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US 12,446,566 B2Granted
Method and apparatus for attracting and capturing birds
AssigneeEcolab USA Inc.
InventorBrian Alan Beidle
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Abstract
An example of a system for removing target animals such as birds from an area in a humane manner includes a cage with a substantially unidirectional entry and a device for attracting the target animals into the cage through the entry. The target animals captured in the cage can be released to another area as needed.
Claims20
An apparatus for attracting and capturing target animals, comprising:
- a cage including a floor, a roof, walls coupled between the floor and the roof, and an entry on the roof, the entry including a frame, a hole on the entry frame, and a substantially unidirectional barrier adjacent the hole, the substantially unidirectional barrier including spikes directly coupled to the frame and one or more deflectors directly coupled to the frame, the spikes and the one or more deflectors configured and arranged to allow the target animals to enter the cage through the hole and to prevent the entered target animals from exiting the cage through the hole;
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- an attracting device configured to be placed in the cage to attract the target animals into the cage.
An apparatus for capturing target animals that employs at least one of a sound effect, a visual effect, food, or water as an attractor, comprising:
- a cage including:
- a floor,
- a roof;
- walls coupled between the floor and the roof so as to create an enclosure;
- and
- means incorporated onto the roof for allowing the target animals to enter the enclosure while preventing the entered target animals from exiting the enclosure, including spikes and one or more deflectors, the spikes configured to be temporarily bent from a rest state during each entry of one or more animals of the target animals and to return to the rest state after that entry.
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A method for attracting and capturing target animals, comprising:
- providing a cage including a floor, a roof, walls coupled between the floor and the roof, and an entry on the roof, the entry including a frame and a hole on the frame and configured to allow the target animals to enter the cage through the hole and to prevent the entered target animals from exiting the cage using a substantially unidirectional barrier including spikes directly coupled to the frame and one or more deflectors directly coupled to the frame, the spikes and the one or more deflectors arranged to prevent the entered target animals from exiting the cage through the hole, the spikes including at least bendable spikes configured to be temporarily bent from a rest state during each entry of one or more animals of the target animals and to return to the rest state after that entry;
- placing the cage in an area from which the target animals are intended to be excluded;
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- producing an attracting effect to lure the target animals into entering the cage using an attracting device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.