Patent ID: 7083492

Claim:
An adjustable-tone deer call device comprising: a barrel assembly comprising an outside barrel and a small inside barrel, the outside barrel having an inlet end adapted to serve as a mouthpiece, having an outlet end for air, and having a cut-out opening between the inlet end and the outlet end thereof, and the small inside barrel having an open proximal end secured inside the outlet end of said outside barrel and a distal end for air to exit; a reed mounted for vibration within said barrel assembly, said reed having a proximal free end toward the inlet end of said outside barrel, the reed generating a sound of a selected pitch when air passes through the small inside barrel; a reed holder supporting the reed at its distal end within said barrel assembly, and having sidewalls and a bottom, together forming along with the reed, an elongated air flow channel; a tone-adjusting slide assembly within said outside barrel and manually accessible through the cut-out opening, said tone-adjusting slide assembly comprising a slider mounted for axial movement with respect to said reed and a reed contact band extending transversely and clampingly across said reed so as to clamp said reed at any of various selectable locations depending on the axial position of the tone-adjusting slide assembly, whereby the tone of the sound generated by the deer call can be adjusted without disassembling the deer call, wherein said reed contact band comprises an O-ring that extends around a groove in the slider.