Animal barrier for utility pole cable guard and utility pole structure having an animal barrier
OwnerPaul Keelerinventor
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Abstract
A barrier for limiting entry of an animal into the interior of a cable-protecting conduit on a utility pole comprises a sheet of polymeric material adapted to be wrapped around the conduit and secured by fasteners to the utility pole. The sheet of polymeric material includes an undulating layer forming parallel flutes, and is formed with a plurality of separate, elongated, and resilient, finger-shaped parts extending from a portion of the sheet in the direction of elongation of the flutes. The finger-shaped parts are adapted to be bent downward so that they extend through an upper end opening of the cable-protecting conduit into the interior of the conduit to form a barrier.
Claims17
A utility pole structure having a cable guard, said structure comprising:
- a utility pole extending upward from a surface;
- cable means, comprising at least one cable, said cable means extending lengthwise along said utility pole from an upper portion thereof to a location below said surface;
- a protective conduit extending upward along a portion of said utility pole from a location adjacent said surface to an inteediate location between said surface and said upper portion of said utility pole, a portion of said cable means extending from said location adjacent said surface to said inteediate location being surrounded by a surrounding structure comprising said protective conduit, said protective conduit having an opening at said inteediate location through which said cable means extends;
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- a sheet of polymeric material secured to said utility pole on both sides of said protective conduit and extending around, and in contact with, a portion of said protective conduit adjacent said opening thereof, said barrier having a plurality of separate, elongated, and resilient, finger-shaped parts extending downward into the interior of said protective conduit, said finger- shaped parts forming a barrier for preventing entry of
- an animal through said opening into the interior of said protective conduit.
A barrier for limiting entry of an animal into the interior of a protective conduit enclosing a portion of a cable means comprising at least one cable, said protective conduit extending along a utility pole and having an upper end opening through which said cable means extends, said barrier comprising a sheet of polymeric material having opposite side edges with portions adjacent said side edges adapted to be secured to a utility pole on both sides of said protective conduit, and an inteediate portion extending from one to the other of said portions adjacent said side edges and adapted to extend around, and contact, a portion of said protective conduit adjacent said upper end opening thereof, said barrier having a plurality of separate, elongated, and resilient, finger-shaped parts extending from a portion of said sheet that connects said side edges, said finger-shaped parts being adapted to be bent downward so that they extend through said upper end opening into the interior of said protective conduit to foa barrier for preventing entry of animals into said protective conduit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.