The Duck & Game Call Patent Archive

Patents that talked to the birds

Duck decoy accessory

Patent drawing showing a mallard decoy propped upright by a rod through its bill and body, with seven detailed figures illustrating a collapsible two-arm prop mechanism with a sliding locking sleeve in both extended and collapsed configurations.PROP OR BRACEPhil Utter and Paul W. Schenck · April 17, 1923Patent drawing sheet showing a duck decoy floating on water with a weighted cord reel mounted beneath it, plus enlarged circular plan and cross-section views of the reel, hub plate, locking cover, and folding handle mechanism.COMBINED REEL, BALANCE WEIGHT, AND ANCHOR FOR DECOYSLe Roy B. Fraser · September 25, 1923Patent drawing showing a leather decoy strap with a hook and swivel at one end and a notched buttonhole loop at the other, plus a third figure of a duck decoy floating on water with the strap looped around its leg and attached to an anchor line.DECOY STRAPCharles Newton Prouty and Willard B. Darton · August 19, 1924Patent drawing showing a mallard decoy duck floating on water with a line running down to a rectangular weighted anchor plate with an extended shank on the lake bottom, plus a detailed close-up of the anchor showing the line wound around the shank and locked in a wedge-shaped slot.ANCHOR FOR DECOY DUCKSWalter F. Grossenbach · July 14, 1942Patent drawing of a wooden duck decoy floating on water with a small cylindrical spring-loaded cord reel hanging beneath it via a snap hook, the reel's internal spool, shaft, and locking clip mechanism shown in exploded cross-sectional views below.CORD REELRalph S. Taylor · May 29, 1956