The Duck & Game Call Patent Archive

Patents that talked to the birds

Early 20th century patent

Patent drawing showing a wooden footboard with a rounded rear plate, radial grooves, and a sharpened toe-like front end engaging in a V-shaped notch cut into a tree stump, with a U-clamp and bolt assembly securing the pivoting board.FOOTBOARDMax Feist · February 23, 1915Patent drawing showing a wooden spring board with metal spurs and a chain wrapped around a tree trunk, plus detailed bottom-view and cross-sectional diagrams of the brace arm, yoke, and spur assembly.TREE-SCAFFOLDFerdinand Miller · November 28, 1916