Patent ID: 7131230

Claim:
A game bird decoy, comprising: an upright member comprising a rod, a body mounting extension at an end of said rod, and a tubing sleeve fixed to said rod adjacent said body mounting extension and substantially perpendicular to the long dimension of said rod; a crossbar approximately centered in said tubing sleeve of said upright member and approximately perpendicular to said upright member, said crossbar having a length selected to approximate the length of a game bird's wing span and an outer circumference small enough to provides play between said crossbar and said tubing sleeve; a pair of wings mounted onto and secured onto said crossbar, with one wing on either side of said upright member, and each wing having a shape selected such that said wing and crossbar can move with a fluttering motion that simulates the flapping of a game bird's wings during flight; and a bird body mountable onto said body mounting extension of said upright member; and means for positioning and retaining said upright member at a selected ground location with a selected orientation, wherein said wing shape is substantially similar to a shape having: a first edge extending about 34 inches along a straight line; a second edge extending substantially perpendicularly from one end of said first edge and terminating at a point A located about 15 inches from said first edge; a third edge extending substantially perpendicularly in the same direction as the second edge from the other end of said first edge and terminating at a point H located about 14 inches from said first edge; and a fourth edge extending between points H and A, wherein: a point G positioned between said second and third edges, about 8 inches from said first edge and about 29.5 inches from said second edge; a point F positioned between said second and third edges, about 8 inches from said first edge and about 24 inches from said second edge; a point D positioned between said second and third edges, about 12 inches from said first edge and about 18 inches from said second edge; a point E positioned between said second and third edges, about 8 inches from said first edge and about 5.5 inches from said second edge and about 11 inches from point D; a point C positioned between said second and third edges, about 4.5 inches from point A in a direction substantially perpendicular to said second edge; a point B positioned about 20 inches from said first edge at the intersection of a first arc having a radius of about 4.5 inches centered at point C and a second arc having a radius of about 11 inches centered at point E; and said fourth edge extends along said first arc between points A and B, along said second arc between points B and D, along a substantially straight line between points D and F, along a substantially straight line between points F and G, and along a substantially straight line between points G and H.