Pest repellant device for vehicles
OwnerNorvel C. Crawfordinventor
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Abstract
A pest repellant device is provided for use in and around vehicles, such as cars, trucks, recreational vehicles and campers, boats, aircraft, and the like. The pest repellant device includes a fluid repellant dispenser and an electronic pest repellant unit, including at least an ultrasonic emitter and an electromagnetic emitter. The fluid repellant dispenser and the electronic pest repellant unit are operable together or in coordinated fashion in order to discourage common pests, such as insects and arachnids, small rodents, and the like, from entering a vehicle, and in particular from entering a field of view of a vehicle operator and creating a distraction or safety hazard. Optionally, the device may include an ion emitter that acts as an air purifier.
Claims22
A pest repellant device for vehicles, said device comprising:
- a fluid repellant dispenser including a fluid reservoir for containing a fluid pest-repellant;
- a conduit in fluid communication with said fluid reservoir, said conduit having an opening for dispensing the fluid pest repellant in a vehicle;
- an electronic pest repellant unit including an ultrasonic emitter and an electromagnetic emitter;
- wherein said fluid repellant dispenser is operable to cause the fluid pest-repellant to flow from said fluid reservoir and along said conduit to said opening;
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- wherein said ultrasonic emitter and said electromagnetic emitter are operable in conjunction with said fluid repellant dispenser to emit a pest-repelling sound, a pest-repelling electromagnetic radiation, and the fluid pest-repellant, respectively, which are detectable by insects or small rodents.
A pest repellant device for vehicles, said device comprising:
- a fluid repellant dispenser including a fluid reservoir for containing a fluid pest repellant;
- a conduit in fluid communication with said fluid reservoir, said conduit having a distal end portion configured to be positioned remotely from said fluid reservoir, and said conduit having an opening for dispensing the fluid pest repellant in a vehicle, in a location that is remote from said fluid reservoir;
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- an electronic repellant unit including an ultrasonic emitter and an electromagnetic emitter;
- wherein said fluid repellant dispenser is operable to cause the fluid pest repellant to flow from said fluid reservoir and along said conduit to said opening;
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- wherein said ultrasonic emitter and said electromagnetic emitter are operable in conjunction with said fluid repellant dispenser to emit a pest-repelling sound, a pest-repelling electromagnetic radiation, and the fluid pest-repellant, respectively, which are detectable by insects or small rodents.
A pest repellant device for vehicles, said device comprising:
- a fluid repellant dispenser including a fluid reservoir configured to contain a fluid pest repellant;
- a conduit in fluid communication with said fluid reservoir of said repellant dispenser, said conduit configured to extend to a location in a vehicle that is located remotely from said fluid reservoir, and said conduit having an opening for dispensing the fluid pest repellant;
- an electronic repellant unit including an ultrasonic emitter, an electromagnetic emitter, and an ion emitter that is operable as an air purifier;
- a controller configured to selectively activate and de-activate said fluid repellant dispenser and said electronic repellant unit;
- a user-actuatable switch for selectively energizing and de-energizing said controller;
- first electrical wiring configured to be coupled between an electrical system of the vehicle and said controller;
- second electrical wiring coupled between said controller and said fluid repellant dispenser;
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- third electrical wiring coupled between said controller and said electronic repellant unit;
- wherein said fluid repellant dispenser is operable to cause the fluid pest repellant to flow from said fluid reservoir and along said conduit;
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- wherein said ultrasonic emitter and said electromagnetic emitter are operable in conjunction with said fluid repellant dispenser to emit pest-repelling sound, pest-repelling electromagnetic radiation, and the fluid pest repellant, at least one of the pest-repelling sound, the pest-repelling electromagnetic radiation, and the fluid pest repellant being detectable by insects or small rodents.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.