Method for chasing animals from a location
OwnerRichard Robert Johnsoninventor
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Abstract
This invention provides for a method of keeping animals away from a location comprising subjecting the location to a light beam or subjecting the animals to the light beam. Also provided for is a method for disturbing the nocturnal nesting areas of water fowl by subjecting those nocturnal nesting areas to a light beam.
Claims19
A method for chasing animals away from a surface the animals are traversing, the method comprising subjecting the surface to a fixed laser beam having a wavelength selected from between approximately 4.000 and 7.500 Angstroms and wherein the laser beam is positioned between approximately 8 and 24 inches above the surface so as to effect a laser swath parallel with the surface.
A method for keeping animals from a surface, comprising subjecting the animals to a fixed visible laser beam swath positioned between approximately 8 and 24 inches above the surface so that the swath is parallel with the surface.
A method for disturbing nocturnal nesting areas of waterfowl, said method comprising:
- a) selecting a nocturnal nesting area;
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- b) subjecting said nocturnal nesting area to a single-wavelength laser beam swath wherein the laser beam is positioned between approximately 8 and 24 inches above a water surface near the nesting area so as to effect a laser swath parallel with the nesting area.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.