Game call mouth positioner and tone tuner

Abstract

A game call device that helps position a user's mouth over a reed call and select the call tone desired. An elastomeric cap with a reed aperture fits snugly over a reed assembly. The cap helps the user find the right position for the mouth and lips. The rubber cap helps the user to press down on the reed and reed assembly to change the pressure on the reed and the space created by the cap's cavity. Tone or pitch holes in the cap allow the user to close the holes with the user's fingers or mouth and further adjust the tone and pitch of the call.

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CLAIM OF PRIORITY TO PROVISIONAL APPLICATION (35 U.S.C. §119(e))[0001]This application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. §119(e) from provisional patent Application No. 61 / 397,245, filed Jun. 7, 2010. The 61 / 397,245 Application is incorporated herein by reference.FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0002]The present invention relates generally to game calls and, more specifically, to a device to help position a user's lips more correctly and to tune more precisely the tone of a game call.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0003]Game calls utilizing reeds to produce a call are well known in the art. Attempts have been made provide adjustment to adjust the pitch and tone of the sound produced by the reed. For example, U.S. Pat. No. 6,234,860 to Cook (“Cook”), discloses a “Game Call with Fine, Precise Adjustable Tone”. See Cook, Title. The game call (10) comprises a hollow tubular body (14), a subassembly made up of a tone board (18), a wedge (22), and a reed (26) held between the tone board and the wedge. A ...

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Benefits of technology

[0005]What is needed is a game call that can change the tone and pitch of a call in a simple and flexible way. Also needed is a game call that assists the user in finding the correct place over which to place the user's mouth and lips to produce the best call.

[0006]The present invention discloses a game call device that helps position a user's mouth and select the call tone desired. An elastomeric cap with a reed aperture fits snugly over a reed assembly. The cap helps the user find the right position for the mouth and lips. The rubber cap helps the user to press down on the reed and reed assembly to change the pressure on the reed and the space created by the cap's cavity. Tone holes in the cap allow the user to close the holes with the user's fingers or mouth and further adjust the tone and pitch of the call.

Problems solved by technology

Moreover, users like to adjust their game calls by manipulating the reed with their mouths, but Cook's device can only fix the amount of reed that is free and, therefore, decreases the user's ability to use the mouth and lips to adjust the call.

Colyer's sleeve is not designed to work in conjunction with a reed call.

Moreover, the sleeve fits snugly over the call's hard, cylindrical body, so the tone or pitch of the call cannot be adjusted while the call is being operated.

Colyer's call does not provide any assistance to the user in finding the right place to hold the call in the mouth.

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