Peripherally Buoyant Collapsible Decoy Mounting Platform
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing decoy mounting technologies are not peripherally buoyant, making them unsuitable for use with non-buoyant decoys in deep water or shallow water environments, which limits their effectiveness in attracting waterfowl for hunting.
Innovation Solution
A peripherally buoyant and collapsible decoy mounting platform that allows non-buoyant decoys to be deployed on the water's surface, providing adjustable buoyancy and the ability to be partially submerged or fully above water, and can be easily collapsed, stored, and transported without disassembly.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If non-buoyant decoys are used in deep water environments, then the decoys can be deployed in various water conditions, but the decoys sink below the water surface and cannot effectively attract waterfowl
Solution Approach 1:
A buoyant platform is introduced as an intermediary between the non-buoyant decoy and the water. The platform provides the necessary buoyancy to keep the decoy afloat, while the decoy itself maintains its non-buoyant construction. This mediator resolves the contradiction by separating the floatation function from the decoy structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The system is divided into two functional segments: the buoyant platform that provides floatation and the non-buoyant decoy that provides the hunting function. This segmentation allows each component to be optimized independently - the platform for buoyancy and the decoy for realism - resolving the contradiction between deployability and floatation capability.
2Strength
If rigid mounting methods are used for decoys, then the decoys can be securely mounted, but the decoys cannot naturally bob upon the water surface as real birds would do
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting structure uses flexible elements that allow the decoy to move with water waves while remaining securely attached to the buoyant platform. This flexibility enables natural bobbing motion without compromising mounting security, resolving the contradiction between strength and ease of operation.
3Reliability
If buoyant materials are used to create floating decoys, then the decoys can float on water, but non-buoyant decoys cannot be used in deep water or shallow water environments
Solution Approach 1:
The buoyant platform is designed as a universal base that can support various types of decoys, including non-buoyant ones. This multi-functional design allows the same platform to provide floatation for different decoy types and configurations, resolving the contradiction between reliability and adaptability.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enables the use of non-buoyant decoys in various water conditions, enhancing their realism and attractiveness to waterfowl, while facilitating easy deployment and storage.
Implementation Method 1
peripherally buoyant collapsible decoy mounting device
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AI summary
A decoy buoy for holding a plurality of waterfowl decoys that comprises a buoyant ring having mounting holes equally spaced about the outside periphery and/or the inner periphery. The mounting holes are further adapted for mounting a waterfowl decoy and/or an anchoring device to prevent the decoy buoy from floating away while in the water. The ring having a height that is generally less than or equal to the distance between the outside periphery and the inner periphery of the ring. The ring further being constructed from two buoy sections and joined with hinges that provide both a fold-flat configuration and an unfolded stable semi-rigid circular configuration adapted for placement upon or near the surface of water.