Richard Allen Wells

US Patent:

52534448, Oct 19, 1993

Filed:

Aug 31, 1992

Appl. No.:

7/937304

Inventors:

Bruce A. Donoho - Mission Viejo CA
Richard V. Wells - Mission Viejo CA

International Classification:

A01M 2900

US Classification:

43 1

Abstract:

A bird repellent apparatus having a base member and a plurality of top members, each of which holds a plurality of prongs. The base member, by means of a plurality of tabs having holes for receiving screws or other fasteners, can be affixed to virtually any desired surface with little or no risk of injury to the installer. The top member comprises a prong holder, each having a plurality of prongs with sharp tips presenting an impossible barrier to birds that would otherwise land or perch on the surface to which the present invention is affixed. The top members are adapted to be press fit onto the base member after the base member has been installed on the underlying surface. In an alternative embodiment, the base member is an extruded plastic structure that provides countersunk holes to secure the base member to the underlying surface without the need for tabs.

US Patent:

54330297, Jul 18, 1995

Filed:

Mar 22, 1994

Appl. No.:

8/216488

Inventors:

Bruce A. Donoho - Mission Viejo CA
Richard V. Wells - Mission Viejo CA

International Classification:

A01M 2900

US Classification:

43 1

Abstract:

A bird repellent apparatus which is specifically designed for installation on telephone and electrical wires and the like or other extremely narrow, elongated surfaces to which it would be difficult, if not impossible to install any prior art bird repellent apparatus. More specifically, a channel member is configured for receiving a large plurality of top members in a continuous serial array, wherein preferably the prongs of a plurality of top members all lie in the same or substantially the same plane. In the preferred embodiment disclosed herein, the channel member is affixed either by adhesive materials or fastening elements to a cable clamp which, in one exemplary embodiment, comprises a pair of matching C-shaped members having flanges, at least one of which can be selectively fastened by a fastener, such as a bolt or a rivet. The clamp is adapted to encircle and compressively engage a cable, such as a telephone wire or electrical wire. A plurality of such clamps are provided to engage the cable at selectively spaced intervals to firmly secure the channel member and the attendant press fit top members to the cable.