Patent ID: 7272905

Claim:
A turkey decoy system comprising: a first turkey decoy having a short vertical support rod with an upper end and a lower end rigidly coupled to the first turkey decoy; and a motion imparting assembly including a base positionable upon a horizontal support surface, the motion imparting assembly including a first motor to reciprocate the first turkey decoy between up and down positions, wherein the motion imparting assembly and first motor further including a rotatable drive shaft and a first linkage having an input disk with a center rotatable coupled to the rotatable drive shaft for maintaining its fixed position during rotation of the rotatable drive shaft and an output disk with a stub coupled to the short vertical support rod adjacent to its lower end for oscillation therewith, the motion imparting assembly also having a primary strut with a lower extent secured for oscillation with the rotation of the rotatable drive shaft and an upper extent about which the output disk and first turkey decoy are adapted to rotate, the motion imparting assembly also having a secondary strut with a lower extent rotatable secured to the input disk for oscillation and an upper extent rotatable secured to the output disk beneath the stub whereby activation of the first motor will oscillate the primary and secondary struts to raise and lower the first turkey decoy while the secondary strut translates axially to maintain the first turkey decoy in a vertical orientation at all times.