Abstract: An anti bird-perch lighting system for use with a facility that includes a plurality of dome-shaped light collectors disposed on a rooftop of the facility, with a projection extending from an apex of the light collector, and at least one filament extending from substantially all of the projections so that each projection is connected to two or more of the other projections to define a filament network disposed above the roof and proximate a top of the plurality of light collectors.

Abstract: The composite for pest control and deterrence comprises a mixture of metal and/or nonmetal fibers.

Abstract: An article (11) for providing a physical and chemical barrier to impede the penetration of insects through a passageway in a concrete slab (20), the article being adapted to reside in the passageway, between the slab and a member extending through the passageway.

Abstract: A method of inhibiting the migration of termites into a structure comprising forming a band across exposed faces of external masonry walls of the structure wherein said band is disposed above ground level and includes, at least in part, a settable composition wherein in a set condition said settable composition is sealably engaged with a physical termite barrier, said physical termite barrier forming at least part of a termite barrier extending between a concrete slab of the structure and a mortar course in the external masonry walls.

Abstract: A wildlife guard for electrical power equipment including an electrically insulating material with a conductive material therein in a quantity sufficient for the guard to maintain an electrostatic charge when placed in an electrical field.

Abstract: A pole with knock-outs allows for quick, easy and versatile installation of hardware to the pole.

Abstract: A sheet for providing a barrier against the penetration of insects, the sheet comprising at least one insecticide distributed through a plastics material wherein the insecticide is substantially retained in the plastics material.

Abstract: A rodent entrance blocking device and method includes a doorframe that has a first vertical support and a second vertical support. A base has a bottom side, a top side, a first lateral side and a second lateral side. A distance from the first lateral side to the second lateral side is substantially equal to a distance between the first and second vertical supports. A rigid plate has a bottom edge, a top edge, a first side edge and a second side edge. The bottom edge is hingedly coupled to top side of the base. The plate extends between the first and second lateral sides. A biasing member is mechanically coupled to the plate and biases the plate in a vertical orientation. The base is positioned between the first and second vertical supports of the doorframe. The base extends between the first and second vertical supports.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a device (1) for preventing entry of a rodent through a pipe comprising a jacket (2), a first gate plate (3) and a locking device (4), where the jacket (2) is adapted for mounting in the discharge pipe, where the first gate plate (3) is pivotally arranged inside the jacket (2), and where the locking device (4) is arranged in connection to the first gate plate (3), wherein a second gate plate (6) is pivotally arranged at a distance (X) from the first gate plate (3) inside the jacket (2) and connected to the first gate plate (3) by means of a connection assembly (8).

Abstract: An elongate insect repellant barrier for application to the exterior of a building. The barrier is formed of a backing extending in a substantially vertical direction when applied to the exterior of a building, a bottom surface extending from the backing, and a lip formed along the front edge thereof. The backing, bottom surface and lip form a trough along the length of the barrier, and an upper angled surface slopes downwardly from the backing and extends outwardly from the backing to overhang the lip along the length of the elongate barrier. The trough is filled with a mixture of mineral oil, or other light oil, and water, from which crawling insects attempting to enter the building fall as they reach the top of the lip on the front edge of the elongate member and are unlikely to escape, and the overhanging angled surface protects the oil and water mixture in the trough from being affected by ambient weather conditions.

Abstract: Apparatus (2) for preventing buds (4) accessing a habitable part (6) of a structure (8), which apparatus (2) comprises barrier means (10) for preventing the birds (4) accessing the habitable part (6) of the structure (8), and securing means (12) for securing the barrier means (10) to the structure (8), characterised in that the barrier means (10) comprises a plurality of barrier bars (14) which are arranged side by side, a first connecting bar (16) which is connected to a first part (18) of the barrier bars (14), and a second connecting bar (20) which is connected to a second part (22) of the barrier bars (14), the barrier bars (14) being such that they are spaced apart by a distance which prevents the birds (4) getting between the barrier bars (14), the barrier bars (14) being such that in use they extend both vertically and inwardly towards the structure (8) in order to be ale to extend over and cover the width of the habitable part (6) of the structure (8), and the barrier bars (14) being such that in use

Abstract: An elongated edging assembly for holding landscaping and/or paving materials and the like in place in a predetermined location. The assembly may be made up of first and second elongated edger members which each include an elongated upright material retaining plate and a connector located adjacent an end of the corresponding member. The connectors desirably include respective mating interengageable components located on the plates near the ends thereof. The components are configured and adapted to cooperate to interconnect the members and maintain the ends of the respective plates in substantial abutting relationship with the plates in substantial alignment. The members may ideally be arranged as a neat packet of related objects including a pair of elongated members configured, arranged, aligned and joined together so as to present a single elongated construct having an open interior. At least one accessory item for said members is arranged within the open interior.

Abstract: An anti-roosting device is disclosed. The device includes a track, an electrical conductor, and an electrical source. The conductor is embedded within the track, with a portion of the conductor left exposed. The electrical source provides low amperage at high voltage to the electrical conductor such that the device is harmless to both birds and humans, but will deliver a shock that is effective in keeping birds from roosting thereon. The anti-roosting device may be provided in the form of a ledge or shade having a groove formed therein into which the track and other components are placed.

Abstract: A device for removing and excluding bats and birds from the exterior of a structure having a structural opening through which bats and birds enter and exit the interior, comprises a flange adapted to engage the structure about the structural opening and a cone extending from the flange and communicating with the interior of the structure through the structural opening at a wide, first end and with the outside atmosphere at a narrow, opposite end, the device being made of slippery material. The flange of the device may be made of soft pliable material. The cone of the device may be of oblong cross section and may be of flexible corrugated material. The entire device may be of a clear material.

Abstract: A cage includes side panels, each having top and bottom edges extending along a length of the cage. Coextensive top and bottom panels have sides extending along a length of the cage and are engaged with the side panels, defining a cavity therebetween. End panels are conjoined to the top, bottom and side panels. One end panel includes an access door pivotal about a fulcrum axis. Each side, top, bottom and end panel is formed from rigid steel shafts arranged in a mesh pattern. A mechanism is included for locking the access door at a lowered position. Spikes extend from the cage for deterring animals from tampering therewith. The spikes fit between the mesh pattern and lay coplanar with the side, top, bottom, and end panels during lowered positions. The spikes are evenly spaced along the panels. A mechanism is included for rotating the spikes between extended and retracted positions.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a wildlife guard for electrical power equipment including a disc having a central opening for fitting onto the equipment. The disc includes an electrically insulating material with a conductive filler material in quantity sufficient for the disc to maintain an electrostatic charge. The disc has an insertion slot extending from an outer portion to the central opening for movement of the disc onto the equipment. The present disclosure also provides a wildlife guard for an electrical insulator bushing having an electrical conductor extending outwardly therefrom. The wildlife guard includes an electrically nonconductive cover for covering at least a portion of the electrical conductor, the cover being adapted to mount upon the bushing and a conductive panel attached to the cover.

Abstract: A bird deterrent has a base and at least one branched spike extending from the base. The branching can occur anywhere along the spike, and a single branch point can give rise to multiple branches. Spikes can have multiple branches. The various branches can be of any suitable length(s), and can be oriented in any suitable direction(s).

Abstract: A vented soffit panel and related method for buildings and the like includes a generally flat imperforate base portion shaped to enclose at least a portion of the building soffit when mounted in a generally horizontal orientation under an eave. At least one vent channel protrudes upwardly from the base portion, and has a generally trapezoidal shape defined by a horizontal imperforate top wall and inclined perforate sidewalls with lower ends that connect with the base portion in a spaced apart relationship to define a slot through which air flows to vent the eave. The perforate sidewalls are disposed at an acute angle, such that they are hidden from view from a position underneath the eave.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a wildlife guard for electrical power equipment including a disc having a central opening for fitting onto the equipment. The disc includes an electrically insulating material with a conductive filler material in quantity sufficient for the disc to maintain an electrostatic charge. The disc has an insertion slot extending from an outer portion to the central opening for movement of the disc onto the equipment. The present disclosure also provides a wildlife guard for an electrical insulator bushing having an electrical conductor extending outwardly therefrom. The wildlife guard includes an electrically nonconductive cover for covering at least a portion of the electrical conductor, the cover being adapted to mount upon the bushing and a conductive panel attached to the cover.

Abstract: An anti-bird roosting device for protecting an area, comprising at least a pair of cooperating base elements mounted on the area to be protected, and a plurality of projecting spikes, supported on the base elements and projecting away therefrom into a space above the area to be protected. The spikes are provided in a pattern of interspersed combinations of vertical, obtuse and acute angle-forming projections, in a high spike density that prevents roosting in the protected space. Thus, each point in the area to be protected is defended by more than one spike, each spike coming from a different direction, so as to cross-defend each other, creating a perimeter envelope defense of the air volume surrounding the base elements. Each device is easily and inexpensively prepared as a continuous mesh, whose dimensions can be constructed in standard sizes or in accordance with the needs of the user. The element diameter is typically approximately two millimeters.

Abstract: A bird deterring device has a base and a stem, wherein a plurality of spikes are coupled to the stem and/or base, and wherein the distal ends of the spikes have an anti-condensation drip element to avoid or reduce drip marks produced by previously known devices.

Abstract: A barrier implement intended for obstructing a route of travel of crawling arthropods along a passageway comprises a sheet configured to circumscribe a passageway along which arthropods crawl. A dimension of the sheet is sized or molded relative to said passageway. An arthropod deterring component associated with said sheet for deterring said crawling arthropods and impeding their route of travel along said passageway. In a method of impeding a route of travel of crawling arthropods from moving along a passageway from a location A to a location B, an arthropod deterring component is associated with a sheet. The sheet separates location A from location B and creates a vermin-impervious barrier therebetween. A route of travel of crawling arthropods from moving from location A to location B is impeded.

Abstract: A deterrent strip for repelling birds and other pests includes two electrical wire support members separated by spaces extending across the strip to allow bending. Connectors are attached to the wire support members to resist lengthwise stretching of the strip, the connectors extending across the spaces and offset from the center of the strip.

Abstract: The intrusion of insects into a home or similar building is controlled by utilizing insect and/or microorganism controlling plastic materials in the construction of the building. The insect and/or microorganism controlling plastic building materials are manufactured by first blending one or more plastic resins with one or more insect and/or microorganism controlling chemical agents to form a blended plastic resin/insect and/or microorganism controlling chemical agent material. The blended plastic resin/insect and/or microorganism controlling chemical agent material is then utilized to manufacture plastic films, sheets, nonwoven fabrics, woven fabrics, insulating foams, flooring materials, wall covering materials, and the like utilizing conventional manufacturing techniques.

Abstract: A marine structure including a platform and a pest deterrent rotatably connected to the platform. The pest deterrent includes a hub rotatably connected to the platform and at least one arm extending radially from the hub where each arm extends from the hub at an angle above horizontal. Each arm includes an area moment of inertia and a length. A ratio of the area moment of inertia to the length is less than 0.0001 inches3. Each arm further includes a wind collector at an end opposite of the hub.

Abstract: A deterrent strip for repelling birds and other pests includes a non-conductive base supporting two electrically conductive extensible wires. Notches are formed in the base to allow bending. Connectors are attached to wire support members of the base to resist lengthwise stretching of the strip.

Abstract: An antiperch device for deterring birds from perching on undesired perch locations. The device includes various embodiments which are constructed of wires forming arcs and/or wires that are parallel to and spaced above an object such as a light fixture to be protected. The wires are sufficiently flexible and have a small enough diameter to prevent the birds from getting a secure footing thereon but are sufficiently stiff to keep the birds from reaching the object.

Abstract: Gasket devices having a crawling arthropod deterring substance for fitting adjacent to connection points to permanent fixture objects on walls, ceilings and floors to interior spaces. The novel gasket devices can be used for protecting gaps and spaces between permanent fixtures such as shower heads, faucets, drainpipes, incoming waterlines into various rooms such as but not limited to bathrooms and/or kitchens, and anywhere these fixtures exist. Additionally, the gasket devices can be used for protecting gaps and spaces between other permanent fixtures such behind plates such as but not limited to electrical sockets, switches, cables, telephone jacks thermostats, and the like. Additionally, the gasket devices can be used behind ventilation vent covers, and the like. Finally, the gasket covers can be used about wall mounted stems of on hanging fixtures such as lights, chandeliers, and ceiling fans, and the like.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a wildlife guard for electrical power equipment including a disc having a central opening for fitting onto the equipment. The disc includes an electrically insulating material with a conductive filler material in quantity sufficient for the disc to maintain an electrostatic charge. The disc has an insertion slot extending from an outer portion to the central opening for movement of the disc onto the equipment. The present disclosure also provides a wildlife guard for an electrical insulator bushing having an electrical conductor extending outwardly therefrom. The wildlife guard includes an electrically nonconductive cover for covering at least a portion of the electrical conductor, the cover being adapted to mount upon the bushing and a conductive panel attached to the cover.

Abstract: A method for delivering a pesticide adjacent a foundation of a structure is provided. The method includes injecting the pesticide into a tubular conduit positioned proximate to the foundation of the structure. The pesticide is injected into the tubular conduit at a rate such that the internal pressure of the tubular conduit remains below a threshold pressure of the tubular conduit until the tubular conduit is substantially filled with the pesticide thereby preventing the pesticide from being discharged through pores of the tubular conduit as the tubular conduit is being filled with the pesticide.

Abstract: A device that deters and repels birds from landing on masts, spreaders, rigging and attached apparatus of sailboats, as well as towers and outriggers of power boats. The device generates an intermittent, quiet vibration that is transmitted to the boat. The combination of intermittent vibration and movement of the device results in stimuli that are unpleasant for birds. Birds attempting to perch upon a sailboat are deterred by the movement of the device and are otherwise repelled by the unsettling vibration transmitted through those parts of the boat usually used as perches.

Abstract: A bird repelling device has an elongate housing having a slide chamber that extends longitudinally from a top end to a bottom end of the elongate housing. The elongate housing also has a cap positioned adjacent to the top end of the slide chamber. A plurality of rod apertures extend through the cap. The bird repelling device also includes a slide mechanism that is adapted to slidably engage the slide chamber to slide between a retracted position and an extended position. A plurality of bird repelling rods are each attached to the slide mechanism and extend through one of the plurality of rod apertures. The bird repelling device also includes top and bottom attachment loops for attaching the bird repelling device to a halyard of a mast.

Abstract: A technique is provided for keeping rodents and other pests out of warehouses and other buildings. A pest control device or guard is provided which is attached or fixed near the bottom surface of a garage door. The pest control device can adjust to uneven ground surfaces so that a fence or guard is provided to prevent pests, such as rats from entering buildings. The pest control device may be comprised of first, second, and third brackets which are connected together and can be mounted to a garage door. The brackets may be L-shaped. A plurality of pins is connected to the first, second, and third brackets so that each of the plurality of pins can move with respect to the first, second, and third brackets.

Abstract: A barrier implement intended for obstructing a route of travel of crawling arthropods along a passageway comprises a sheet configured to circumscribe a passageway along which arthropods crawl. A dimension of the sheet is sized or molded relative to said passageway. An arthropod deterring component associated with said sheet for deterring said crawling arthropods and impeding their route of travel along said passageway. In a method of impeding a route of travel of crawling arthropods from moving along a passageway from a location A to a location B, an arthropod deterring component is associated with a sheet. The sheet separates location A from location B and creates a vermin-impervious barrier therebetween. A route of travel of crawling arthropods from moving from location A to location B is impeded.

Abstract: The present invention is a device for use to install and remove animal guards from bushings, surge arresters and insulators on electrical equipment. The device attaches one end to the receiving end of an animal guard and the opposite end to a telescope stick, hot stick or other suitable sick to support device. This device may be used to install animal guard devices while remaining at ground elevation or at an evaluation above the ground.

Abstract: A subsurface pesticide injection system for use in combination with a structure having a footing formed in a base soil, a stem wall formed on the footing and defining a perimeter of the structure, a fill material disposed on the base soil within the perimeter of the stem wall, and a concrete slab formed on the fill material is provided. The concrete slab has openings extending therethrough. The subsurface pesticide injection and fluid extraction system comprising includes a tubular conduit disposed adjacent the foundation of the structure. The tubular conduit has a sidewall and a plurality of tortuous pores extending through the sidewall of the tubular conduit.

Abstract: A termite deterrent and protective cap placed on top of a pier or a post, and made up of a circular disk with sidewalls that extending downward from the periphery of the circular disk. The cap is placed with the inside surface of the sidewalls not being in contact with the outer walls of the post, while being secured to the top of the post being protected. The circular disk and has a scored inner circular center removed to accommodate a thread rod from the generally circular circumference pier or post that would extend through the plane of the inner circular center. The sidewalls are angled to a perpendicular of the periphery of the circular disk for easy stacking and storage. There is also a square disk embodiment.

Abstract: A barrier against arthropods crawling along a surface comprises a soft pliable polymer collar portion adapted for tight and substantially continuous receipt against a surface. A mounting portion secures the collar to the surface and serves to preventing relative motion between the collar and the surface. A generally continuous flared skirt member extends from the collar and is comprised of a soft pliable polymer having a arthropod-deterring ingredient molded therein. The skirt defines an unobstructed access opening opposite the collar. The opening is defined by an end of the generally continuous skirt.

Abstract: A bird deterrent device generally has a base, a plurality of mutually parallel directing channels, and a plurality of spikes extending from the base. The channels are preferably disposed in rows so they are not only mutually parallel, but also coplanar. The spikes are inserted into the channels, and then at least some of them are bent out so that the top ends of at least some of the various spikes are oriented at least 5 degrees out of parallel with respect to each other. The resulting spikes are therefore “fanned out,” and tend to prevent birds from landing in the immediate vicinity of the device. The bottom of the spikes are fixed into the base in some manner, preferably using a second bend and then crushing portions of the base adjacent to the bent sections to maintain the spike in places.

Abstract: The invention is a spring loaded trap holding device which uses spring tension to securely hold a live animal trap upon the top horizontal plane of a gutter by means of hooking to a gutter spike for the anchoring of the trap. One end of a specific diameter and length of alloy rod is bent to form a hook for the purpose of hooking onto a gutter spike. A large stainless steel flat washer is then placed over the opposite end, followed by a compression spring and then by an aluminum sleeve. The opposite end of the alloy rod is bent to form a 90-degree angle forming a handle and trapping all component parts onto the alloy rod permanently. The gutter hook is placed through the trap from the top allowing the flat washer to rest upon the top of the trap. By applying downward pressure, the spring is then compressed, pushing the hook completely through to the bottom of the trap and is hooked onto the gutter spike, thus securing the trap to the gutter under spring tension.

Abstract: The intrusion of insects into a home or similar building is controlled by utilizing insect controlling plastic materials in the construction of the building. The insect controlling plastic building materials are manufactured by first blending one or more plastic resins with one or more insect controlling chemical agents to form a blended plastic resin/insect controlling chemical agent material. The blended plastic resin/insect controlling chemical agent material is then utilized to manufacture plastic films, sheets, non-woven fabrics, woven fabrics, insulating foams, flooring materials, wall covering materials, and the like utilizing conventional manufacturing techniques.

Abstract: A bird deterrent device comprising a base having spike elements extending thereabove, the base comprising alternating segments of differing widths having a scored or reduced thickness portion therebetween, and an elevated portion through which the spike elements are inserted into a channel formed in the bottom side of the base, the channel further having detents designed and constructed to hold the spike elements in place upon insertion.

Abstract: A technique is provided for keeping rodents and other pests out of warehouses and other buildings. A pest control device or guard is provided which is attached or fixed near the bottom surface of a door, such as an overhead door. The pest control device can adjust to uneven ground surfaces so that a fence or guard is provided to prevent pests, such as rats from entering buildings. The pest control device may be comprised of first, second, and third brackets which are connected together and can be mounted to a door. The brackets may be L-shaped. A plurality of pins is connected to the first, second, and third brackets so that each of the plurality of pins can move with respect to the first, second, and third brackets.

Abstract: The intrusion of insects into a home or similar building is controlled by utilizing insect controlling plastic materials in the construction of the building. The insect controlling plastic building materials are manufactured by first blending one or more plastic resins with one or more insect controlling chemical agents to form a blended plastic resin/insect controlling chemical agent material. The blended plastic resin/insect controlling chemical agent material is then utilized to manufacture plastic films, sheets, non-woven fabrics, woven fabrics, insulating foams, flooring materials, wall covering materials, and the like utilizing conventional manufacturing techniques.

Abstract: An anti-bird roosting device for protecting an area, comprising at least a pair of cooperating base elements mounted on the area to be protected, and a plurality of projecting spikes, supported on the base elements and projecting away therefrom into a space above the area to be protected. The spikes are provided in a pattern of interspersed combinations of vertical, obtuse and acute angle-forming projections, in a high spike density that prevents roosting in the protected space. Thus, each point in the area to be protected is defended by more than one spike, each spike coming from a different direction, so as to cross-defend each other, creating a perimeter envelope defense of the air volume surrounding the base elements. Each device is easily and inexpensively prepared as a continuous mesh, whose dimensions can be constructed in standard sizes or in accordance with the needs of the user. The element diameter is typically approximately two millimeters.

Abstract: A barrier implement intended for obstructing a route of travel of crawling arthropods along a passageway comprises a sheet configured to circumscribe a passageway along which arthropods crawl. A dimension of the sheet is sized or molded relative to said passageway. An arthropod deterring component associated with said sheet for deterring said crawling arthropods and impeding their route of travel along said passageway.

Abstract: A support for layout lines utilized in laying out construction sites. The support is slidably carried on a stake and includes a clamping bolt to fix it in position on the stake and to allow it to be moved along the stake for adjustment purposes. The support includes a transit pole tab, on which the bottom of a transit pole can be placed for positioning purposes, and a tab for supporting a layout line platform. A clamping member, such as a thumbscrew, is carried in a bracket and overlies the platform to allow the thumbscrew to clamp the layout line in position against the upper face of the platform, which can include a groove or slot for receiving the layout line. The upper surface of the transit pole tab lies in the same plane as the upper surface of the layout line platform.

Abstract: A device for preventing pests from nesting inside the openings created by overlapping curved roof tiles. The device is a single piece of wire mesh cut to fit inside the openings and folded such that the tines from the cut edges rub against the inside of the tile. The devices is held in place by friction and requires no fasteners.

Abstract: A bird deterrent device comprising a base having spike elements extending thereabove, the base comprising alternating segments of differing widths having a scored or reduced thickness portion therebetween, and an elevated portion through which the spike elements are inserted into a channel formed in the bottom side of the base, the channel further having detents designed and constructed to hold the spike elements in place upon insertion.

Abstract: A barrier to termites particularly suitable for protecting buildings comprising a mesh made of a material that is resistant to breakdown in the environment of use and is resistant to secretions deposited by termites, such as stainless steel, and is also sufficiently hard to not be attacked by termites, such as having a hardness not less than about Shore D70. The pores of the mesh being dimensioned so the maximum linear dimension in any direction of the pores is less than the maximum linear dimension of the cross-section of the head of the species of termite to be controlled.