Patent ID: 11589573

Abstract:
An automatic duck decoy jerk string device 1 having an enclosure 2, a mounting pole 6, a lockable mount 8 for mounting the enclosure 2 at different heights on the mounting pole 6, an electric motor 10 in the enclosure 2, a battery 12 configured to power the electric motor 10, a speed control 13 to control a rotational speed of a motor drive shaft 16, an elongated slider 20 partially inside the enclosure 2 and partially outside the enclosure 2, the elongated slider 20 moves back-and-forth towards the inside of the enclosure and away from the inside of the enclosure, a gear system 14 connected to the motor drive shaft 16 to reduce the rotational speed of the motor drive shaft 16 and rotate a drive arm 18, and a link arm 28 is rotatably mounted to the drive arm 18 and rotatably mounted to the first slider end 22. A method of using the jerk string device to move duck decoys 48 on a jerk line 38 connected to the elongated slider 20.