Patent Document

BACKGROUND 
       [0001]    There are currently many devices used by game (i.e. duck, goose, crane, deer, turkey) hunters to entice their desired game into range. Present day apparatus employed to suspend motion or stationary decoys, for the most part, consist of a staking system that visibly attaches directly to the said decoy creating detection (by desired game) problems on high visibility days (i.e. sunny, no wind weather). On days when visibility is low (i.e. cloudy, windy, or foggy) the present day staking systems do work very well. Game animals are constantly evolving and hunters that pursue these game animals must also evolve the methods they deploy in order to continue to fool these game animals to enter into range. One current trend is the use of motion decoys that feature spinning or rotating body parts that mimics the movements of game animals. As stated earlier, these methods work very well when visibility is poor and the approaching game animals cannot see very well. Unfortunately, all days are not low visibility days and a way to conceal the motion decoy support structure differently from what is currently in use is needed. 
       SUMMARY 
       [0002]    The object of the invention is to solve the problems of lowering the visibility of the support structures employed to suspend or support motion or stationary game animal decoys in order to lessen the probably of the detection of said support systems by the game animal being pursued. The invention utilizes the support of vertical metal structures and low visibility line or wire to suspend motion and stationary decoys over a selected area in order to entice game animals into range. The structure removes a highly visible stake or metal object leading directly to the decoy and widens the distance in which the main support structure is located from the frame of view of the selected game animal and utilizes a secondary support to attach directly to the motion or stationary decoy in order to create the illusion of zero external attachments. The invention also raises the elevation at which the decoy may be deployed to drastically improve the visibility of the decoy itself to prospective game animal targets. Finally, the invention adds secondary movement in three dimensions in addition to the primary movement of the motion or stationary decoy with the flexibility of the secondary support structures. 
     
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS 
         [0003]    Having described the invention in general terms and discussing its purpose, reference will now be made to the accompanying drawings, which are not necessarily drawn to scale, wherein: 
           [0004]      FIG. 1  is a perspective illustration of the invention depicting it with one motion decoy in use. 
           [0005]      FIG. 2  is the overall metal structure of the invention and is the primary support of the purpose of the invention. 
           [0006]      FIG. 3  is a close-up of a side view of the left base of the invention. The inventions right base is an exact copy in reverse. 
           [0007]      FIG. 4  is a close-up top view of the inventions left base. The inventions right base is an exact copy in reverse. 
           [0008]      FIG. 5  illustrates a ‘single support option’ of the invention that can be utilized without erecting the second vertical primary support. 
           [0009]      FIG. 6  is the primary and secondary supports and the standard configuration for displaying decoys at various levels of elevation. 
           [0010]      FIG. 7  is the primary and secondary supports and the most basic configuration of the secondary supports. 
       
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION 
       [0011]      FIG. 1  shows the invention in its entirety, a structure to elevate and suspend a variety of game animal decoys off of the ground without plainly visible supporting structures leading directly to the decoy itself and to increase the visibility to enhance the effectiveness of said decoy/decoys. 
         [0012]    The structure consists of a horizontal base connector  10  that runs parallel to the ground and connects the left base  8  and the right base  9 . The horizontal base connector  10  is a length of rigid metal tubing no less then 6 ft and no more than 20 ft long and in a diameter/width small enough so that it can be inserted into both the left base  8  and the right base  9  ( FIG. 3 ). The left base  8  and right base  9  are identical t-bars  7  ( FIG. 4 ) constructed of rigid metal tubing consisting of two perpendicular lengths of tubing welded at their intersection  13 . The tubing that constructs the left base  8  and right base  9  is of a diameter/width to accommodate the insertion of the horizontal base connector  10  to a distance of at least one foot. The horizontal base connector  10  is inserted in both the left base  8  and right base  9  to a distance of no less than 1 foot and secured with fasteners  4  that are inserted through matched holes on the left base  8  and right base  9  and the horizontal base connector  10  ( FIG. 3 ). The fasteners  4  are of rigid metal and a length that allows for them to sufficiently extend past the exiting hole. The left base  8  and right base  9  have on their top surface a vertical primary support slot  14  welded at a position that is slightly towards the center of the entire structure. 
         [0013]    The primary support slot  14  is constructed of the same diameter/width rigid metal as the left base  8  and right base  9  in order to accommodate the insertion of the left vertical primary support  1  and the right vertical primary support  2 . 
         [0014]    The left vertical primary support  1  and the right vertical primary support  2  are lengths of rigid metal tubing no shorter than 6 ft and no longer than 20 ft constructed of the same diameter/width rigid metal tubing as the horizontal base connector  10  so as to make it possible to insert the left primary vertical support  1  and the right primary vertical support  2  into the vertical primary support slots  14 . The left vertical primary support  1  and the right vertical primary support  2  are slid into the vertical primary support slots  14  and secured with fasteners  4  that are inserted into matched holes on the vertical primary support slot  14  and the left vertical primary support  1  and the right vertical primary support  2 . Located on the outer edge of both the left base  8  and the right base  9  are anchor wire attachments located no less than 2 inches from the outer edge and no more than 10 inches from the outer edge of both bases. 
         [0015]    The left vertical primary support  1  and the right vertical primary support  2  both have secondary support attachment points  3  along the interior edge at varying intervals. The vertical primary supports  1  and  2  also both have anchor wire attachments  5  on their outer edges no less than 2 ft and nor more than 5 ft up from the location of the meeting of the vertical supports  1  and  2  and the vertical support slots  14 . 
         [0016]    The secondary support attachment points  3  are the location where the low visibility line/wire  11  attaches to the vertical primary supports  1  and  2 . The number of configurations and combinations of low visibility line/wire  11  to various designs of motion/stationary decoys  12  are numerous and not feasible to list every example so included are  FIG. 6  and  FIG. 7  with typical examples.

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