Patent ID: 8087199

Claim:
A partial-body large game decoy that is shiftable between a disassembled configuration and an assembled configuration, said decoy comprising: (a) an internal support system comprising a flexible elongated primary tubular member having first and second substantially opposite ends, one or more feature support members coupled to and extending outwardly from the primary tubular member, a handle attachment structure coupled to the tubular member, a releasable fastener, and, optionally, a spacer tube configured for connection between the first and second ends of the primary tubular member, wherein the releasable fastener is either (i) integral with the first end of the primary tubular member and defines an opening substantially opposite an end of the releasable fastener that is integral with the first end of the primary tubular member, the opening configured to receive either the second end of the primary tubular member or an end of the spacer tube, or (ii) separate from the opposite ends of the primary tubular member and defines first and second substantially opposite-facing openings, the first of the substantially opposite-facing openings configured to receive the first end of the primary tubular member, the second of the substantially opposite-facing openings configured to receive either the second end of the primary tubular member or an end of the spacer tube; (b) an elongated handle having an attachment end and a gripping end, wherein the attachment end is configured for selective attachment to the handle attachment structure of the internal support system; and (c) a cover having the partial likeness of a large game animal therein or thereon, wherein the decoy depicts the head and neck of a large game animal separate from and absent of the torso and legs of the large game animal, wherein: when the decoy is in the assembled configuration— (i) the primary tubular member forms at least a portion of a single loop with the substantially opposite ends of the primary tubular member being coupled to one another via at least the releasable fastener and, optionally, the spacer tube, (ii) the internal support system is received in the cover and supports the cover generally in the shape of the large game animal being depicted, and (iii) the handle is coupled to the internal support system and extends external to the cover, and when the decoy is in the disassembled configuration— (i) the ends of the primary tubular member are decoupled from one another and the primary tubular member is not formed into a single loop, and (ii) the handle is decoupled from the internal support system.