Abstract:
A game call for the producing of sounds that mimic animal sounds better than conventional game calls. The call may include various structures of that mimic or correspond to various features found in the mouth, nasal passageways, and/or trachea opening of an animal. The body of the call may be connected to a mouth piece to enable a user to provide a sound by blowing air through the call.

Description:
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION 
     This present application claims the benefit of priority under 35 U.S.C. §119 to U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 61/925,834, filed Jan. 10, 2014, entitled “ANATOMICALLY CORRECT GAME CALL,” the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. 
    
    
     BACKGROUND 
     Field of the Disclosure 
     The embodiments described herein relate to a game call that is man-made, but anatomically correct. The game call may include structures that mimic actual anatomic features found in actual mammal or bird species. The call is designed to produce a more natural call. 
     Description of the Related Art 
     Current game calls are designed to mimic the sound or call of a particular animal usually a mammal or bird. Present game calls are designed for amplification purposes only and the call itself cannot duplicate the pitch and/or tone made by the specific species the call is designed for. Instead, current game calls rely on the skill and knowledge of the caller to attempt to adequately mimic the sound of a desired animal. 
     Present game calls are not anatomically correct. Game calls that appear to mimic the anatomical structure of an animal do not include the correct inner anatomy of the mouth and nose of an animal. The lack of correct inner anatomy of the mouth, nose, and/or throat may lead to a call that is inauthentic and/or lacks the proper tone and/or pitch. Animals resonate sound by pushing air from their lungs, which passes the trachea, vocal chords, and exits through the mouth and nasal passageways. A game call that does not include the accurate structure of the mouth, nasal passageways, and trachea opening simply cannot create an authentic sound of the desired animal, which may be a mammal or a bird. 
     SUMMARY 
     The present disclosure is directed to a game call that overcomes some of the problems and disadvantages discussed above. 
     One embodiment is a mouth operated game call comprising a body, a cavity within the body, and a single opening at a first end of the body, the single opening at the first end in communication with the cavity. The call comprises a mouth piece connected to the first end of the body, a bore in the mouth piece in communication with the cavity within the body. The call includes an opening at a second end of the body, the opening at the second end in communication with the cavity. The call includes a first aperture in the body in communication with the cavity and a second aperture in the body in communication with the cavity, the first and second apertures being located closed to the second end of the body than the first end of the body. 
     The first and second apertures of the call may be in communication with the cavity via an internal passage within the body and an internal opening. The call may include a longitudinal upstanding structure within the cavity, at least a portion of the upstanding structure being positioned adjacent the opening at the second end. The longitudinal upstanding structure may be shaped to mimic a tongue. The entire length of the upstanding structure may be integral with the body. The body of the call at the second end may include an upper portion and a lower portion that are separated by the second opening. The call may include a plurality of ridges on the upper portion. The ridges on the upper portion may be positioned at the outer edges of the upper portion. The cavity of the body may have a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion, the first portion being a bore having a first diameter, the second portion being a bore having a second diameter that differs from the first diameter, and the third portion that separates the body at the second end into an upper portion and a lower portion. The body may be comprised of plastic. The call may include a reed connected to the mouth piece. 
     One embodiment is a mouth operated game call comprising a body, a cavity within the body, and a single opening at a first end of the body, the single opening at the first end in communication with the cavity. The call includes an opening at a second end of the body, the opening at the second end in communication with the cavity. The call includes a first and second aperture in the body in communication with the cavity, the first and second apertures being located closer to the second end of the body than the first end of the body. 
     The call may include a longitudinal upstanding structure within the cavity, at least a portion of the upstanding structure being positioned adjacent the opening at the second end. The longitudinal structure may be shaped to mimic a tongue. The entire length of the upstanding structure may be integral with the body. The body at the second end may comprise an upper portion and a lower portion separated by the second opening. The first and second apertures may be in communication with the cavity via a third opening in the upper portion. The call may include a passage within the upper portion of the body that connects the third opening with the first and second aperture, the passage being separate from the cavity of the body. The call may include a structure that divides the passage into a first portion connected to the first aperture and a second portion connected to the second aperture. The call may include a plurality of ridges on the upper portion. The upper portion of the call may include a first set of protrusions on an outer edge within the cavity and a second set of protrusions on an outer edge within the cavity opposite the first set of protrusions. The lower portion of the call may include a first set of protrusions positioned adjacent the second end of the body. The opening at the first end of the body may have a smaller diameter than the opening at the second end of the body. The body may be comprised of plastic. A portion of the exterior of the body may include a camouflage pattern. The call may include a reed positioned adjacent the single opening at the first end of the body. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
         FIG. 1  shows a side view of one embodiment of a game call. 
         FIG. 2  shows a top view of one embodiment of a game call. 
         FIG. 3  shows a bottom view of one embodiment of a game call. 
         FIG. 4  shows an interior view of an upper portion of one embodiment of a game call. 
         FIG. 5  shows an interior view of a lower portion of one embodiment of a game call. 
         FIG. 6  shows a side view of one embodiment of a game call. 
         FIG. 7  shows a bottom view of one embodiment of a game call. 
         FIG. 8  shows a top view of one embodiment of a game call. 
         FIG. 9  shows an interior view of an upper portion of one embodiment of a game call. 
         FIG. 10  shows an interior view of a lower portion of one embodiment of a game call. 
         FIG. 11  shows a side view of one embodiment of a game call. 
         FIG. 12  shows a top view of one embodiment of a game call. 
         FIG. 13  shows a bottom view of one embodiment of a game call. 
         FIG. 14  shows an interior view of an upper portion of one embodiment of a game call. 
         FIG. 15  shows an interior view of a lower portion of one embodiment of a game call. 
         FIG. 16  shows an embodiment of a reed system that may be used in with a game call. 
         FIG. 17  shows an embodiment of a reed system that may be used in with a game call. 
     
    
    
     While the disclosure is susceptible to various modifications and alternative forms, specific embodiments have been shown by way of example in the drawings and will be described in detail herein. However, it should be understood that the disclosure is not intended to be limited to the particular forms disclosed. Rather, the intention is to cover all modifications, equivalents and alternatives falling within the scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims. 
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION 
     The game call of the present disclosure may be hand cast, sculpted, and measured off an actual animal, such as a mammal or bird. The game call may include the structures that mimic anatomical structures of the upper and lower jaw, external and internal mouth, gingiva or gums, external and internal nose, trachea, epiglottis, and/or nasal pharynx. The game call may include the structures that mimic actual anatomical structures of the animal including lips, tongue, pharynx, oropharynx, oral mucosa, laryngeal pharynx, soft and/or hard palate, teeth, nasal cavities and passages, sinuses, septum, nasal airway, and/or the junction of the nasal passage to the trachea. The exterior of the game call may include sculpting of the nose pad and surrounding tissue, muzzle and/or bone structure and muscle, and the upper and lower jaw. The inner mouth and/or inner nasal areas may include flocking and/or soft membranes for sound dampening, acoustics, and/or vibration. The mouth opening may be modeled to be accurate according to the specified animal, such as a mammal or bird. The exterior of the game call may be camouflaged to help conceal the device and/or may be colored to match the coloring of a specified animal. The game call may include an adjustable epiglottis/trachea device mechanism may be located rearward of the trachea and tongue or nasal junction to add back pressure, which may cause the need of less air to produce accurate pitch and/or tone to reproduce an accurate sound. The game call may be modeled with accurate anatomical details of a specified animal. The anatomical structures may create a sound that is more authentic with the appropriate pitch and/or tone of the sound typically produced by the animal. 
       FIG. 1  shows a side view of one embodiment of a game call  200 , which may be anatomically correct for water fowl, such as a goose. The call  200  includes a body portion  100  that roughly corresponds to a head portion of the water fowl connected to a mouth piece  120 . The mouth piece  120  includes a bore that is in communication with a cavity within the interior of the body  100 . The mouth piece  120  may use a reed system, such as shown in  FIG. 16  and/or  FIG. 17 . A user may blow through the mouth piece  120  connected to the body  100  to create a sound that mimics the actual sound made from the desired water fowl, such as a goose. The body  100  includes a first opening  30  (shown in  FIG. 4-5 ) at a first end of the body  100  and a second opening  20  as a second end of the body  100 . 
     The game call  200  includes structures that mimic the anatomical features of the animal that the call  200  is designed to replicate the sound of. For example, the call  200 , in particular the body  100  portion of the call  200 , may include apertures  10  in an upper portion  5  of the body  100  that affect the sound produced when air is blown through the call  200  via the mouth piece  120 . The body  100  may also include an upstanding structure  25  that affects the sound produced. The upstanding structure  25  may be a longitudinal structure that is positioned adjacent the second end of the body  100 . The structure  25  may mimic a tongue of a desired animal. The structure  25  may be integral to the body  100  unlike an actual tongue of an animal. In other words, the structure  25  may be integral or connected to the body  100  along its entire length. The body  100  may include a series of grooves  40  adjacent the second opening  20 . The grooves  40  may affect the sound produced by the call  200 . The grooves  40  may mimic teeth plates present in water fowl. 
       FIG. 2  shows a top view of a portion of a call  200 . The body  100  of the call  200  may include at least two apertures  10  that are in communication with the cavity within the body  100 . The upper portion  5  may include an end structure  45  that mimics the bean found on a beak of a water fowl, which may affect the sound produced by the call  200 .  FIG. 3  shows a bottom view of the lower portion  15  of the body  100  of the call  200 . The call  200  may be formed by various mechanisms to form a call that mimics the anatomical structure of an animal as discussed herein. The call  200  may be formed of various plastics or other materials that would be appreciated by one of ordinary skill in the art having the benefit of this disclosure. For example, the call  200  may be comprised of polystyrene, glass-filled nylon, or other various plastics. 
       FIG. 5  shows an interior view of the lower portion  15  of the body  100  with the mouth piece  120  removed. Likewise,  FIG. 4  shows an interior view of the upper portion  5  of the body  100  with the mouth piece  120  removed. The upper and lower portions  5  and  15  form an interior cavity through which a user may blow through to produce a sound of a desire animal. The interior portions of the body  100  may be configured to include various structures that mimic anatomical features of a desired animal so that the call  200  produces an authentic sound. The cavity may include a first portion  31  adjacent the first opening  30 , a second portion  32 , and a third portion  33 . The first and second portions  31  and  32  are generally enclosed by the body  100  and may have different diameters. The diameter of the first portion  31  may be smaller than the diameter of the second portion  32 . As shown in  FIGS. 4 and 5 , each of the portions  31  and  32  may not have a constant diameter. The third portion  33  of the cavity may be positioned adjacent the second opening  20 , which may correspond to the mouth of the specified animal. Thus, the third portion  33  of the cavity may not be entirely enclosed, but rather be open to the exterior by gaps between the upper and lower portions  5  and  15 . 
     The upper and lower portions  5  and  15  may include grooves  40  that affect the sound produced by the call  200 . The grooves  40  may be positioned to mimic teeth plates of a water fowl, such as a goose. The lower portion  15  may include a longitudinal upstanding structure  25  that extends from the body  100  toward the cavity. The structure  25  may mimic a tongue of an animal except that it is integrally formed or connected to the lower portion  15  along its entire length. The interior of the upper portion  5  of the body  100  may include various features  11 ,  50 , and  55  that may affect the sound as air is blown through the body  100 . For example, the features  50  and  55  may mimic various hard palate details such as a salivary gland and feature  11  may mimic a nasal junction. The body  100  may include internal passage(s)  12  as shown in  FIG. 2  that connects internal feature  11  with external apertures  5  in the upper portion  5  of the body  100 . A reed (shown in  FIG. 16  and  FIG. 17 ) may help the user in combination with the anatomically correct head portion  100  to reproduce an authentic water fowl sound. 
       FIG. 6  shows an embodiment of a call  300 . The call could be configured to produce a sound that mimics various animals. For example, the call could be used to mimic the sound of various big game animals such as deer, elk, moose, antelope, etc. The call  300  includes an upper portion  305   a  and a lower portion  305   b  that from a cavity within the call  300 . The call  300  may be formed by joining the two portions  305   a  and  305   b  together or the call  300  may be formed with the two portions being integrated into a single call  300 . The call has a first end  310  through which a user will blow and a second end  320 . The first end  310  includes a first opening  315 , which may mimic the size and/or shape of the trachea of a desired animal for the call  300  to replicate the sound of. The second end  320  includes a second opening  325  from which the produced sound will be projected from. The second opening may replicate the mouth opening of an animal. A portion of the exterior of the call  300  may include a color or pattern, such as camouflaged pattern  301  as shown in  FIG. 6 , which may prevent the visual detection of the call  300  by wildlife. The camouflage pattern  301  may cover the entire exterior of the call  300  or only a portion of the call  300  as would be appreciated by one of ordinary skill in the art having the benefit of this disclosure. 
       FIG. 7  shows a bottom view of the lower portion  305   b  of the call  300  and  FIG. 8  shows a top view of the call  300 . The call may include a third opening  340  (shown in  FIG. 9 ) in the interior that provides communication between the cavity within the call and a passage  341  in the upper portion  305   a  of the call. The passage  341  connects the third opening  340  with apertures  335  on the exterior of the upper portion  305   a  of the call  300 . The passage  341  may include a structure  344  that divides the passage  341  into two portions  343  with each portion being connected to a single aperture  335  on the exterior of the upper portion  305   a  of the call  300 . The second end  320  of the upper portion  305   a  of the call  300  may include a structure  345  adjacent to the exterior apertures  335 , which may affect the sound produced by the call  300 . The structure  345  may mimic the nose pad of an animal, which could be soft and/or comprised of flocking. The passage  341  in the call  300  may mimic a sinus or nasal passageway of an animal and the apertures  335  may mimic nostril openings of an animal. 
     The third opening  340  (shown in  FIG. 9 ) on the interior of the call  300  may be positioned within a first portion  316  (shown in  FIG. 10 ) of the cavity of the call  300 . The interior of the call  300  may include structures  346  adjacent to the third opening  340  that mimic epiglottis of an animal. The first portion  316  may be adjacent to the first opening  315 . The upper portion  305   a  of the call  300  may include a junction  385  between the first portion  316  and the second portion  317  (shown in  FIG. 10 ) of the cavity that mimics the soft palate of an animal. The call  300  may include a second portion  317  of the cavity that has a larger diameter than the first portion  316 . The interior of the upper portion  305   a  of the call  300  may include a plurality of ridges  390  that affect the sound produce by the call  300  when a user blows through the first opening  315 . The ridges  390  may be transverse ridges that mimic palatine ridges of an animal. The upper portion  305   a  of the call  300  may include a structure  395  that mimics the hard palate of an animal. A portion of the upper portion  305   a  that corresponds to the second portion  317  of the cavity may include a structure that mimics the hard palate of an animal. The upper portion  305   a  may include a plurality of projections  373  located along the edge of the cavity that affect the sound of the call  300 . The second end  320  of the upper portion  305   a  may include various structures  374 - 376  and  380  that mimic various structures on the upper portion of the mouth of an animal that may affect the sound of the call  300 . For example, the structures  374 - 376  and  380  may mimic a lip, incisive papilla, a cheek papilla, and/or a pad, which may be soft and/or comprised of a soft material such as rubber. The game call may include an adjustable epiglottis/trachea device mechanism  313  located in the first portion  316  of the cavity to add back pressure, which may cause the need of less air to produce accurate pitch and/or tone to reproduce an accurate sound. 
     The upper portion  305   a  may include a plurality of projections  371  and  372  along the edge of the cavity that affect the sound as air is blown through the call. The projections  371  and  372  may mimic the size, shape, and/or location of molars and premolars of an animal. The lower portion  305   b  may include a plurality of projections  370  located at the second end  320  of the call  300  that affect the sound of the call  300 . The plurality of projections  370  may mimic incisors of an animal. The second end  320  of the lower portion  305   b  may include various structures  350 ,  355 , and  360  that mimic various structures on the lower portion of the mouth of an animal that may affect the sound of the call  300 . For example, the structures  350 ,  355 , and  360  may mimic a cheek papilla, gingiva, and/or a lip. The interior of the lower portion  305   b  of the call  300  may include a longitudinal upstanding structure  330  location in a third portion  318  of the cavity. The structure  330  may affect the sound of the call. The structure  330  may mimic the tongue of an animal except that the structure  330  is integral and/or connected to the lower portion  305   a  along its entire length. The user may use a reed (shown in  FIG. 16  and  FIG. 17 ) and/or a mouth piece in connection with the tracheal opening  315 . Alternatively, the user may simply blow through the tracheal opening  315  to reproduce an authentic elk, or other animal, sound. 
       FIG. 11  shows a side view of one embodiment  600  of a game call, which may be anatomically correct for water fowl, such as a duck. The call  600  includes a body portion  500  that roughly corresponds to a head portion of the water fowl connected to a mouth piece  520 . The mouth piece  520  includes a bore that is in communication with a cavity within the interior of the body  500 . A user may blow through the mouth piece  520  connected to the body  500  to create a sound that mimics the actual sound made from the desired water fowl, which in this case may be a duck. The body  500  includes a first opening  430  (shown in  FIG. 14-15 ) at a first end of the body  500  and a second opening  420  as a second end of the body  500 . 
     In the embodiment of the game call  600  shown in  FIGS. 11-15 , the body  500  includes structures that mimic the anatomical features of a duck that are designed to replicate the sound of a duck. For example, the call  600 , in particular the body  500  portion of the call  600 , may include apertures  410  in an upper portion  405  of the body  500  that affect the sound produced when air is blown through the call  600  via the mouth piece  520 . The body  500  may also include an upstanding structure  425  that affects the sound produced. The upstanding structure  425  may be a longitudinal structure that is positioned adjacent the second end of the body  500 . The structure  425  may mimic a duck tongue. However, the structure  425  may be integral or connected to the body  500  along its entire length thus differing from an actual tongue of a duck. The body  500  may include a series of grooves  440  adjacent the second opening  420 . The grooves  440  may affect the sound produced by the call  600 . The grooves  440  may mimic teeth plates present in a duck. 
       FIG. 12  shows a top view of a portion of a call  600 . The body  500  of the call  600  may include at least two apertures  410  that are in communication with the cavity within the body  500 . The two external apertures  410  may be in communication with the cavity via an internal passage(s)  412  and an internal opening  411  (shown in  FIG. 14 ). The upper portion  405  may include an end structure  445  that mimics the bean found on a beak of a duck, which may affect the sound produced by the call  600 .  FIG. 13  shows a bottom view of the lower portion  415  of the body  500  of the call  600 . The call  600  may be formed by various mechanisms to form a call  600  that mimics the anatomical structure of a duck, as discussed herein. The call  600  may be formed of various plastics or other materials that would be appreciated by one of ordinary skill in the art having the benefit of this disclosure. 
       FIG. 15  shows an interior view of the lower portion  415  of the body  500  with the mouth piece  520  removed. Likewise,  FIG. 14  shows an interior view of the upper portion  405  of the body  500  with the mouth piece  520  removed. The upper and lower portions  405  and  415  form an interior cavity through which a user may blow through to produce a sound of a desire animal, such as a duck. The interior portions of the body  500  may be configured to include various structures that mimic anatomical features of a duck so that the call  600  produces an authentic sound. The cavity may include a first portion  431  adjacent the first opening  430 , a second portion  432 , and a third portion  433 . The first and second portions  431  and  432  are generally enclosed by the body  500  and may have different diameters. The diameter of the first portion  431  may be smaller than the diameter of the second portion  432 . As shown in  FIGS. 14 and 15 , each of the portions  431  and  432  may not have a constant diameter. The third portion  433  of the cavity may be positioned adjacent the second opening  420 , which may generally correspond to the mouth of a duck. Thus, the third portion  433  of the cavity may not be entirely enclosed, but rather be open to the exterior by gaps between the upper and lower portions  405  and  415  of the body  500 . 
     The upper and lower portions  405  and  415  may include grooves  440  that affect the sound produced by the call  600 . The grooves  440  may be positioned and/or configured to mimic teeth plates of a duck. The lower portion  415  may include a longitudinal upstanding structure  425  that extends from the body  500  into the cavity. The structure  425  may mimic a tongue of a duck except that it is connected to the lower portion  415  of the body  500  along its entire length. The interior of the upper portion  405  of the body  500  may include various features  411 ,  450 , and  455  that may affect the sound as air is blown through the body  500 . For example, the features  450  and  455  may mimic various hard palate details such as a salivary gland and feature  411  may mimic a nasal junction. 
       FIG. 16  shows one embodiment of a reed system  700  that may be used with a game call  200 ,  300 , or  600 . The reed system  700  includes a mouth piece  720  and a reed  710 . Reed adjustment adapters  730  are positioned adjacent the reed  710  and may be used to change the position and thus, the sound produced by the reed  710  in combination with the mouth piece  720  and a game call  200 ,  300 , or  600 . The mouth piece  720  may be used in place of the mouth pieces  120  and/or  520  discussed herein. 
       FIG. 17  shows one embodiment of a reed system  800  that may be used with a game call  200 ,  300 , or  600 . The reed system  800  includes a mouth piece  820  and a reed  810 . Reed adjustment adapters  830  are positioned adjacent the reed  810  and may be used to change the position and thus, the sound produced by the reed  810  in combination with the mouth piece  820  and a game call  200 ,  300 , or  600 . The mouth piece  820  may be used in place of the mouth pieces  120  and/or  520  discussed herein. 
     Although this invention has been described in terms of certain preferred embodiments, other embodiments that are apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art, including embodiments that do not provide all of the features and advantages set forth herein, are also within the scope of this invention. Accordingly, the scope of the present invention is defined only by reference to the appended claims and equivalents thereof.