Vine growth prevention system
AssigneeProduct Launch Advisors, LLC
InventorRichard O. Gregory, II
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Abstract
A vine growth prevention device can include a panel defining a width, a length, and one or more openings, the panel being planar in an installed and unstressed condition, the one or more openings defined in the panel between a first side end and a second side end of the panel; and a fastener configured to secure the panel to a guy wire at and through each of the one or more openings and at a position between the first side end and the second side end. A vine removal tool can include a first portion defining a mounting end; and a second portion defining a working end, the working end defining: a first notch defining a first radius; and a second notch intersecting the first notch and defining a second radius, the first radius being greater than the second radius.
Claims20
A vine growth prevention device comprising:
- a panel defining a width in a transverse direction, a length in a longitudinal direction, and one or more openings, the panel being planar in an installed and unstressed condition and formed from a material defining a flexural strength of 5 to 50 ksi, inclusive, the one or more openings defined in the panel between a first side end and a second side end of the panel;
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- a fastener configured to secure the panel to a guy wire at and through each of the one or more openings and at a position between the first side end and the second side end.
A vine removal tool comprising:
- a first portion defining a mounting end;
- and
- a second portion defining a working end, the working end defining:
- a first notch defining a first radius;
- and
- a second notch intersecting the first notch and defining a second radius, the first radius being greater than the second radius.
A method comprising:
- obtaining a vine removal tool, the vine removal tool comprising a working end defining:
- a first notch defining a first radius;
- and
- a second notch intersecting the first notch and defining a second radius, the first radius being greater than the second radius;
- aligning one of the first notch and the second notch with one of a guy wire and a wire guard in which the guy wire is received or to which the guy wire is joined;
- and
- engaging the vine removal tool with the one of the guy wire and the wire guard by sliding the vine removal tool up and down the one of the guy wire and the wire guard while generally maintaining contact between the vine removal tool and the one of the guy wire and the wire guard.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.