Inventors:
Edward C. Kapraly - Delaware OH, 43015
Richard L. Miller - Dix Hills NY, 11746-4879
International Classification:
A01M 3106
Abstract:
A waterfowl decoy for selectively simulating feeding in water. An articulating apparatus includes a motor, a threaded rod, a weight, a motion-reversing toggle switch, and a motion-reversing sliding plate having forward and rearward-stopping tabs. The motion-reversing toggle switch is toggled forwardly when the weight moves forwardly enough to contact and move the forwardmost-stopping tab forwardly, causing the motor to reverse, and when the weight moves rearwardly enough to contact and move the rearwardmost-stopping tab rearwardly, the motion-reversing toggle switch is toggled rearwardly causing the motor to reverse, with such back and forth motion of the weight causing the body to duck in and out of the water and imitate feeding. The articulating apparatus further includes a normally closed-movement termination switch that is selectively engaged by the rearwardmost-stopping tab, and when engaged, opens and prevents power from communicating with the motor, terminating motion of the weight so as to cease the body from ducking in and out of the water, while assuring that the body is in a non-feeding position, and a normally-opened momentarily-closed electrical switching device that when closed momentarily shorts out the normally closed-movement termination switch so as to allow the body to continue ducking in and out of the water, if desired. The electrical switching device can be either a remote control switch, a timer switch, or a random generator switch.