And Cone-shaped Terminal Portion (e.g., Horn) Patents (Class 446/209)
  • Patent number: 11659831
    Abstract: An elk call can be arranged as an air flow and aft mixing system, designed to cause the air flow to rotate and mix, creating a surround sound or echo that can create a sonic illusion that can confuse an elk as to the location of the caller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Inventor: Ralph Meline
  • Patent number: 11470839
    Abstract: In one or more arrangements, a method is provided for manufacturing a game call that incorporates ashes of cremated remains of a pet or loved one. The provided method incorporates the ashes into a polymer mixture used to form one or more components of the game call. In this manner, the resulting game call may serve as a memorial keepsake of the pet or loved one. The ashes are mixed with a polymer and poured into a mold. The mold is shaped for formation of at least one component of the game call. Once hardened, the polymer and remains mixture is removed from the mold and set to cure. After curing, a call profile is cut into the component. The component may be processed, for example, by sanding, wet sanding, finishing, painting, and/or polishing. The component is assembled with other components of the game call to form the game call.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: IOWA HUNTING PRODUCTS, LLC
    Inventor: Brian Rubenstein
  • Patent number: 10842214
    Abstract: An extending ornament apparatus may comprise a compressed gas cartridge and a valve having a release mechanism, the valve being connected to the compressed gas cartridge and configured to release compressed gas from the compressed gas cartridge upon activation of the release mechanism. The apparatus may further comprise an inflatable ornament, and the compressed gas cartridge may be configured to inflate the inflatable ornament upon the activation of the release mechanism. The inflatable ornament may be configured to be mounted on an object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Inventors: Kenneth G. Colbo, James H. Olson
  • Patent number: 9198411
    Abstract: An alligator game call device is essentially a solid cylindrical body preferably having about a 5/4 inch outer diameter. The device has an exterior surface and a central axial blind bore therein extending from a proximal end to a distal end. The bore has stepped, concentric, progressively smaller diameter sections from the proximal end toward the distal end of the body. Preferably a first section is ½ inch deep, a second section is ½ inch deep, a third section is 1 inch deep and a fourth section is 1½ inch deep. The game call includes a pair of angled nostril bores extending from the fourth section to an exterior surface of the body, wherein the nostril bores intersecting the exterior surface are spaced ½ inch apart.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Inventor: Charles Pero
  • Patent number: 8820425
    Abstract: A filtered cake candle extinguisher device comprises a filter, a mouthpiece connected to the filter and a decorative cover for covering filter. A sound generator may be provided to enhance the user's enjoyment while using the extinguisher device to blow out a candle or candles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Inventors: Jacqueline A. Gatling, Vonna Meier
  • Publication number: 20130309934
    Abstract: An apparatus for calling wild game. The apparatus may be used for calling wild turkeys. In one embodiment, the apparatus comprises a barrel that receives an air flow and a bell which is the part where sound is emitted. The apparatus also includes a sound chamber made-up of two parts that are fixed together to create one sound chamber, where the sound chamber is inserted into the bell. The call also includes latex reeds, wherein the latex reeds cover the openings in the sound chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2012
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: Wildgame Innovations, LLC
    Inventor: William Thomas Wiley
  • Patent number: 8469768
    Abstract: A horn having a substantially hollow body with a first end, a medial portion, and a second end. The medial portion has an exhaust assembly having an opening. The body first end is structured to be engaged by the mouth of a user and defines an initial flowpath with a direction extending into the body. A confetti chamber is disposed in the hollow body. The confetti chamber is in fluid communication with the body first end and the exhaust opening. There is confetti disposed in the confetti chamber. An exhaust flowpath extends from the confetti chamber through said exhaust opening. The exhaust flowpath is not substantially aligned with said initial flowpath.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: The Beistle Company
    Inventor: Scott Smith
  • Publication number: 20070155278
    Abstract: A call is provided which can be use for calling Whitetail Deer and the like. The call includes a body, a mouth piece, a core piece disposed within at least one of the body and the mouth piece, a first opening in the mouth piece to accept incoming air, an opening in the core to divert a portion of the incoming air, and the core piece and the body are shaped to create an air path way such that air traveling through the path way produces a nasal sound without use of a reed. The nasal sound preferably is a snort wheeze sound associated with a Whitetail Buck.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2006
    Publication date: July 5, 2007
    Inventors: Timothy Boyd Burnett, Jeffrey Danker, Danny Evans
  • Patent number: 7011564
    Abstract: A game call system includes a mouthpiece that produces sound by a plurality of reed or membrane portions vibrating against or near a plurality of sound-producing surfaces. Preferably, the game call has two recessed or curved or contoured surfaces on two halves of a generally circular end of the mouthpiece, with an aperture between the two curved/contoured surfaces. These surfaces may be identical, substantially identical, or different, and the reeds or reed portions also may be identical, substantially identical, and or different. Air passes over the reed(s) to create vibrations in the reed(s), and the resulting sound waves pass through the center aperture of the mouthpiece into the resonating chamber of the call, and through any resonating tube or other member that may optionally be present. The multiple sound-producing regions allow for more complex and/or realistic sounds than conventional single sound-producing region and single reed calls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2006
    Inventors: Daniel D. Ady, Don Laubach
  • Patent number: 7011563
    Abstract: A game call includes a mouthpiece having a plurality of vibrating reed areas, and/or a mouthpiece that is adjustable relative to the housing, to produce unusual and complex sounds that are very much like wild game sounds. The plurality of reed areas may be two areas of a single tubular reed vibrating on different areas of the mouthpiece, and, preferably, vibrating on opposite sides of the mouthpiece. The opposite sides of the mouthpiece may include surface contours, including indentures, curvatures, or orifices, which cooperate with the vibrating reed and/or subsequently affect the air waves created by the vibrating reed. The mouthpiece cooperates with a housing, so that air from the user's mouth travels across the reed areas, creating vibrations in the air, which air vibrations travel into the housing resonating chamber, and out to the surrounding area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2006
    Inventors: Daniel D. Ady, Don Laubach
  • Patent number: 6878867
    Abstract: A freeze-proof, game call for calling predatory game animals through inhaling includes a mouthpiece, a reed assembly, and an amplification member. The mouthpiece has first and second ends with the first end defining an aperture for fluidly communicating with a mouth of a user such that the user can inhale through the aperture. The reed assembly is disposed within the mouthpiece at the second end and includes a reed. The reed has a working end opposite the aperture of the mouthpiece that vibrates as air is drawn across it to produce a tone upon inhalation by the user through the aperture. The reed assembly is free of grooves and O-rings that modify the tone produced by the reed assembly. The amplification member is operatively connected to the mouthpiece member to completely enclose the working end of the reed. The amplification member amplifies the tone produce by the reed assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2005
    Inventor: Jeff Porath
  • Patent number: 6106357
    Abstract: A game call having an externally actuated mechanical sound adjustment member for varying the sound emitted from the game call. The game call has a housing rotatably engaged with a reed assembly, such that rotation of the reed assembly relative to the housing causes a sound adjustment member to exert a varied force upon a sound producing reed. The insertion of the sound adjustment member into the housing additionally functions to secure the reed assembly to the housing by partially restricting rotational movement of the reed assembly relative to the housing, such that a retaining member positioned in an annular groove on the reed assembly cannot rotate to engage an exit channel, thereby detaching the reed assembly from the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2000
    Assignee: EBSCO Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Mark J. Weiser
  • Patent number: 6062940
    Abstract: A dual diaphragm hand-held game call having a sound chamber therein with a diaphragm at each end wherein the diaphragms each include a latex diaphragm sandwiched between relatively rigid opposing plates with the opposing plates having sonic energy focussing teeth on at least one of the plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2000
    Assignee: Hunter's Specialties, Inc.
    Inventor: Ron M. Bean
  • Patent number: 6045429
    Abstract: A mouth blown turkey call is provided with a wooden housing dimensioned with a mouth piece at a distal end and an output void at a proximal end. The housing is divided into a top and bottom. Air flows through a top and bottom first air chamber, past a reed seated in a top and bottom reed chamber, and through a top and bottom resonance chamber before it leaves the housing through a top and bottom second air chamber and output void. Turkey calls are generated by a person blowing into said mouth piece which stimulates the reed. By varying the air pressure applied, various mimicking turkey sounds are produced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2000
    Inventor: Henry Marino
  • Patent number: 5975978
    Abstract: A deer grunt caller capable of producing sounds only at predetermined discrete pitches. The caller includes a reed supported in a tube through which air is blown. The air causes the reed to vibrate and the caller to emit a sound of a given pitch. A plurality of push-buttons extend radially through the sidewall of the tube and are capable of engaging the reed upon finger actuation to produce a sound at a predetermined pitch, such as that corresponding to a fawn, a doe or a buck. The use of finger actuated push buttons permits sounds of a given discrete pitch to be readily reproduced and prevents sounds at unwanted pitches from being emitted by the caller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1999
    Inventor: Stanley J. Hall
  • Patent number: 5910039
    Abstract: An adjustable game call apparatus includes a sounding board, an air passageway formed in the sounding board, and a vibrating reed positioned within the air passageway adjacent the sounding board. A pair of guide posts extend upward from the sounding board to receive a pair of cut-out areas formed in the reed. The slots and posts allow the reed to be longitudinally adjustable relative to the sounding board of the game call apparatus. Another aspect of the game call apparatus comprises a moisture diverter system which involves a plurality of diverters formed in the sounding board to direct moisture away from the reed and toward a trough formed in the sounding board. The diverters also provide a precision tuning system for the game call to ensure the full high and low ends of the desired range of tones are produced by the game call.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 8, 1999
    Assignee: Primos, Inc.
    Inventors: Wilbur R. Primos, David A. Cardin
  • Patent number: 5885125
    Abstract: A modular game call system comprising generally a mouthpiece assembly, a tubular portion, and a resonance producing end. The mouthpiece assembly can be completely removed from the call to enable the tubular section and resonance producing end piece to be used separately with any other type of call. The mouthpiece assembly comprises a detachable snap-on diaphragm that insures accurate, consistent tension of the membrane to allow high quality tones to be produced. Alternatively, a sheet of membrane material can be attached to the end of the mouthpiece assembly to create high quality tones. The resonance producing end piece allows the call to produce a resonant sound highly similar to a bugling bull elk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 23, 1999
    Inventor: Wilbur R. Primos
  • Patent number: 5582530
    Abstract: The invention is a wild game call mouthpiece of generally tubular form with a generally rectangular lip extending out from its cylindrical surface at its inlet end. The lip has lateral edges which transition into the tubular body near the inlet opening. In the central region of the lip, beginning from its distal end and continuing towards its proximal end, is a depression which extends generally midway to the lateral edges, and which becomes more pronounced near the inlet opening of the call. Then, past the zone where the lip transitions into the tubular body, is a curved, hollowed-out zone which creates the beginning of a resonating chamber which extends back through the center of the tubular body. An elastic plastic sleeve is inserted over the extended portion of the lip to create a resonating reed which can be activated by a sportsman blowing into the inlet of the call.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 10, 1996
    Inventor: Daniel D. Ady
  • Patent number: 5445551
    Abstract: The invention is a wild game call mouthpiece of generally tubular form with a generally rectangular lip extending out from its cylindrical surface at its inlet end. The lip has lateral edges which transition into the tubular body near the inlet opening. In the central region of the lip, beginning from its distal end and continuing towards its proximal end, is a groove which extends generally midway to the lateral edges, and which becomes more pronounced near the inlet opening of the call. Then, past the zone where the lip transitions into the tubular body, is a curved, hollowed-out zone which creates the beginning of a resonating chamber which extends back through the center of the tubular body. An elastic plastic sleeve is inserted over the extended portion of the lip to create a resonating reed which can be activated by a sportsman blowing into the inlet of the call.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 29, 1995
    Inventor: Daniel D. Ady
  • Patent number: 5287785
    Abstract: A slide housing having a plurality of rows of side wall ports directed into the side walls of the housing is arranged to receive a slide block within the housing, wherein the slide block includes through-extending bores arranged for alignment with the side wall bores, with a helical wind tube mounted to the side walls, with the wind tube having individual coils, and each coil including a coil exit port, and the coil exit ports are mounted to the side wall ports, with the slide arranged to effect intercommunication between a selected number of the individual coils to effect pitched change in use of the instrument. The slide block includes a slide conduit received within an instrument bell conduit in pneumatic communication with the instrument bell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 1993
    Date of Patent: February 22, 1994
    Inventor: Robert P. Miller
  • Patent number: 5234368
    Abstract: A turkey call having a housing with a first end and a second end, and a tubular flexible liner with an open end extending outwardly from the first end of the housing. The first end of the housing has a smaller diameter than the second end of the housing. The liner has a bell end opposite the open end. The bell end extends inwardly of the second end of the housing. The liner is affixed within the housing such that an air space is formed between the housing and the liner. The liner includes a first tapered portion which extends outwardly from the open end of the housing and a second straight portion which extends from the first tapered portion to the bell end. The second straight portion has a diameter greater than the first tapered portion. The air space is formed between the second straight portion and an inner surface of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 10, 1993
    Inventor: Cleon P. Carraway
  • Patent number: 5122088
    Abstract: A mute for attachment to a game call with the mute having an elongate main body member of tubular construction. Circular rows of recesses are spaced along the elongate body member to provide a series of constructions and expansion zones. A cone shaped end member includes an expansion chamber. The main body member is of pliable plastic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 1991
    Date of Patent: June 16, 1992
    Inventor: Ralph E. Meline
  • Patent number: 5090937
    Abstract: A game caller of the type utilized to attract game animals, for example, turkeys, includes telescopically interfitting tubular mouthpiece and amplifier sections. The mouthpiece section has a conically tapered portion which cooperates in frictional locking fashion with an internally conically tapered bore formed in the amplifier portion. The tubular mouthpiece has a circular end face provided with a shallow conical taper. A circular air outlet aperture is formed in an off-center manner through the end face of the mouthpiece. A latex diaphragm covers the air outlet aperture and is adjustably secured in place by an elastic rubber ring received in a circumferential groove formed in the tubular mouthpiece, adjacent the circular end face. The air outlet aperture of the mouthpiece is disposed within a hollow interior portion of the amplifier section, such that the emitted sound waves are amplified and directed to exit through an open end of the amplifier section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 1991
    Date of Patent: February 25, 1992
    Inventors: Barney LaRue, Zolan Jetton
  • Patent number: 4950198
    Abstract: A game call includes a substantially cylindrical body, vibratable diaphragm, split ring for fastening the diaphragm to the body, and tubular bell attachable to the body for amplifying and enhancing the sound produced by the diaphragm. The body includes an inlet end surface having a substantially conical recessed portion, an outlet end surface having two planar surface portions angled with respect to one another, and an air passage extending between the inlet and outlet end surfaces. The air passage has a flared outlet opening at the outlet end surface. The diaphragm is fastened in slightly stretched fashion to the outlet end surface such that it at least substantially covers the flared outlet opening. The diaphragm has a seam in proximate relationship to a periphery portion of the flared outlet portion, along which air from the air passage is permitted to escape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 1988
    Date of Patent: August 21, 1990
    Inventor: Edward R. Repko, Jr.
  • Patent number: 4915660
    Abstract: An animal calling device is disclosed having a main body portion with a cylindrical sound chamber end and a mouthpiece end generally continuous with the sound chamber. A groove formed in the mouthpiece is continuous with a bore formed in the sound chamber and a vibratable reed covers the groove and is secured at the interface of the mouthpiece and chamber. A plug, cap or integral wall closure is disposed in, over or in conjunction with the bore, respectively, to substantially close the bore but allow restricted airflow therethrough, thereby lowering the tone of the present device without having to cup the hands or fingers around the bore. The reed in one embodiment is seated on a sloping bridge portion to reduce the effort needed in blowing through the call while maintaining the low tone produced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 1987
    Date of Patent: April 10, 1990
    Inventor: Henry W. Overholt, Sr.
  • Patent number: 4790790
    Abstract: A toy musical instrument comprising a toy body, an imitation mouthpiece projecting outward from one side portion of the wall of said toy body, formed similarly to a mouthpiece of a trumpet and adapted to generate an imitation sound of a trumpet when a blast is given on the imitation mouthpiece with the imitation mouthpiece held in the mouth, an imitation bell, from which the imitation sound of a trumpet is sent out, projecting outward from the other side portion of the wall of the toy body, and some other kinds of imitation musical instruments provided on the remaining portion of the wall of the toy body, which include imitation castanets formed similarly to castanets and assembled so that an imitation sound of castanets occurs when they are beaten, an imitation piano formed similarly to a keyboard of a piano and assembled so that an imitation sound of a piano occurs when it is beaten, an imitation drum formed similarly to a parchment of a drum and assembled so that an imitation sound of a drum occurs when it
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 1987
    Date of Patent: December 13, 1988
    Assignee: Staff Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masatoshi Todokoro
  • Patent number: 4642065
    Abstract: A turkey caller comprising a body portion with a removable mouthpiece connected in an airtight manner to one end and a trumpet reciprocably mounted on the other end of the body portion. A plurality of axially aligned passageways extend through the mouthpiece, body portion, and trumpet with the passageway in the trumpet being the largest in diameter and the other passageways being successively smaller as they extend in communication with each other through the trumpet, body portion, and mouthpiece. Air is sucked into the trumpet to produce sounds simulating wild game, such as turkeys.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 1985
    Date of Patent: February 10, 1987
    Inventors: Parker Whedon, Larry J. Hearn
  • Patent number: D646319
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Assignee: Istropolitana Advertising, S.R.O.
    Inventor: Katarina Popracova