Hand held reversible air game callers

Abstract

Wild game calls comprising combinations of main housings, mouthpieces, lids, bellows, pitch adjusters, air chambers, adjustable seals, and air-activated sound-producing members, used for attracting wild game.

1 . A wild game call, said wild game call comprising in combination: 
 a main housing having a top side, a bottom side, a near end, a distal end and a middle section; said main housing having an opening in the top side near the middle section and said opening having a back side and a front side, there being present at the backside, a hinge connection, and there being present a latch connection at the front side;    a mouthpiece slidably attachable to one end of said main;    said main housing having an air chamber mounted in essentially the middle section thereof;    said air chamber having a near side, and a distal side, and a top opening;    said air chamber near side having an opening therein near the main housing bottom side to allow the passage of air into and out of the air chamber;    said air chamber having a vertical well located at the air chamber distal side thereof;    a threaded hole located in the bottom side of the main housing, said threaded hole opening into the air chamber;    a pitch adjuster threadedly insertable into the threaded hole, said pitch adjuster being comprised of a threaded staff mounted at the center of a knob, said threaded staff having a distal end, the length of the pitch adjuster threaded staff being such that when fully turned into the threaded hole, the distal end of the staff will exceed the height of the air chamber;    an adjustable seal insertable in the vertical well at the air chamber, said adjustable seal comprised of a vertical wall with a bottom end, a top end, and a front surface, said adjustable seal having a pull tab attached to the top end of the vertical wall, the adjustable seal having attached near the junction of the vertical wall and the pull tab and on the front surface of the vertical wall, an adjustable tongue, said adjustable tongue being sized such that it will fit within the top opening in the air chamber;    a latchable, hinged lid that fits over the main housing top side opening, said lid having a back edge and a front edge, with the hinge located at the back edge and aligned with the hinge connection, and the latch located at the front edge and aligned with the latch connection.    
     
     
         2 . A wild game call as claimed in  claim 1  wherein the mouthpiece has a hollow interior and said hollow interior has mounted therein a connecter for a flexible conduit.  
     
     
         3 . A wild game call as claimed in  claim 1  wherein the end opposite of the end with the mouthpiece has in addition, an adjustable bellows.  
     
     
         4 . A wild game call as claimed in  claim 1  wherein a flexible conduit, connected to the main housing by a connector is used in lieu of a mouthpiece.  
     
     
         5 . A wild game call as claimed in  claim 1  wherein there is a an air-actuated sound-producing member mounted on the top opening of the air chamber, and above the adjustable tongue.  
     
     
         6 . A wild game call as claimed in  claim 1  wherein the component parts of the wild game call are manufactured from plastics.  
     
     
         7 . A wild game call as claimed in  claim 2  wherein there is in addition, a means for fastening the mouthpiece to a person using the call.  
     
     
         8 . A wild game call as claimed in  claim 4  wherein there is in addition, a means for fastening the wild game call to a person using the call.  
     
     
         9 . A wild game call as claimed in  claim 2  wherein there is in addition, a means for fastening the mouthpiece and a means for fastening the wild game call to a person using the wild game call.  
     
     
         10 . A wild game call as claimed in  claim 5  wherein the air-actuated sound-producing member has a turkey calling sound.  
     
     
         11 . A wild game call as claimed in  claim 5  wherein the air-actuated sound-producing member has a deer calling sound.  
     
     
         12 . A wild game call as claimed in  claim 5  wherein the air-actuated sound-producing member has an elk calling sound.  
     
     
         13 . A wild game call as claimed in  claim 5  wherein the air-actuated sound-producing member has a moose calling sound.  
     
     
         14 . A wild game call as claimed in  claim 5  wherein the air-actuated sound-producing member has a fox calling sound.  
     
     
         15 . A wild game call as claimed in  claim 5  wherein the air-actuated sound-producing member has a duck calling sound.  
     
     
         16 . A wild game call as claimed in  claim 5  wherein the air-actuated sound-producing member has a goose calling sound.  
     
     
         17 . A wild game call as claimed in  claim 5  wherein the air-actuated sound-producing member has a wolf calling sound.  
     
     
         18 . A wild game call as claimed in  claim 5  wherein the air-actuated sound-producing member has a coyote calling sound.  
     
     
         19 . A wild game call as claimed in  claim 5  that is a predator call.  
     
     
         20 . A wild game call as claimed in  claim 5  wherein the air-actuated sound-producing member has a caribou calling sound.  
     
     
         21 . A wild game call as claimed in  claim 5  wherein the air-actuated sound-producing member has a wild hog call.  
     
     
         22 . A wild game call as claimed in  claim 5  wherein the air-actuated sound-producing member has a bear call.  
     
     
         23 . A wild game call, said wild game call comprising in combination: 
 a main housing having a top side, a bottom side, a near end, a distal end, and a middle section;    said main housing having an opening in the top side near the middle section and said opening having a back edge and a front edge;    a mouthpiece slidably attached to one end of said main housing;    a call module insertable in the opening in the top side of the main housing, said call module comprising in combination a top plate, a back wall with a centered opening therethrough, a hollow reed holder having distal end, said distal end of the reed holder being insertable in the centered opening, a reed, said reed having a distal end, said reed being inserted at the distal end thereof into the centered opening. beneath the hollow reed holder;    said main housing containing a partial vertical wall located near the back side of the opening in the main housing;    a threaded hole located in the bottom side of the main housing, said threaded hole opening into the main housing beneath the call module;    a pitch adjuster threadedly insertable into the threaded hole, said pitch adjuster being comprised of a threaded staff mounted at the center of a knob, said threaded staff having a distal end, the length of the pitch adjuster threaded staff being such that when fully turned into the threaded hole, the distal end of the staff will touch the reed when the reed is fully compressed against the reed holder;    a flexible tab having a distal end, the flexible tab being located beneath the hollow reed holder and insertable by the distal end into the centered opening in the back wall.    
     
     
         24 . A wild game call as claimed in  claim 23  wherein there is a gasket located between the top of the call module and the opening in the main housing.  
     
     
         25 . A predator call, said predator call comprising in combination: 
 a main housing having an opening in the top side near the middle section and said opening having a back side and a front side;    a mouthpiece slidably attached to one end of said main housing;    a call module insertable in the opening in the top side of the main housing, said call module comprising in combination, a top plate, a back wall with a back surface and a front surface, with a centered opening therethrough, said back wall also containing a second opening therethrough;    a freely rotatable knob located at the back surface of the back wall, said freely rotatable knob having a centered opening and a first set of at least two spaced-apart adjacent openings therethrough;    an elongated solid barrel located beneath the top plate and adjacent the back wall, the elongated solid barrel has a centered opening and a second set of at least two spaced-apart adjacent openings therethrough, said adjacent openings each having a different size from the other adjacent openings,    an elongated solid barrel located beneath the top plate and adjacent the back wall, said elongated solid barrel having a centered opening and three spaced-apart adjacent openings therethrough, said adjacent openings each having a different size from the other adjacent openings,    a shaft, said shaft insertable in the centered opening of the elongated solid barrel and through the centered opening in the back wall and terminating in the centered opening of the freely rotatable knob such that when the knob is rotated, the elongated solid barrel is also rotated;    indicator markings on the outside surface of the elongated solid barrel adjacent each of the different sized openings to indicate the opening size.