Bird control assemblies for protecting wires
AssigneeHubbell Incorporated
InventorJonathan Oral Adams
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Abstract
Systems and methods for providing modular bird control deterrent devices with spikes for use with overhead electrical wire are provided. A modular bird control segment base provides locking support for one or more bird control spikes by including locking flanges in a spike support cavity of the segment base that engages and locks a spike by engaging a groove in the bottom portion of the respective spike. The bird control segment base provides attachment support for fasteners that secure the bird control segment base to the electrical wire in use by providing opposing slot openings in a groove on the top of the segment base to engage a fastener. The bird control segment base also has opposing fastening mechanisms for connecting multiple segments together.
Claims18
A pest control assembly comprising:
- a spike having a receiving mechanism;
- a modular base having a spike mounting cavity with a locking mechanism for engaging the receiving mechanism of the spike;
- and
- a fastener engaging cavity included in the modular base, wherein the modular base includes first and second modular connectors for engaging other similar modular bases.
A pest control assembly comprising:
- a base having a top, a bottom, a first side, and a second side;
- a spike depending from the base;
- a clamp cavity in the top of the base;
- a first slot passing from the first side into the clamp cavity;
- a second slot passing from the second side into the clamp cavity;
- and
- a clamp having a screw portion and a band having a screw thread pattern, the band having a first end secured to the screw portion and a second or loose end, the screw portion being positioned in the clamp cavity with the band passing through the first slot such that the loose end is receivable by the screw portion after being passed through the second slot.
A method for protecting electrical wires, comprising:
- placing a base on the electric wire, the base having a clamp with a screw portion in a cavity of the base and a threaded band that depends from the screw portion passing through a first slot of the base;
- wrapping the threaded band around the wire and passing a loose end of the threaded band through a second slot of the base into the screw portion;
- threadably engaging the loose end of the threaded band and the screw portion;
- tightening the screw portion until the threaded band secures the base to the wire;
- and
- securing a spike to the base.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.