Horizontal cable animal barrier
AssigneeThe Omt Group
InventorsJames T. Richard, George J. Costigan, David J. Perry, Kevin T. Eldridge
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Abstract
A horizontal cable animal barrier for mounting on a cable to deter animal passage including a plurality of roller elements each having a central hole for rotatably mounting on a cable and a spacer element between each pair of roller elements and also having a central hole for rotatably mounting on the cable, in which the spacer elements are of a different size than the roller elements on either side to present an uneven, rotating barrier to animals on the cable to prevent the animals from passing.
Claims22
An animal barrier for mounting on a non-vertical cable to deter animal passage along the cable, comprising:
- a plurality of spaced, elongated, rotatable spacer elements having a first width and a central passage for rotatable mounting on a cable;
- a plurality of spaced rotatable roller elements separate from said spacer elements, and having a second width larger than said first diameter, and a central passage for rotatable mounting on the cable;
- said spacer and roller elements alternately, adjacently arranged along the cable to present a rotatable, uneven profile elongated rotating barrier at least as long as it is wide to deter animal passage.
An animal barrier for mounting on a non-vertical cable to deter animal passage along the cable, comprising:
- a plurality of adjacent, aligned bifurcated rotatable elements for mounting on the cable, each said element having a bifurcated spacer element having a first width and a bifurcated roller element having a second width larger than said first width;
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- a large opaque blocking element having a third width larger than said second width for mounting to the cable adjacent or on a said rotatable element to present both a visual and physical barrier to animal passage along the cable.
The animal barrier of claim 15 in which said rotatable elements include clip means for holding together their two parts after mounting on the cable.
An animal barrier for mounting on a cable to deter animal passage, comprising:
- a plurality of adjacent aligned, bifurcated rotatable elements, each said element having a bifurcated disc section with a first diameter and bifurcated elongated cylindrical section with a different second diameter centrally disposed on said disc section and having a tapered end for fitting in the disc section of an adjacent rotatable element, both sections having a central hole for rotatably mounting to a cable;
- a large bifurcated disc larger than said element disc sections for mounting to one said element disc section;
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- a stop mounted to the cable at the ends of the aligned rotatable elements to prevent the elements from sliding along the cable under wind load.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.