Reeded sound-making device

Abstract

A reeded game call or other reeded sound-making device. End portions of a sounding board and a reed are wedged in a tubular housing with the reed end portion disposed on surface of the sounding board end portion, and the end portions extend therefrom into a mouthpiece with the sounding board supporting the reed for vibration thereof to make wild game sounds. In order to prevent stickage of the reed to the sounding board due to moisture, the sounding board comprises a pair of wall portions which extend from width-defining margins of an elongate floor portion and which terminate in edges against which the reed vibrates. The sounding board end portion surface is disposed above the sounding board edges so that the reed does not engage the sounding board edges adjacent the sounding board end portion thereby to alleviate sticking of the reed to the sounding board edges due to moisture at this position adjacent the sounding board end portion.

What is claimed is:  
     
         1 . A sound-making device comprising a sounding support including an elongate floor portion having a pair of margins defining width of said floor portion and further including a pair of wall portions extending from said margins respectively and terminating in edges respectively, an air passage defined between said wall portions, and a reed disposed to vibrate against said edges to produce sounds as air passes through said air passage.  
     
     
         2 . A device according to  claim 1  wherein the device is a game call.  
     
     
         3 . A device according to  claim 1  wherein each of said wall portions is generally uniformly thin.  
     
     
         4 . A device according to  claim 1  wherein said reed extends width-wise beyond both of said wall portions.  
     
     
         5 . A device according to  claim 1  further comprising a housing, said reed having an end portion which is secured in said housing at a position which is raised above said edges of said sounding support wall portions.  
     
     
         6 . A device according to  claim 1  further comprising a generally tubular housing which has a pair of end portions, the call further comprising a generally tubular mouthpiece extending from one of said housing end portions, each of said sounding support and said reed having an end portion secured in said housing, and said sounding support and said reed extending from said respective end portion into said mouthpiece.  
     
     
         7 . A device according to  claim 1  further comprising a generally tubular housing, said sounding support further including a semi-cylindrical end portion, and the device further comprising a semi-cylindrical wedge which is shaped to mate with said sounding support end portion to wedgingly secure said sounding support end portion within said housing, and said reed having an end portion which is received between said wedge and said sounding support end portion.  
     
     
         8 . A sound-making device comprising a sounding support including an elongate floor portion and a pair of generally uniformly thin wall portions extending from said floor portion and terminating in edges respectively, an air passage defined between said wall portions, and a reed disposed to vibrate against said edges to produce sounds as air passes through said air passage.  
     
     
         9 . A device according to  claim 8  wherein the device is a game call.  
     
     
         10 . A device according to  claim 8  wherein said reed extends width-wise beyond both of said wall portions.  
     
     
         11 . A device according to  claim 8  further comprising a housing, said reed having an end portion which is secured in said housing at a position which is raised above said edges of said sounding support wall portions.  
     
     
         12 . A device according to  claim 8  further comprising a generally tubular housing which has a pair of end portions, the call further comprising a generally tubular mouthpiece attached to and extending from one of said housing end portions, each of said sounding support and said reed having an end portion secured in said housing, and said sounding support and said reed extending from said respective end portion into said mouthpiece.  
     
     
         13 . A sound-making device comprising a housing, a sounding support having a first portion which is secured in said housing and a second portion which extends from said first portion, an air passage, and a reed having an end portion which is secured in said housing, said reed disposed relative to said air passage to vibrate against said second portion of said sounding support to produce sounds, said reed end portion being secured in said housing at a position which is raised above said second portion of said sounding support.  
     
     
         14 . A device according to  claim 13  wherein the device is a game call.  
     
     
         15 . A device according to  claim 13  wherein said position is raised above said second portion a distance of at least about 0.005 inch.  
     
     
         16 . A device according to  claim 13  wherein said sounding support second portion includes a pair of wall portions which terminate in edges against which said reed vibrates.  
     
     
         17 . A sound-making device comprising a housing having a passage therethrough for air passage through the call, a sounding support having a first portion secured in said housing passage and a second portion which extends from said first portion, a reed having an end portion which is secured in said housing and a portion which is disposed relative to said air passage to vibrate against said sounding support to produce sounds, said first portion of said sounding support have surface upon which said end portion of said reed is received, and said second portion of said sounding support being disposed below said surface.  
     
     
         18 . A device according to  claim 17  wherein the device is a game call.  
     
     
         19 . A device according to  claim 17  wherein said sounding support second portion is disposed below said surface a distance of at least about 0.005 inch.  
     
     
         20 . A device according to  claim 17  wherein said housing is generally tubular and has a pair of end portions, the call further comprising a generally tubular mouthpiece extending from one of said housing end portions, said second portion of said sounding support and said reed vibratory portion extending into said mouthpiece.