Animal warning system employing ultrasonic sounds and infrared or ultraviolet light flashes
OwnerGeorge A. Willinventor
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Abstract
A Warning system in combination with a vehicle in which ultrasonic sound and ultraviolet is beamed in advance of the moving vehicle on a thoroughfare so that said sound and light may be heard and seen by an animal ahead of the moving vehicle to induce the animal to leave the road before it is struck by the vehicle.
Claims9
In combination with a vehicle having a power source, a warning system to induce animals to leave the thoroughfare on which the vehicle is traveling comprising:
- sound generating means for producing sound of a frequency above the range audible to persons and within the ultrasonic range audible to animals, said means being mounted on said vehicle in a position to project said sound ahead of said vehicle;
- light generating means for producing infrared or ultraviolet light visible to animals but not to humans, said means being also being mounted on said vehicle in a position to project said light ahead of said vehicle;
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- means connecting said device to said source to selectively activate said device.
The method of protecting an automotive vehicle against collision with animals on the thoroughfare along which the vehicle is traveling, said method including the steps of generating and projecting a beam of ultrasonic sound, substantially free of sonic sound and ultraviolet light.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.