Barry Alan Sullivan
Engineering at Thomastown Rd, Tallulah, LA
License number
Louisiana PE.0024619
Issued Date
Feb 4, 1992
Expiration Date
Mar 31, 2003
Category
Civil Engineer
Type
Civil Engineer
Address
Address
1933 Thomastown Rd, Tallulah, LA 71282
Professional information
A Swimming Wildfowl Decoy Driven By A Through The Keel, Water Jet Propulsion System.
US Patent:
2005009, May 5, 2005
Filed:
Nov 5, 2003
Appl. No.:
10/605898
Inventors:
Barry Sullivan - Tallulah LA, US
International Classification:
A01M031/06
US Classification:
043003000
Abstract:
A motorized wildfowl decoy designed to mimic the random, back and forth, swimming actions of live waterfowl utilizing a through the keel, water jet propulsion system, and an anchor system. The propulsion pump, powered by a rechargeable battery, is located on the underside, in a cut out section of the water keel, near the front of the decoy body, with the discharge being routed through the water keel, then directed towards the water surface though a 45 degree bend, at the aft of the water keel, and out through a swim course correction orifice which is a rotatable cap on the end of the discharge tubing with an off-centered discharge hole. The propulsion system, combined with the anchor system, produces a random straight line then turn/change course, straight line then turn/change course action similar to the swimming actions live waterfowl use while feeding.