Abstract: A portable hunting blind that includes a sheet depicting an animal on a front side, a plurality of rods coupled to a back side for supporting the sheet, and an opening in the sheet suitable for extending equipment therethrough. A sideways-T configured opening in the sheet, a rest for supporting an item of equipment within the opening, and flaps cut into the sheet for air to pass through also are disclosed.

Abstract: A decoy apparatus and animal attraction method including a head and body formed to resemble a bird, a rotatable motor-driven shaft protruding from at least one side of the body, a wing coupled to the shaft, and a power source such that activation of the power source causes the wing structure to rotate. The wing is coupled to the shaft at an angle relative to the main axis of rotation to best simulate a broken or injured wing during rotation. The method involves only one wing of the decoy rotating to approximate the motion of a bird that has an injured wing and cannot take off.

Abstract: A device for dispensing awards includes a housing having a set of compartments, the contents of which are visible from the outside. Each compartment contains a small but valuable award, such as a diamond. The housing is part of, or connected to, a gaming machine. When a player wins a game which entitles the player to select a tangible award, the device signals this fact to the player. The player then selects a compartment by pressing a input device located on the housing. An attendant opens an external door, and inserts an electronic key into a receptacle associated with the selected compartment, and enters a required code into the key. The compartment then opens, and the player obtains the award. The device provides enhanced security, because the compartment will not open unless the player has won the required game and has pressed the input device, and the attendant has properly opened the external door and has entered the correct code with the electronic key.