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US 5,669,187 AGranted
Rodent guard
OwnerRussell Bushonginventor
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Abstract
A rodent guard for precluding the above and below ground passage of rodents beneath a skirt perimetrically depending from a manufactured home including an elongate barrier wall having an upper laterally inner flange for detachably coupling to the skirt and a lower, laterally outer flange for extending below ground to preclude any underground rodents from vertically passing alongside and beneath the barrier wall.
Claims9
A rodent guard for a generally vertical, manufactured home skirting system including a lower margin provided with an upturned lip, said guard comprising:
- an elongate barrier wall having
- upper and lower ends;
- upper, above ground barrier flange means, on one lateral side of said wall for being received by said upturned lip to inhibit above ground passage of rodents between said above ground flange means and said skirting system;
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- lower, underground, barrier flange means, on an opposite lateral side of said wall opposite said one lateral side, for being received in the ground and inhibiting any below ground rodents from passing downwardly alongside and beneath said barrier wall;
- said upper barrier flange means comprising an elongate, downwardly opening channel having an elongate terminal lip adapted to be received by said upturned lip;
- said lower barrier flange means comprising a generally horizontal barrier extending generally perpendicular to said lower end of said barrier wall;
- said barrier wall comprising a mesh member having a plurality of interstices therein for receiving and freely passing underground dirt.
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In combination:
- a manufactured home having an underside;
- means for supporting said manufactured home on the ground such that said underside is in spaced relation with the ground;
- a perimetrically extending skirting system extending about a perimeter of said underside including
- a vertical panel, extending downwardly from said manufactured home, having
- an upper end coupled to said manufactured home and a lower end;
- an elongate, upwardly opening lower retainer, supported on the ground and having a laterally outer, upturned lip, receiving said lower end of said panel;
- a rodent guard for inhibiting passage of rodents beneath said skirting system comprising:
- upstanding barrier wall means for precluding the passage of rodents beneath said skirting system including
- an above ground upper end,
- a below ground lower end, and
- inner and outer lateral sides;
- said upper end having an integral, laterally inwardly offset, above ground barrier flange for mating with said upturned lip of said lower retainer for inhibiting above ground passage of rodents between said barrier wall means and said skirting system;
- said lower end having an integral, laterally outwardly offset, below ground barrier flange for inhibiting the below ground passage of rodents.
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A rodent guard for preventing passage of rodents to an underside of a manufactured home having a perimeter and being statically supported such that the underside of the manufactured home is disposed in spaced relation with an underlying ground surface, said guard comprising:
- upstanding, elongate, barrier wall means for extending about the perimeter of said underside of said manufactured home to inhibit above ground and under ground passage of rodents to the underside of the manufactured home;
- said barrier wall means including
- an above ground upper end,
- a below ground lower end having a lower terminal margin, and
- laterally inner and outer lateral sides having horizontally spaced apart margins spanning between said upper end and said lower end;
- said upper end having an integral, laterally inwardly offset, above ground barrier flange;
- said lower end having an integral, laterally outwardly offset, below ground barrier flange means for being received in the ground and inhibiting rodents from passing said lower end;
- said laterally inwardly offset, above ground barrier flange including an elongate, downturned, terminal lip;
- said below ground barrier flange being generally perpendicular to said barrier wall means;
- said barrier wall means comprising a mesh screen.
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In combination with skirting for a statically supported manufactured home including:
- generally vertically disposed panel means having an upper margin coupled to said manufactured home and a lower margin;
- an elongate, upwardly opening lower retainer for receiving said lower margin of said panel means;
- rodent guard means for precluding passage of rodents beneath said skirting including:
- an elongate upstanding wall having upper and lower vertically spaced flanges on laterally opposite sides thereof;
- said upper flange including above ground barrier means cooperating with said upwardly opening lower retainer to inhibit above ground passage of rodents therebetween;
- said lower flange, adapted to be disposed below ground, for inhibiting any below ground rodents from passing beneath said elongate upstanding wall;
- said upstanding wall comprising a mesh member having a plurality of interstices therein for receiving and freely passing underground dirt.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.