Patent Application
20210212310
The subject matter of the present disclosure refers generally to a device having multiple lures that may be used to attract wildlife.
Lures are often used to attract wildlife to a hunter's location. The chemicals within the lures naturally draw the animals into the hunter's trap without the animal being any wiser. In the past, attractant has typically been distributed in liquid form by manner of pouring the attractant onto an absorbent pad and hanging that saturated pad at an elevated point. Another method of distributing the attractant involves a hunter dragging a rag behind them as they inspect an area, which may also have the added benefit of masking the hunter's scent. However, despite the steps a hunter may take to hide their scent, it is often not enough. The only true way for a hunter to prevent their scent from contaminating an area is to never set foot in that area.
Additionally, there are many types of lures that hunters use to attract their prey. Certain types of lures mimic pheromones and/or hormones that cause an animals mating instinct to be peeked. Other types of lures mimic food sources that the animals eat, which causes animals feeding instincts to take over. Other lures simply alert animals that something worth investigating is going on in a particular area and/or mask a hunter's scent. Currently, there is no way a hunter may mix and match lures in a way custom to the needs of the hunter. Nor is there a device that a hunter can use to hold those attractants so that they can be distributed at a long range to prevent the hunter's scent from contaminating an area.
Accordingly, there is a need in the art for a cartridge having multiple lures that may be used to attract wildlife at range.
A system and method for distributing wildlife attractant is provided. In one aspect, the system and method allow a user to distribute wildlife attractant from range in order to reduce the amount of the user's scent that contaminates an area. In another aspect, the system and method allow a user to distribute multiple animal attractants to an area using a single device. In yet another aspect, the system and method allow a user to create customized cartridges having multiple wildlife attractants so a user may create cartridges more specific to their needs. Generally, the system and method of the present disclosure is designed to allow a user to distribute multiple animal attractants at range. The system generally comprises a shell having a plurality of compartments and at least one wildlife attractant. The various method steps associated with the methods of the present disclosure may be carried out by a user using the system disclosed herein.
The cartridge may be made using a rigid material, soft material, or a combination thereof. The cartridge may comprise a plurality of compartments that are fully or partially surrounded by subsequent compartments. This may allow a user to launch a cartridge having multiple wildlife attractants into an environment for different effects. In a preferred embodiment, the soft material is a polyvinyl acetate film. The PVA film is preferably thick enough to allow a user to handle but thin enough to break upon impact with a target. The cartridge may further comprise at least one bung for filling the plurality of compartments. The compartments may be filled by a user via the at least one bung by way of a syringe.
The wildlife attractant may be in liquid, powder, solid, and gel form, but other forms are acceptable so long as those forms may be contained within the at least one compartments of the cartridge. Alternatively, a biodegradable polymer material may be impregnated with the wildlife attractant in a way such that as the polymer degrades, the wildlife attract is released into the environment over time. Types of lures that may be used as wildlife attractant include, but are not limited to, gland lures, food lures, and call lures, or any combination thereof. In a preferred embodiment, the user may launch the cartridges into an environment using a distribution tool, which may allow the user to target specific areas within an environment with more accuracy and reduce the amount of scent transferred from the user to the cartridge.
The foregoing summary has outlined some features of the system and method of the present disclosure so that those skilled in the pertinent art may better understand the detailed description that follows. Additional features that form the subject of the claims will be described hereinafter. Those skilled in the pertinent art should appreciate that they can readily utilize these features for designing or modifying other methods for carrying out the same purpose of the methods disclosed herein. Those skilled in the pertinent art should also realize that such equivalent modifications do not depart from the scope of the methods of the present disclosure.
These and other features, aspects, and advantages of the present disclosure will become better understood with regard to the following description, appended claims, and accompanying drawings where:
In this Detailed Description, and the Claims below, and in the accompanying drawings, reference is made to particular features, including process steps, of the invention. It is to be understood that the disclosure of the invention in this specification includes all possible combinations of such particular features. For example, where a particular feature is disclosed in the context of a particular aspect or embodiment of the invention, or a particular claim, that feature can also be used, to the extent possible, in combination with/or in the context of other particular aspects of the embodiments of the invention, and in the invention generally. Where reference is made herein to a process comprising two or more defined steps, the defined steps can be carried out in any order or simultaneously (except where the context excludes that possibility), and the process can include one or more other steps which are carried out before any of the defined steps, between two of the defined steps, or after all the defined steps (except where the context excludes that possibility).
The term “comprises” and grammatical equivalents thereof are used herein to mean that other components, steps, etc. are optionally present. For instance, a system “comprising” components A, B, and C can contain only components A, B, and C, or can contain not only components A, B, and C, but also one or more other components. The term “at least one of . . . and” and grammatical equivalents thereof are used herein to mean that at least one of a group of items is present but more components of that group can be present. For instance, a system comprising at least one of components A, B, and C can contain only components A and B, or can contain multiple components A and C, but only one of component B. As used herein, the term “at least one” and grammatical equivalents thereof are used herein to mean that one or more of an item is present. For instance, at least one magnet means that an embodiment exists with a single magnet as well embodiments with multiple magnets.
In one preferred embodiment, the shell 105, 106, 107, 108 of a device 100 may made using a rigid material. In a preferred embodiment, the rigid material is biodegradable such that the device 100 may degrade over time and release the at least one wildlife attractant 102. In another preferred embodiment, a shell 105, 106, 107, 108 comprising a rigid material may be constructed in a way such that it breaks upon contact with a target. For instance, the shell 105, 106, 107, 108 of a device 100 shot by a user 305 via a sling shot may break upon contacting a desired target, causing the wildlife attractant 102 within the plurality of compartments 110, 115, 120, 125 of the device 100 to be released into an environment 300, 400. For instance, a device 100 thrown by a user 305 into a field may break upon contact with the ground, thus releasing the wildlife attractant 102 into said field. Alternatively, the shell 105, 106, 107, 108 of a device 100 may be made using a soft material. In a preferred embodiment, the soft material is a polyvinyl acetate (PVA) film. The PVA film is preferably thick enough to allow a user 305 to handle but thin enough to break upon impact with a target. For instance, a device 100 impacted against a tree in a wooded area, as illustrated in
In another preferred embodiment, the shell 105, 106, 107, 108 of a device 100 may comprise of both a rigid material and a soft material. For instance, the device depicted at the bottom of
A device 100 may comprise a plurality of compartments 110, 115, 120, 125 that are fully encapsulated by subsequent compartments. As illustrated in
Alternatively, a device 100 may comprise a plurality of compartments that are partially surrounded by subsequent compartments. As illustrated at the top of
In one preferred embodiment, as illustrated at the bottom of
The wildlife attractant 102 may be in liquid, solid, powder, and gel form. Alternatively, a biodegradable polymer material may be impregnated with the wildlife attractant 102 in a way such that as the polymer degrades, the wildlife attractant 102 is released into the environment 300, 400 over time. Types of wildlife attractant lures that may be used as wildlife attractant 102 include, but are not limited to, gland lures, food lures, and call lures, or any combination thereof. For instance, a device 100 may have a first compartment 110 filled with a gel-based gland lure and a second compartment 115 filled with a biodegradable polymer impregnated with said gel-based gland lure. A user 305 may place this device 100 in an environment 300, 400 so it releases the gland lure into the environment 300, 400 immediately via the gel and over time via the biodegradable polymer impregnated with the gland lure. For instance, a device 100 may have a first compartment 110 filled with a call lure, a second compartment 115 filled with a food lure, and a third compartment 120 filled with a gland lure. A user 305 may place this device 100 in an environment 300, 400 to instantly permeate said environment 300, 400 with scents that attract wild life to the area (call lure), stoke the wildlife's 405 feeding instinct (food lure), and excite the wildlife's 405 territorial instinct (gland lure). For instance, a device 100 may have a first compartment 110 filled with powdered blood (feed lure), a second compartment 115 filled with blackberry extract (feed lure), and a third compartment 120 filled with strawberry extract (feed lure). A user 305 may place this device 100 in an environment 300, 400 to instantly permeate said environment 300, 400 with scents that may signal to a grizzly beer that injured prey and sustenance is in the area.
As used herein, the term gland lure refers to natural or synthetic gland pheromones and hormones that may be used to attract wildlife 405 of the same species or predators/competitors of that species. For instance, doe urine acquired from a doe during their estrous cycle may be used to in an environment 300, 400 in order to attract males desiring to mate. For instance, red fox gland may be used to attract territorial bob cats, coyotes, and foxes. As used herein, the term call lure refers to natural or synthetic scents that attract an animal to an environment 300, 400, often form long distance. In one preferred embodiment, a call lure may mask undesirable scents that may cause wildlife 405 to shun a particular area. For instance, skunk essence may be used to both entice wildlife 405 to a particular environment 300, 400 and mask human scent that may otherwise drive the wildlife 405 away. As used herein, the food lure refers to attractant designed to appeal to wildlife's 405 feeding instinct. Types of food that food lures may mimic include, but are not limited to, fruit, vegetables, and meat. For instance, apple extract may be used to attract wildlife 405 that consume apples. For instance, corn extract may be used to attract wildlife 405 that consume corn. Fish oil may be used to attract wildlife 405 that consumes fish.
The device 100 may enter an environment 300, 400 via an applied force. In one preferred embodiment, as illustrated in
Although the systems and processes of the present disclosure have been discussed for use within the hunting field, one of skill in the art will appreciate that the inventive subject matter disclosed herein may be utilized in other fields or for other applications in which multi-lured devices may be used. The implementations set forth in the foregoing description do not represent all implementations consistent with the subject matter described herein. Instead, they are merely some examples consistent with aspects related to the described subject matter. Although a few variations have been described in detail above, other modifications or additions are possible. In particular, further features and/or variations can be provided in addition to those set forth herein. For example, the implementations described above can be directed to various combinations and subcombinations of the disclosed features and/or combinations and subcombinations of several further features disclosed above. In addition, the logic flow depicted in the accompanying figures and/or described herein do not necessarily require the particular order shown, or sequential order, to achieve desirable results unless otherwise stated. It will be readily understood to those skilled in the art that various other changes in the details, materials, and arrangements of the parts and process stages which have been described and illustrated in order to explain the nature of this inventive subject matter can be made without departing from the principles and scope of the inventive subject matter.
