Insect repelling device
OwnerDaynin Dashefskyinventor
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Abstract
A device for repelling insects from the vicinity of a support surface for the repelling device. The repelling device has a base which can be placed against an upwardly facing support surface to thereby maintain the repelling device in an operative position, a first arm connected to the base and in an elevated position above the upwardly facing surface on which the repelling device is maintained in the operative position and rotatable around a vertically extending axis, a first element depending from the first arm and rotatable with the first arm around the vertically extending axis, and a drive which is operable to rotate the first arm around the vertically extending axis to thereby cause the first element to trace an annular path around the vertically extending axis.
Claims22
A device for repelling insects from the vicinity of a support surface for the repelling device, said repelling device comprising:
- a base which can be placed against an upwardly facing support surface to thereby maintain the repelling device in an operative position;
- a first arm connected to the base in an elevated position above an upwardly facing surface upon which the repelling device is maintained in the operative position,
- the first arm being rotatable around a vertically extending axis with the repelling device in the operative position;
- a first element depending from the first arm and rotatable with the first arm around the vertically extending axis;
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- a drive which is operable to rotate the first arm around the vertically extending axis to thereby cause the first element to trace an annular path around the vertically extending axis,
- the first axis element being repositionable relative to the first arm, as to deflect in the event the first element encounters an object in the annular path as the first arm is rotated around the vertically extending axis.
In combination:
- a) a table with an upwardly facing surface upon which food product can be placed;
- b) a device for repelling insects in a space around the upwardly facing surface, the repelling device comprising:
- a base which can be placed against the upwardly facing surface to maintain the repelling device in an operative position;
- a first arm connected to the base in an elevated position above the upwardly facing surface;
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- a first element depending from the first arm and rotatable with the first arm around a vertically extending axis;
- the first element having a bottom edge which one of a) engages the upwardly facing support surface and b) is spaced no more than three feet above the upwardly facing support surface;
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- a drive which is operable to rotate the first arm around the vertically extending axis to thereby cause the first element to trace an annular path around the vertically extending axis,
- the first element being repositionable relative to the first arm, as to deflect in the event the first element encounters an object in the annular path as the first arm is rotated around the vertically extending axis.
In combination:
- a) a device for repelling insects from the vicinity of a support surface for the repelling device, said repelling device comprising:
- a base which can be placed against an upwardly facing support surface to thereby maintain the repelling device in an operative position,
- the base comprising a hub which is rotatable around a vertically extending axis with the repelling device in the operative position;
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- a drive which is operable to rotate the hub around the vertically extending axis;
- b) an arm having a depending, repositionable element thereon which is releasably attachable to the hub so that the repositionable element rotates with the hub around the vertically extending axis,
- the repositionable element repositioning relative to the arm, as to deflect in the event the repositionable element encounters an object as the repositionable element rotates, with the hub around the vertically extending axis;
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- c) an odiferous insect repellant that can be attached to the hub to rotate with the hub around the vertically extending axis,
- whereby i) one or both of the arms and ii) the odiferous insect repellant can be selectively attached to the hub to rotate with the hub around the vertically extending axis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.