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US 12,708,099 B2Granted
Wildlife exclusion systems and methods
AssigneeCrossTek Electrified Barriers, LLC
InventorTimothy Hazlehurst
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Abstract
A wildlife exclusion system for railway tracks is provided which includes an exclusion arrangement positioned to span across the railway tracks at a location along a length of the railway tracks. The exclusion arrangement extends generally perpendicular to the railway tracks and has a series of conductive elements spaced apart from each other to form an exclusion are configured to provide an electric shock to wild animals when particular conductive elements within the exclusion area are bridged thereby. Methods of installing a wildlife exclusion system and methods of discouraging wild animals from traveling along railway tracks are also provided.
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A wildlife exclusion system, comprising:
- an exclusion arrangement including a series of elevated static elongated conductive rods suspended over an open space such that there is an air gap below the elevated static elongated conductive rods, the elongated conductive rods configured to deliver an electric shock to wild animals when particular elevated static elongated conductive rods from the series of elevated static elongated conductive rods within the exclusion arrangement are bridged thereby to close an open circuit in order to discourage the wild animals from entering a restricted area,
- wherein the series of elevated static elongated conductive rods are spaced apart from each other with insulating material between the elevated static elongated conductive rods to form an exclusion area having a plurality of distinct sets of elevated static elongated conductive rods that are electrically insulated from each other by the insulating material.
A wildlife exclusion system, comprising:
- an exclusion arrangement including a series of elevated static elongated conductive rods suspended over an open space such that there is an air gap below the elevated static elongated conductive rods, the elongated conductive rods configured to deliver an electric shock to wild animals when particular elevated static elongated conductive rods from the series of elevated static elongated conductive rods within the exclusion arrangement are bridged thereby to close an open circuit in order to discourage the wild animals from entering a restricted area,
- wherein the plurality of elevated static elongated conductive rods includes openings extending therebetween, and
- wherein the plurality of elevated static elongated conductive rods and openings therebetween are configured to slow or hinder the progress of the wild animals as the wild animals move in the direction of the restricted area.
A wildlife exclusion system, comprising:
- an exclusion arrangement including a series of elevated static elongated conductive rods suspended over an open space such that there is an air gap below the elevated static elongated conductive rods, the elongated conductive rods configured to deliver an electric shock to wild animals when particular elevated static elongated conductive rods from the series of elevated static elongated conductive rods within the exclusion arrangement are bridged thereby to close an open circuit in order to discourage the wild animals from entering a restricted area;
- one or more monitoring and sensing devices arranged to monitor wild animals in the vicinity of the exclusion arrangement;
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- a control system operatively coupled to the one or more monitoring and sensing devices and the exclusion arrangement to selectively activate and deactivate the exclusion arrangement in response to the presence and absence of wild animals in the vicinity of exclusion arrangement.
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A wildlife exclusion system, comprising:
- an exclusion arrangement including a series of elevated static elongated conductive rods suspended over an open space such that there is an air gap below the elevated static elongated conductive rods, the elongated conductive rods configured to deliver an electric shock to wild animals when particular elevated static elongated conductive rods from the series of elevated static elongated conductive rods within the exclusion arrangement are bridged thereby to close an open circuit in order to discourage the wild animals from entering a restricted area;
- at least one monitoring and sensing device arranged to monitor the exclusion arrangement for a breach condition in which one or more wild animals pass over the exclusion arrangement;
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- a control system operatively coupled to the at least one monitoring and sensing device and the exclusion arrangement to selectively deactivate the exclusion arrangement in response to the breach condition.
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A wildlife exclusion system, comprising:
- an exclusion arrangement including one or more elevated static elongated conductive rods suspended over an open space such that there is an air gap below the elevated static elongated conductive rods, the elongated conductive rods configured to deliver an electric shock to a wild animal when contacted by the wild animal to close an open circuit in order to discourage the wild animal from entering a restricted area,
- wherein the one or more elevated static elongated conductive rods are spaced apart from each other with insulating material between the elevated static elongated conductive rods to form an exclusion area having a plurality of distinct sets of elongated conductive rods that are electrically insulated from each other by the insulating material.
A wildlife exclusion system, comprising:
- a first exclusion arrangement including a series of elevated static elongated conductive rods that are configured to deliver an electric shock to wild animals when particular elevated static elongated conductive rods from the series of elevated static elongated conductive rods within the exclusion arrangement are bridged thereby to close an open circuit in order to discourage the wild animals from entering a restricted area;
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- a second exclusion arrangement positioned immediately adjacent the first exclusion arrangement, wherein the second exclusion arrangement presents a grate structure with openings and is configured to slow or hinder the progress of the wild animals as the wild animals move in the direction of the restricted area.
A wildlife exclusion system, comprising:
- an exclusion arrangement including a series of elevated static elongated conductive rods that are configured to deliver an electric shock to wild animals when particular elevated static elongated conductive rods from the series of elevated static elongated conductive rods within the exclusion arrangement are bridged thereby to close an open circuit in order to discourage the wild animals from entering a restricted area;
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- an arrangement of conductive material installed in ground adjacent to the exclusion arrangement and unconnected to a voltage source to increase the conductivity of the ground immediately adjacent to the exclusion arrangement for contact by animal wildlife on the ground of increased conductivity.
A wildlife exclusion system, comprising:
- a first exclusion arrangement including one or more elevated static elongated conductive rods that are configured to deliver an electric shock to a wild animal when contacted by the wild animal to close an open circuit in order to discourage the wild animal from entering a restricted area;
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- a second exclusion arrangement positioned immediately adjacent the first exclusion arrangement, wherein the second exclusion arrangement presents a grate structure with openings and is configured to slow or hinder the progress of the wild animals as the wild animals move in the direction of the restricted area.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.