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US 7,249,436 B2Granted
Electric shock bird and animal deterrent
AssigneeKaba AG
InventorsMark Ravenelle, Laurent Ouellette
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Abstract
An animal and bird deterrent apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes a flexible dielectric material, and electrically conducting strips disposed on a top surface of the flexible material. In one embodiment the flexible material is secured to a structure by an adhesive and the strips are coupled to a high voltage source such that a shock is provided.
Claims20
A tape for deterring birds and animals, comprising:
- a flexible elongate substantially planar base material having a top surface and a bottom surface;
- an intermediary layer securely disposed on said top surface of said base material;
- at least two solid metal conducting strips securely disposed on said intermediary layer by an adhesive, wherein said strips are separated by a gap to avoid arcing between said strips, and wherein each of said conducting strips has a side margin to avoid arcing between said conducting strips and a structure upon which said tape is installed;
- a film material disposed on said intermediary layer about said conducting strips such that said conducting strips are not covered by said film material;
- wherein said base material in combination with said intermediary layer, has a dielectric property sufficient to insulate said conducting strips from a structure upon which said tape is installed;
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- wherein said tape is a thin composite laminate.
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A system for deterring birds and animals, comprising:
- a substantially planar flexible pad of a dielectric material;
- a pair of solid metal conductive strips disposed in a pattern upon a surface of said pad by an adhesive, wherein said pair of strips overlap each other but are electrically isolated from each other by high dielectric sections situated approximately between said overlapping pair of strips;
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- a high voltage source operatively coupled to said conductive strips.
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A thin composite laminate tape for deterring birds and animals, comprising:
- a flexible elongate substantially planar base material having a top surface and a bottom surface;
- a first adhesive layer disposed on at least a portion of the top surface of the base material;
- an intermediary layer securely disposed on said first adhesive layer;
- at least two sections of adhesive disposed upon said intermediary layer;
- at least two solid metal conducting strips securely disposed on said two sections, wherein said strips are separated by a gap to avoid arcing between said strips;
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- wherein said base material in combination with said first adhesive, said intermediary layer, said two sections of adhesive and said conducting strips form said composite laminate tape.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.