Abstract: Devices and methods for pest control, including devices useful to place pest control devices at locations of use such as at a crop (e.g., at a branch of a tree), certain embodiments of devices including a capsule and a tether that can become tangled or caught in a tree or other crop location.

Abstract: A portable street planter that is positionable in a street to divert or divide traffic. The portable street planter provides an aesthetic traffic divider that also serves as a planter basin for plants and trees. The traffic divider may also provide foot and arm support for a bicyclist at rest.

Abstract: Top furling automated retractable greenhouse cover is a retractable cover for a greenhouse that is mounted on top of the greenhouse. Top furling automated retractable greenhouse cover comprises: a spine clamp, a left furling cover assembly, a right furling cover assembly, a hinge pin assembly, and an electrical control box. Left and right furling assemblies each comprise a curtain or cover, a furling rod, a furling motor, and a support arm. Electrical control box sends electronic signals to cause left and right covers or curtains to furl above the greenhouse when retracted and to unfurl down to the ground when extended to cover the greenhouse. The top-mounted design allows efficient use of gravity to apply tension to the furled rolls.

Abstract: A watering tank circulating assembly includes a frame submerged in a livestock watering tank. A fluid pump is coupled to the frame to circulate the water when the fluid pump is turned on. In this way the fluid pump inhibits the water from freezing. A heating coil is coupled to the frame to heat the water when the heating coil is turned on, thusly inhibiting the water from freezing. A thermostatic switch is coupled to the frame and each of the fluid pump and the heating coil is electrically coupled to the thermostatic switch. The thermostatic switch turns on each of the fluid pump and the heating coil when the temperature of the water drops below a trigger temperature. Additionally, the thermostatic switch turns off each of the fluid pump and the heating coil when the temperature of the water rises about the trigger temperature.

Abstract: An assembly for facilitating feeding an animal and tracking a feeding schedule of the animal includes a scoop, a base member, and a temporal display. The scoop includes a handle and a receptacle. The base member is configured to receive the scoop. The temporal display is attached to one of the scoop or the base member and displays a first temporal message when the scoop is in a first orientation relative to the base member and a second temporal message when the scoop is manipulated from the first orientation to a second orientation relative to the base member.

Abstract: A marine specimen capture system for use in capturing a marine specimen alive and intact from an underwater environment includes a specimen capture assembly comprising at least one specimen capture member. The at least one specimen capture member having a capture member inlet and a capture member outlet. A thruster assembly comprising at least one thruster unit is interconnected to the specimen capture assembly. More in particular, the thruster assembly is operative to generate an induced flow along an induced flow path into at least a portion of the at least one specimen capture member through the capture member inlet, wherein the induced flow is sufficient to pull a marine specimen into and through at least the capture member inlet of the at least one specimen capture member.

Abstract: A closure assembly system for attaching a foot protection to a horn capsule of an animal by means of attachment structure, which may be secured to a horn capsule wall of the horn capsule, and holding structure, which are secured to the foot protection, wherein the foot protection has a sole plate and at least two adaption elements each having at least one leg and a base plate, and wherein each leg is configured to be slidable essentially radially relative to the horn capsule wall by the base plate, which is configured to be slidable in a sole plate recess of the sole plate that is open towards the topside, and wherein each leg has one of the holding structures, each of which is configured to be connectable with the attachment structure in a sheer-resistant and detachable way.

Abstract: The present invention is a flexible container to house a root ball of a plant and method of using the same. The container comprises a fabric sack, a securing ring and draw string. The fabric sack has an enclosed base and an open top that is folded over forming a narrow tubular aperture. The sack is made of a fabric having a mesh that inhibits or interferes with the life cycle of pests that infect or attempt to infect the root ball of the plant. The securing ring has a central aperture able to receive the stalk of the plant, an outer edge having a groove, an inner edge and an opening extending from the outer edge to the inner edge. The draw string is fitted through the narrow tubular aperture of the sack to enable the sack to be closed about the securing ring's outer edge groove.

Abstract: A system and method for a free-standing device that uses a pool of stagnant water to attract female mosquitoes to deposit their eggs in a container whereby the device automatically self-flushes periodically the eggs from the container through a valve into its self-contained reservoir which then replenishes the container after the eggs have been discarded.

Abstract: A stackable growth media filled porous fabric block-shaped container includes either an internal seed carrier to facilitate the growth of various plants from within the block, or an outer three-dimensional open structure media retention sleeve to support external growth of vegetation via hydromulching into the sleeve. A plurality of the containers may be stacked or laid side by side to create a vegetated retaining wall or a vegetated slope facing. The porous fabric block-shaped containers are filled with growth medium that encourages plant growth, while allowing proper drainage and moisture retention. The seed carrier is a degradable or porous material coated with or supporting seeds and other amendments which facilitate plant growth. The open structure media retention sleeve includes loops of filaments to increase friction between blocks and to hold hydromulch on exposed surfaces.

Abstract: A bit for horses comprising a central element, suitable for being inserted into a horse's mouth, and a pair of side rings, each side ring being connected to a respective end of the central element for connecting to the reins is provided. The central element is made of a plastic material and the ends of the central element are overmolded on coupling portions of the respective side rings.

Abstract: A vibratory detector for detecting a vibratory signal from one or more feeders. A processor is in communication with the vibratory detector and configured for determining from at least one characteristic of the vibratory signal a possible action event, and for determining from a pattern of possible action events a likely action event. A warning device is in communication with the processor for providing an output in response to the likely action event. In an embodiment, the at least one characteristic of the vibratory signal can comprise the frequency or magnitude of the vibratory signal.

Abstract: An Electric clip receiver that is attached to an outrigger. The electric clip receiver comprises of a housing that is configured to attach to either to a shock cord clip or to a fixed mount on a boat via a mounting bracket that is attached to the housing. An electric motor that has a gear that is powered by a battery source that is housed within the housing. a pulley that is attached to the housing and an outrigger line that is looped on the pulley that is configured to be connected to the outrigger. An outrigger release clip that is attached to the outrigger line at a specific location. A microchip that is programmed to control the electric motor's forward and reverse function that is housed within the housing. And, a switch that controls the microchip's control of the electric motor.

Abstract: A neutron activator for neutron activation of a material, the neutron activator being configured to produce neutrons from an interaction with a proton beam (7), the neutron activator comprising: a neutron source comprising a metallic target (1), and a Beryllium first reflector-moderator (4) peripheral to the neutron source and comprising a neutron activation area (10) configured to accommodate the neutron source and the material to be activated, the neutron activation area (10) of the first reflector-moderator (4) comprising a bore configured to accommodate the neutron source.

Abstract: The combination of a repellent agent or an attractant agent with a wavelength-specific visual cue agent has been found to produce an unexpected and synergistic effect of increased repellency or attraction in dichromatic animals who are not maximally sensitive to the wavelength of the repellent or attractant agent. The method of the invention may be used to repel dichromatic-animal pests; or to prevent or minimize monetary damage, particularly to agricultural products, natural resources or private property. The method of the invention may also be used to attract dichromatic animals for the purpose of agricultural production, recreational opportunities (e.g., wild-rodent feeders), or the effective administration of target-animal pharmaceuticals or mitigation techniques.

Abstract: A method and teat cleaner for producing, by injection moulding, a teat cleaner of a teat cleaning cup that includes an inner body forming a central cavity for enclosing a teat, an exterior part, and channels therebetween for injection moulding the inner body in a first tool having a core, sliders that each include a protrusion for forming an aperture in the inner body, and channel walls, and an outer casting mould; separating the inner body from the first tool; placing the inner body in a second tool that includes a casting mould and rods; inserting the rods for forming the channels; fixating the rods; and injection moulding the exterior part in the second tool; separating the second tool from the fused teat cleaner; and removing the rods.

Abstract: A flapping wing water fowl or migratory bird decoy set is disclosed. The decoy set includes a decoy and a mounting base. The decoy includes a body, a pair of wings, a motor assembly, a battery, and a waterproof control module. An exemplary bird is a goose. The body is constructed of a predetermined plastic material with hyper-realistic exterior ornamentation, and is arranged in a predetermined orientation to simulate a goose. The decoy has a pair of flappable decoy wings connected to the decoy body, the decoy wing being constructed and arranged to simulate the wing of a waterfowl or migratory bird. The control and power module is plug and play software controllable. The decoy is mountable on a male type member post via a female type receptacle on the decoy body. The decoy has a biased stabilizer cord that also mimics the legs of the waterfowl or migratory bird. The motor is mechanically coupled to the wings via a belt drive arrangement which yields a quiet decoy.

Abstract: An assisted guidance region has a plurality of zones, each with an associated set of characteristics used to provide behavioral guidance to an animal. Behavioral guidance is extended to a wayward dog who has moved outside of the assisted guidance region by providing stimuli to shepherd the dog back into a safe zone. Positive stimuli are provided when the dog is moving in a direction back towards the safe zone, by providing a safe zone or similar stimulus. Movement away from the safe zone will trigger the unit to deliver a non-aversive second alert zone stimulus. Movement that isn't getting closer or further away triggers a first alert zone stimulus. Calculation of relative movement direction with regard to the safe zone is preferably based upon a comparison of sequential data table position displacements from an approximate center of the safe zone or from a manually selected location.

Abstract: A device for macerating bait, making chum, or both is provided. The device has a main housing having a top openable end and a closed bottom openable end; a removable lid attachable to the top openable end, wherein the removable lid comprises at least a fluid flow hole configured to, when placed in a fluid and towed behind the vessel, port the fluid to flow through the housing through bottom openable end and through the top openable end; a push rod disposed through the removable lid; a concentric cutting member attached to the push rod at a lower end of the push rod, wherein the concentric cutting member comprises a series of blades that are intersecting and have cutting edges on a top and bottom of the blades. A method of macerating bait is also provided.

Abstract: A grafting apparatus includes plate-shaped grafting members each provided with, on a main surface on one side in a thickness direction thereof, at least one plant holder to hold a plant for grafting. The grafting apparatus includes a cutter and a joiner. The cutter is configured to cut a stem of the plant for grafting that is held by the at least one plant holder of each of the grafting members. The joiner is configured to mutually join at least parts of the grafting members, while the at least one plant holder holds a part of the plant for grafting that has been cut by the cutter, to thereby mutually join parts of the plants for grafting.