Patent ID: 7493723

Claim:
A decoy apparatus comprising: a body, a stake and a head, said body having an upper torso aperture for receipt of said stake, and an open front end having at least one body connection, said head includes at least one pivot connector line designed to be releasably connected with said at least one body connection, said head being suspended both from and below said at least one body connection via said at least one pivot connector line when said at least one pivot connector line is releasably connected with said at least one body connection, an end of said head further includes a counterweight sized and positioned to balance the head in an idle position relative to said body and at least one away position relative to said body away from said idle position such that said counterweight and said head acting on said at least one pivot connector line will bias said head away from said away position back toward said idle position, a body harness, and said stake having an upper end that includes a stake opening used as a first attachment point for said body harness, said body further includes at least a pair of apertures disposed at lower ends of the body, said pair of apertures define second and third attachment points for said body harness, wherein said body harness is centrally connected between the opening in the stake and each of said pair of apertures in the body.