With Tuning Means Patents (Class 84/364)
  • Patent number: 7727044
    Abstract: An animal call includes a mouthpiece, a barrel, and a reed. The mouthpiece defines an air channel therein and has a reed bed proximate the air channel. The barrel is coupled to the mouthpiece and has an internal chamber that is fluidically coupled to the air channel of the mouthpiece. A surface comprising the air channel varies in order to maintain a substantially constant cross-sectional area magnitude along a length of the channel. The reed is disposed adjacent the air channel and proximate the reed bed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2010
    Inventor: Leslie W. Johnson