Abstract: A decoy apparatus for use in a water environment comprising a motor operatively connected to a splasher to cause a water effect when in operation, said motor and splasher being connected to a pole member such that the motor is located above the surface of a body of water and said splasher is capable of contacting said water when in operation. In one or more embodiments, the decoy apparatus may further comprise a decoy body substantially in the shape of an avian animal.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are animal decoys for hunting, birdwatching, photographing, and other outdoor activities. In a specific embodiment, the animal decoy includes: a hinge; a housing unit, where the housing unit includes a head section, a tail section, and an interior space; an electric motor; a switch, where the switch is operative connected to the electric motor; an electric motor housing; a battery housing; at least one wing member attachment member; at least one wing member, where the at least one wing member is attached to the at least one wing member attachment member; a drive shaft, wherein the drive shaft is operative connected to the electric motor and the at least one wing member attachment member; a mounting member; a support member; a coupling member; where the coupling member is attached to the battery housing at a first end and the electric motor housing at a second end.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are animal decoys for hunting, birdwatching, photographing, and other outdoor activities. In a specific embodiment, the animal decoy includes: a hinge; a housing unit, where the housing unit includes a head section, a tail section, and an interior space; an electric motor; a switch, where the switch is operative connected to the electric motor; an electric motor housing; a battery housing; at least one wing member attachment member; at least one wing member, where the at least one wing member is attached to the at least one wing member attachment member; a drive shaft, wherein the drive shaft is operative connected to the electric motor and the at least one wing member attachment member; a mounting member; a support member; a coupling member; where the coupling member is attached to the battery housing at a first end and the electric motor housing at a second end.

Abstract: Intermittent Flashing Decoy Apparatus, Method and System generally comprising a housing unit, a power source, a motor, a cycler, a switch, and a flasher, wherein the motor, power source, and cycler are substantially housed within the housing unit, and wherein the power source is capable, when the apparatus is turned on via the switch, of powering the motor off and on at random as controlled by the cycler, which is an intermittent timer chip, to manipulate the flasher as to create intermittent “flashes” as flasher rotates and reflects light such as sunlight. A system of two or more intermittent flashing decoys wherein each decoy is controlled by an intermittent timer chip, the cycler, so that no pattern of flashing occurs between any two decoys.

Abstract: A reconfigurable hen turkey decoy is disclosed comprising: a housing, where the housing includes plastic, where the housing has an outer surface, an inner surface, an interior space, and at least one opening, and where at least a portion of the outer surface resembles a hen turkey; a guide member, where the guide member includes an elastic material, where the guide member has an opening, and where the guide member is at least partially disposed over the opening of the at least one opening of the housing; and a support member, where the support member has a length and a radius, where the support member is removably positioned in the opening of the guide member, where the length of the support member and the length of the housing forms an angle, and where the support member and the housing can be releasably secured into at least two different angles.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a decoy apparatus comprising: a motor unit securely connected to a base, at least one wing member operatively connected to the motor so as to be rotated by the motor when the motor is engaged, a power source to operate the motor, and a shell that mimics the look of an avian animal that can be incorporated with the motor so as to cause the rotating wing members to appear as if they were the wings of the avian animal. In alternate embodiments, the motor is encased in a motor housing that defines a structure and the shell is a soft body in the shape of a bird with a cavity that is substantially to the size and shape of at least the top of the motor housing such that at least a portion of the motor housing is capable of being inserted into the decoy body, filling a portion of the cavity. In one or more embodiments, the wings are configured to spin at a rate of at least 300 rpm.

Abstract: An at least partially buoyant decoy apparatus for use in the water is provided that mimics the look of a diving or feeding animal. The decoy comprises in various embodiments an exterior shaped at least partially in the shape of an animal, a propeller, a power source, and a motor, wherein the propeller and a power source are operationally coupled to a motor such that the powered motor is capable of acting on the propeller to create a downward thrust relative to the water line of the body of water in which the decoy resides to make the decoy apparatus move dip or dive into the water for a period of time, to be released back to the surface when the motor ceases to act on the propeller.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a decoy apparatus comprising: a body (or structure) shaped to resemble at least a portion of an animal resting on water and a weighted member operationally attached to a motor such that the weight can be redistributed so cause the decoy apparatus to move to a feeding position in which a portion of the decoy body, preferable the head portion, is tipped under the waterline and the opposing portion is raised in the air.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a decoy apparatus comprising: a body (or structure) shaped to resemble at least a portion of an animal resting on water and a weighted member operationally attached to a motor such that the weight can be redistributed so cause the decoy apparatus to move to a feeding position in which a portion of the decoy body, preferable the head portion, is tipped under the waterline and the opposing portion is raised in the air.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a decoy apparatus comprising: a motor unit securely connected to a base, at least one wing member operatively connected to the motor so as to be rotated by the motor when the motor is engaged, a power source to operate the motor, and a shell that mimics the look of an avian animal that can be incorporated with the motor so as to cause the rotating wing members to appear as if they were the wings of the avian animal. In alternate embodiments, the motor is encased in a motor housing that defines a structure and the shell is a soft body in the shape of a bird with a cavity that is substantially to the size and shape of at least the top of the motor housing such that at least a portion of the motor housing is capable of being inserted into the decoy body, filling a portion of the cavity. In one or more embodiments, the wings are configured to spin at a rate of at least 300 rpm.

Abstract: A seating system for blind use that is quiet and allows movement and turning with little effort. The blind seating system comprises a seat assembly, support frame, and adjustable tether arm. The seat height may be adjustable to accommodate persons of different sizes. It also accommodates multiple persons and allows each to adjust their position relative to the blind floor plan and each other, which is particularly useful when helping others to hunt, observe, photograph, or film.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a decoy apparatus comprising: a motor unit securely connected to a base, at least one wing member operatively connected to the motor so as to be rotated by the motor when the motor is engaged, a power source to operate the motor, and a shell that mimics the look of an avian animal that can be incorporated with the motor so as to cause the rotating wing members to appear as if they were the wings of the avian animal. In alternate embodiments, the motor is encased in a motor housing that defines a structure and the shell is a soft body in the shape of a bird with a cavity that is substantially to the size and shape of at least the top of the motor housing such that at least a portion of the motor housing is capable of being inserted into the decoy body, filling a portion of the cavity.

Abstract: Flashing Decoy Apparatus, Method and System generally comprising a housing unit, a power source, a motor, a cycler, a switch, and a flag, wherein the motor, power source, and cycler are substantially housed within the housing unit. In various embodiments, the power source may be capable, when the apparatus is turned on via the switch, of powering the motor off and on at random as controlled by the cycler, which is an intermittent timer chip, to manipulate the flag. A system of two or more intermittent flag decoys.

Abstract: Intermittent Flashing Decoy Apparatus, Method and System generally comprising a housing unit, a power source, a motor, a cycler, a switch, and a flasher, wherein the motor, power source, and cycler are substantially housed within the housing unit, and wherein the power source is capable, when the apparatus is turned on via the switch, of powering the motor off and on at random as controlled by the cycler, which is an intermittent timer chip, to manipulate the flasher as to create intermittent “flashes” as flasher rotates and reflects light such as sunlight. A system of two or more intermittent flashing decoys wherein each decoy is controlled by an intermittent timer chip, the cycler, so that no pattern of flashing occurs between any two decoys.

Abstract: An intermittent flashing decoy having a housing unit, a power source, a motor, a cycler, a switch, and a flasher, wherein the motor, power source, and cycler are substantially housed within the housing unit, and wherein the power source is capable, when the apparatus is turned on via the switch, of powering the motor off and on at random as controlled by the cycler, which is an intermittent timer chip, to manipulate the flasher as to create intermittent “flashes” as flasher rotates and reflects light such as sunlight. A system of two or more intermittent flashing decoys wherein each decoy is controlled by an intermittent timer chip, the cycler, so that no pattern of flashing occurs between any two decoys.

Abstract: A seating system for blind use that is quiet and allows movement and turning with little effort. The blind seating system comprises a seat assembly, support frame, and adjustable tether arm. The seat height may be adjustable to accommodate persons of different sizes. It also accommodates multiple persons and allows each to adjust their position relative to the blind floor plan and each other, which is particularly useful when helping others to hunt, observe, photograph, or film.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a decoy apparatus comprising: a motor unit securely connected to a base, at least one wing member operatively connected to said motor so as to be rotated by the motor when the motor is engaged, a power source to operate said motor, and a shell that mimics the look of an avian animal that can be incorporated with the motor so as to cause the rotating wing members to appear as if they were the wings of the avian animal. In alternate embodiments, the motor is encased in a motor housing that defines a structure and the shell is a soft body in the shape of an bird with a cavity that is substantially to the size and shape of at least the top of the motor housing such that at least a portion of the motor housing is capable of being inserted into the decoy body, filling a portion of the cavity.

Abstract: Flashing Decoy Apparatus, Method and System generally comprising a housing unit, a power source, a motor, a cycler, a switch, and a flasher, wherein the motor, power source, and cycler are substantially housed within the housing unit. In various embodiments, the power source may be capable, when the apparatus is turned on via the switch, of powering the motor off and on at random as controlled by the cycler, which is an intermittent timer chip, to manipulate the flasher as to create intermittent “flashes” as flasher rotates and reflects light such as sunlight. A system of two or more intermittent flashing decoys wherein each decoy is controlled by an intermittent timer chip, the cycler, so that no pattern of flashing occurs between any two decoys.

Abstract: Intermittent Flashing Decoy Apparatus, Method and System generally comprising a housing unit, a power source, a motor, a cycler, a switch, and a flasher, wherein the motor, power source, and cycler are substantially housed within the housing unit, and wherein the power source is capable, when the apparatus is turned on via the switch, of powering the motor off and on at random as controlled by the cycler, which is an intermittent timer chip, to manipulate the flasher as to create intermittent “flashes” as flasher rotates and reflects light such as sunlight. A system of two or more intermittent flashing decoys wherein each decoy is controlled by an intermittent timer chip, the cycler, so that no pattern of flashing occurs between any two decoys.