embodiment of this invention there is a predator call, the predator call comprising in combination a main housing that has an opening in the top side near the middle section and the opening has a back side and a front side.  
         [0036]     There is a mouthpiece slidably attached to one end of said main housing and there is a call module insertable in the opening in the top side of the main housing. The call module comprises in combination, a top plate, a back wall with a back surface and a front surface, with a centered opening through it, the back wall also containing a second opening through it.  
         [0037]     There is a freely rotatable knob located at the back surface of the back wall, said freely rotatable knob has a centered opening through it and a first set of three spaced-apart adjacent openings through it.  
         [0038]     There is an elongated solid barrel located beneath the top plate and adjacent the back wall, the elongated solid barrel has a centered opening and a second set of three spaced-apart adjacent openings through it, said adjacent openings each having a different size from the other adjacent openings.  
         [0039]     There is a shaft, the shaft is insertable in the centered opening of the elongated solid barrel and through the centered opening in the back wall and terminates in the centered opening of the freely rotatable knob such that the first set of three spaced-apart adjacent openings aligns with the second set of three spaced-apart adjacent openings and such that when the knob is rotated, the elongated solid barrel is also rotated.  
         [0040]     There are indicator markings on the outside surface of the elongated solid barrel adjacent each of the different sized openings to indicate the opening size.  
         [0041]     In another embodiment of this invention the invention comprises in combination, a retainer flap having a back edge, that is surmounted on a flexible diaphragm, said flexible diaphragm having an upper surface, a lower surface, and a back edge. There is also a tongue, a reed wedge, a flexible depressor molded into the lower surface of the flexible diaphragm, a flexible tongue, a reed surmounting the flexible tongue, a seal between the retainer flap and the flexible diaphragm, a back wall integrally attached to the back edge of the retainer, a flexible back support integrally attached to the back edge of the flexible diaphragm, a base having a centered threaded opening therethrough, said threaded opening containing therein a pitch adjuster threadedly insertable into the threaded hole. The pitch adjuster is comprised of a threaded staff mounted on the center of a knob, the threaded staff having a distal end. The length of the pitch adjuster threaded staff is such that when turned into the threaded hole, the distal end of the threaded staff can touch the tongue and has the capability of moving the tongue. 
     
    
     BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS  
       [0042]      FIG. 1  is a full side view of a wild game call of this invention without the bellows.  
         [0043]      FIG. 2  is a full cross sectional side view of the device of  FIG. 1  through line A-A.  
         [0044]      FIG. 3  is an enlarged view of the middle section of  FIG. 2 , showing the adjustable seal and air-activated sound member in detail.  
         [0045]      FIG. 4  is a full side view of the device of  FIG. 1  with the bellows in place  
         [0046]      FIG. 5  is a full side view of the adjustable seal of this invention.  
         [0047]      FIG. 6  is a full front view of the pitch adjuster of this invention.  
         [0048]      FIG. 7  is a full side view of the lid of this invention.  
         [0049]      FIG. 8  is a full end view of the main housing of the device of this invention showing the air chamber and the opening therein.  
         [0050]      FIG. 9  is a full opposite end view of the main housing of this invention showing the adjustable seal in place in the housing.  
         [0051]      FIG. 10  is a view of the flexible conduit of the inventive device showing the end connector and the mouthpiece.  
         [0052]      FIG. 11  is a schematic, exploded full view of a device of this invention showing the intended movement of air through the device.  
         [0053]      FIG. 12  is a full side view of a call module of this invention, utilizing an elongated solid barrel.  
         [0054]      FIG. 13  is an exploded view of  FIG. 12 .  
         [0055]      FIG. 14  is a full view of the back wall of the call module of  FIG. 12 .  
         [0056]      FIG. 15  is a full end view of th elongated solid barrel of the call module of  FIG. 12 .  
         [0057]      FIG. 16  is a full end view of the knob of the call module of  FIG. 12 .  
         [0058]      FIG. 17  is a full end view of the distal end of the predator game call of  FIG. 18 .  
         [0059]      FIG. 18  is a full side view of the predator game call of  FIG. 18 , having a partial break away to show the call module of  FIG. 12  in the call.  
         [0060]      FIG. 19  is a full side view of the call module of the wild game call of  FIG. 21 .  
         [0061]      FIG. 20  is a full back view of the call module of the wild game call of  FIG. 21 .  
         [0062]      FIG. 21  is a full side view of the wild game call using a reed, having a partial break away to show the call module of  FIG. 19  in the call.  
         [0063]      FIG. 22  is a cross sectional full side view of a wild game call module. 
     
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION  
       [0064]     Now turning to the Figures, and with regard to  FIG. 1  there is shown a full side view of one embodiment of this invention, a wild game call  1 , without the bellows.  
         [0065]     The wild game call  1  is comprised of a combination of a main housing  2 , having an opening  22  in the top side  23 , and a middle section  27 , a mouthpiece  3 , a lid  4 , a pitch adjuster  5 , a hinge connection  28 , and a latch connection  29 . In addition, and with reference to  FIG. 2 , there is shown a cross sectional full side view of the wild game call of  FIG. 1 , showing a flexible conduit connector  6  in the interior of the mouthpiece  3 , an air chamber  7  with a top opening  30 , a vertical well  8  at the back  24  of the air chamber  7 , and an air opening  9  in the front surface  10  of the air chamber  7 . Also shown is a threaded hole  11 , through which the pitch adjuster  5  is threaded by means of internal threads  12  in the threaded hole  11 , and external threads  13  on the external surface of the pitch adjuster  5 .  FIG. 4  is a full side view of a wild game call of  FIG. 1  that has a bellows  14  on one end.  
         [0066]     The mouthpiece  3  is configured so that a person can mount the mouthpiece  3  in the mouth and hold it securely. The mouthpiece  3  is slidably mounted on one end of the main housing  2 . The wild game calls  1  of this invention are configured such that the main housing  2  is reversible, in that the bellows  14  and the mouthpiece  3  are interchangeable. In this manner, the wild game call  1  is not subjected to freeze up, as when the weather is very cold, the user does not have to exhale in to operate the device, the operator can inhale and get the same sounds as exhaling and in this manner, the device does not freeze up. Since the bellows  14  and the mouthpiece  3  are both frictionally, slidably mounted on the main housing  2 , this reversing is very simple.  
         [0067]     It should be noted that the bellows  14  is not required for all types of game calls, and the wild game call  1  can either be equipped with the bellows  14 , or it does not need to be equipped with the bellows  14 . The bellows  14  operates just as does conventional bellows used in game calls, in that, when the bellows  14  is in the compressed state, the tone of the sound is high and when the bellows  14  is extended by means of the accordion middle section  15 , the tone is lower and guttural.  
         [0068]     The pitch adjuster  5  (see  FIG. 6 ) is comprised of a knob  16 , a centered staff  17  and a small nipple  18  on the top  19  of the staff  17 . The staff  17  is threaded  36  on the outside in order to enable one to turn the pitch adjuster  5  in and out of the threaded opening  11  located in the bottom side  21  of the main housing  2 . As the pitch adjuster  5  is moved into the air chamber  7 , it eventually contacts the adjustable tongue  19 , shown in  FIG. 3  (partially in phantom), and by contacting and moving the adjustable tongue  19  upwards, the pitch of the sound is increased, owing to the fact that by moving the adjustable tongue  19  upwards, the air-actuated sound-producing member  20  (shown as a turkey call in  FIG. 3 ) is distended causing a smaller amount of air to pass over and around the air-actuated sound-producing member  20 .  
         [0069]     Turning now to  FIG. 5 , there is shown an adjustable seal  31  comprised of a seal member  32 , a tab  35  for adjusting the adjustable seal  31  in the vertical well  25 . The adjustable seal  31  also has an adjustable tongue  33 , which is sized to fit into the top opening  30  of air chamber  7  and moves freely up and down in the air chamber  7 , with it being understood, that the adjustable tongue  33 , when contacted by the distal end  34  of the threaded staff  17  is adjustable within and without the top opening  30  of the air chamber  7  and this is what adjusts the pitch of the air-activated sound-producing member  20 .  
         [0070]      FIG. 7  illustrates the lid  4  of the instant invention and there is shown the lid  4 , a pull tab  37 , a latch  38 , a hinge  39  and shown in phantom is a flexible tab  41  that is located on the interior surface  40  of the lid  4 . The flexible tab  41  compresses the air-activated sound-producing member enough to keep the air-activated sound-producing member in alignment with the top edge of the air chamber  7  when the lid  4  is closed.  
         [0071]     The hinge  39  is operable by inserting the hinge  39  in the hinge connection  28  and the back edge  44  of opening  22  of the main housing  2 . The latch  38  is located on the front edge  43  of the lid  4 , and when the lid  4  is closed, the latch  38  engages the latch connection  29  and holds the lid  4  against the outside surface of the main housing  2 . It is not necessary for the lid  4  to compress and tightly air seal the opening  22 .  
         [0072]      FIG. 8  shows the front end of the wild game call  1  from  FIG. 1 , without a mouthpiece  3 . The Figure shows the air chamber  7  looking at the front surface  10  thereof, the main housing wall  26 , and the air opening  9 . It should be noted that when the adjustable tongue  33  is in place, one cannot view the opening  48  as it is blocked by the adjustable tongue  33  while the lid  4  is closed and the device is in operation.  
         [0073]     Turning now to  FIG. 9 , there is shown a full end view of the device of  FIG. 1  and there is shown the main housing wall  26 , a small portion of the vertical well  8 , the back wall  46  of the vertical well  8 , the pull tab  35 , and an air passage  47 . It should be noted, that the back wall  46  need not be a full wall, it can be slots as long as the seal member  32  is held in place. It is not necessary for the wall to be a complete wall to control air, as no air moves through this portion of the wild game call  1 .  
         [0074]      FIG. 10  shows an embodiment of the invention in which the mouthpiece  3  is modified with a connector  6  for a flexible conduit  49  mounted on the interior of the mouthpiece  3  that can be removed and attached to a flexible conduit  49  using the flexible conduit connector  6 . On the opposite end of the flexible conduit  49 , there is attached a connector  50 , that is adaptable to one end of the main housing  2 , by inserting the connector  50  into the interior of the main housing  2 . By this means, the flexible conduit  49  can be as long as is needed to bring the mouthpiece  3  up to the mouth of a person using the wild game call  1 , and thereupon, cause a hands-free use of the device. This embodiment of the invention is useable with all of the wild game calls and predator calls set forth in this invention.  
         [0075]     Turning to  FIG. 11 , which is a schematic exploded full side view of the wild game call  1  as shown in  FIG. 4 , there is shown the general air flow through the device, assuming that the user is blowing into the mouthpiece  3  end of the device.  
         [0076]     It should be noted that the air moves into the main housing  2 , and through the front surface opening  9  of the air chamber  7 , and then through the air chamber  7  through the top opening  30  of the air chamber  7 , around the adjustable tongue  33 , past the air-activated sound member  20  to product the desired sound, over and around the tab  35 , through air passage  47 , through the bellows  14 , and out of the device.  
         [0077]     It will be recalled that the bellows  14  and the mouthpiece  3  can be interchanged and the device operated by inhaling, without changing any of the other components.  
         [0078]     It will be further recalled, that the adjustable seal  31  can be moved up and down in the vertical well  8  to open and partially close the air passage  47 . By narrowing the air passage  47 , the air-activated sound member  20  will have a higher pitch and by opening the air passage  47 , the air-activated sound member  20  will have a lower pitch.  
         [0079]     In another embodiment and with reference to  FIG. 18 , there is shown another wild game call  51  of this invention which contemplates the use of a call module  62 .  
         [0080]     There is shown in  FIG. 18 , a a predator call  51  having a main housing  52 , that has a tope side  53 , a bottom side  54 , a near end  55 , a distal end  56 , and a generally middle section  57 .  
         [0081]     The main housing  52  has an opening  58  in the top side  53 , near the middle section  57  and the opening  58  has a front edge  59  and a back edge  60 . There is a mouthpiece  61  that is slidably attached to one end, in this case, the near end  55  of the main housing  52 .  
         [0082]     With reference to FIGS.  12  to  17 , there is located in the opening  58  of the main housing  52 , a call module  62 . The call module  62  is slidably insertable through the opening  58  and rests on the bottom of the main housing  52 . The call module  62  is comprised of a top plate  63 , a back wall  64 , with a centered opening  65  therethrough, wherein the back wall  64  has a back surface  66  and a front surface  67 . The back wall  64  also has a second opening  68  therethrough.  
         [0083]     There is a freely rotatable knob  70  located at the back surface  66  of the back wall  64 , the freely rotatable knob  70  having a centered opening  69  therethrough. The freely rotatable knob  70  has at least two openings adjacent the centered opening  69 , and each of these holes, shown in  FIG. 16  as four holes  81 ,  82 ,  83 , and  84 , are sized equivalently to the openings  72  to  75  of the elongated solid barrel  80 .  
         [0084]     In addition, there is an elongated solid barrel  80  located beneath the top plate  63  and adjacent the front surface  67  of the back wall  64 . The elongated solid barrel  80  has a centered opening  71  and at least two spaced-apart adjacent openings, and in the Figure, four such openings  72 ,  73 ,  74 , and  75  are shown. Each of the openings  72 - 75  have a size different than any of the other openings  72  to  75 , the reason for being set forth infra.  
         [0085]     There is a common shaft  76 , and the shaft  76  is insertable in the centered opening  71  of elongated solid barrel  80 . The shaft  76  extends through the centered opening  65  of the centered opening  64  and terminated in the centered opening  69  of the freely rotatable knob  70  such that as the knob  70  is rotated, the elongated solid barrel  80  is simultaneously rotated. It should be noted that when the knob  70  is attached to the shaft  76 , the same sized holes of the knob  70  are aligned with the same sized holes of the elongated solid barrel  80 .  
         [0086]     Finally, there are indicator markings on the outside surface  85  of the elongated solid barrel  80  to indicate the size of the openings  72  to  75 . The smaller the openings, the higher the pitch of the call when air is blown through the call, and the larger the openings, the lower the pitch of the call. In this manner, the operator can select the call that is required for the game that is being pursued.  
         [0087]     In use, the call module  62  is inserted into the top opening  58  by inserting the knob end first, and then seating the call module down into main housing. The top plate  63  fits sufficiently into the top opening  58  that a gasket is not required, and thus, the top plate  63  is fitted to the top opening  58  so as to stop any air that could normally escape from a loose fitting top plate  63 . This directs any air blown into the call through one of the openings  72  to  75  of the elongated solid barrel  80 , depending on which opening  72  to  75  is aligned with the second opening  68  through the back wall  64 . The air moves through the second opening  68  of the back wall  64  and on through the equivalent opening  81  to  84  in the knob  70 , to create the sound of a predator call. It will be noted from  FIG. 17 , that there is a back wall  85  affixed to the interior of the main housing  52  to support and hold the call module  62 , and that this back wall  85  is only a partial wall and thus allows the passage of air through the call.  
         [0088]     Turning now to  FIG. 21 , there is shown yet another embodiment of this invention, which is a wild game call  85 , which is reed operated.  
         [0089]     There is shown a main housing  77 , having a top side  78 , a bottom side  79 , a near end  86 , a distal end  87 , and a general middle section  88 . The main housing  77  has a top opening  89  near the middle section  88  and the top opening  89  has a back edge  90  and a front edge  91 . There is a mouthpiece  92 , that is slidably attached to one end of the main housing  77 .  
         [0090]     There is a call module  93  that is insertable in the top opening  89  of the main housing  77 . The call module  93  is comprised of a top plate  94 , a back wall  95 , with a centered opening  96  therethrough, a hollow reed holder  97 , having a distal end  98 , wherein the distal end  98  of the hollow reed holder  97  is inserted in the centered opening  96 . There is a reed  100 , the reed  100  having a distal end  99 , said reed  100  being inserted at its distal end  99  into the centered opening  96 , beneath the hollow reed holder  97 .  
         [0091]     The main housing  77  contains a partial vertical wall  101 , that is located near the back edge  90  of the top opening  89 . This partial vertical wall  101  provides support for the call module  93  while contained in the main housing  77 .  
         [0092]     There is a threaded hole  102  located in the bottom side  79  of the main housing  77 . The threaded hole  102  opens into the main housing  77 , beneath the call module  93 . There is a pitch adjuster  103  threadedly insertable into the threaded hole  102 , the pitch adjuster  103  being comprised of a threaded staff  104  mounted at the center of a knob  105 , the threaded staff  104  having a distal end  106 . The length of the pitch adjuster threaded staff  104  being such that when fully turned into the threaded hole  102 , the distal end  106  of the threaded staff  104  will touch the reed  100  when the reed  100  is fully compress against the reed holder  97 , it be recognized that the flexible tab  107  will be between the reed  100  and the distal end  106  of the threaded staff  104 .  
         [0093]     There is a flexible tab  107  that has a distal end  108 , the flexible tab  107  being located beneath the hollow reed holder  97  and insertable by the distal end  108  into the centered opening  96  in the back wall  95 . There is an O-ring  110  situated around the combination of reed holder  97 , reed  100 , and flexible tab  107 , at the distal end  99  of the reed  100  that serves to bring the distal end  99  of the reed  100 , the flexible tab  107  and the reed holder  97  together such that when the threaded staff  104  has lost contact with the flexible tab  107 , the ends of the combination stay together.  
         [0094]     The pitch adjuster  103  allows for the reed  100  to be compressed against the reed holder  97  such that when the reed  100  is compressed, the call sound will be higher, and when the pitch adjuster  103  is moved away from the reed holder  97 , the call sound will be lower.  
         [0095]     It should be noted that the use of a gasket  109  to seat the call module  93  into the top opening  89  is optional.  
         [0096]      FIG. 22  is a cross sectional full side view of another module  110  of this invention which can be substituted for the module  62  in  FIG. 18 . This module  110  enables one to adjust the pitch of the call to accommodate females and calves.  
         [0097]     With regard to  FIG. 22  there is shown in combination a retainer flap  111  having a back edge  112 , that is surmounted on a flexible diaphragm  113 , said flexible diaphragm  113  having an upper surface  114 , a lower surface  115 , and a back edge  116 .  
         [0098]     The retainer flap  11  has a hinge  134  at the back edge  115  that allows for the opening of the retainer flap  110  to get at the flexible diaphragm  113 . The flexible diaphragm  113  is then removable from the module  110 . There is also a tongue  117  that supports the reed  118  and a reed wedge  119  that fixes the reed into the opening  120  in the flexible back support  126 . There is a flexible riser  121  molded into the lower surface  122  of the flexible diaphragm  113 , the flexible riser  121  having the capability of raising the flexible diaphragm  113  when the pitch adjuster  127  is twisted inwardly to move the tongue  117  that moves the reed  124  that adjusts the pitch of the call. The reed  124  surmounts the flexible tongue  117  and there is a seal  125  between the retainer flap  111  and the flexible diaphragm  113 . There is a back wall  128  integrally attached to the back edge  112  of the retainer flap  111  and a flexible back support  126  integrally attached to the back edge  116  of the flexible diaphragm  113 . The base  129  has a centered threaded opening  130  therethrough and the threaded opening  130  contains therein a pitch adjuster  127  threadedly insertable into the threaded opening  130 . The pitch adjuster  127  is comprised of a threaded staff  131  mounted on the center of a knob  132 , the threaded staff  131  having a distal end  133 . The length of the pitch adjuster threaded staff  131  is such that when turned into the threaded opening  130 , the distal end  133  of the threaded staff  131  can touch the tongue  117  and has the capability of moving the tongue  117 . By this means, the pitch of the call can be adjusted in that the higher the flexible diaphragm  113  is moved, the higher the pitch of the call. There is an air channel  135  in the tongue  117  that extends all the way through the tongue  117  and has an exit port  136  at the back of the module  110