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Systems and methods for controlling iguana infestation
11690372 · 2023-07-04 · ·

A system and method of controlling iguana infestation is provided. The system and method, being harmless to people and pets, can include a wall barrier, sea barrier, ground barrier, and climbing (tree, piling) barrier. The iguana sea wall barrier prevents iguanas from accessing property from the water. Iguana piling wraps can be included to prohibit access to the property via the dock. Iguana tree guards can be included to prevent iguanas from climbing up into trees.

Beehive excluder including stacked rows of openings and cantilevered extension clips
11540494 · 2023-01-03 · ·

A beehive excluder, for preventing rodent and other animal intrusion, is configured to be coupled to the opening of a beehive and includes a body defining a first upper and second lower row of openings into a beehive. Each opening of each row is configured to allow the bees to land and proceed through the opening without traversing a vertical abutment. The body includes a dividing ridge extending the excluder's width, wherein a plurality of openings include vertical sidewalls extending from the dividing ridge and sloping toward the interior of the beehive. The body is a one piece molded structure and further includes clip members configured to couple the excluder to the beehive, wherein the clip members are formed by a plurality of cantilevered extension members extending into the beehive opening with upwardly extending detent members on distal ends thereof.

Beehive excluder including stacked rows of openings and cantilevered extension clips
11540494 · 2023-01-03 · ·

A beehive excluder, for preventing rodent and other animal intrusion, is configured to be coupled to the opening of a beehive and includes a body defining a first upper and second lower row of openings into a beehive. Each opening of each row is configured to allow the bees to land and proceed through the opening without traversing a vertical abutment. The body includes a dividing ridge extending the excluder's width, wherein a plurality of openings include vertical sidewalls extending from the dividing ridge and sloping toward the interior of the beehive. The body is a one piece molded structure and further includes clip members configured to couple the excluder to the beehive, wherein the clip members are formed by a plurality of cantilevered extension members extending into the beehive opening with upwardly extending detent members on distal ends thereof.

Couch-floor gap bumper
11517119 · 2022-12-06 ·

A bumper designed to block a gap in between a couch and the floor, preventing household items, pets, and children from going into the space underneath couches, and, thus, eliminating messes, damage, injury, or loss. The bumper may be made of corrugated paper, heavy paperboard, or cardboard. The bumper may comprise a flat, rectangular body segmented into flat, rectangular sections using parallel folds, where the sections are configured to secure the bumper in between the couch and the floor. The bumper is setback from the couch frame perimeter to not be obtrusive, strong enough to resist inward pressure, and, in some embodiments, may contain cut lines and fold lines. A plurality of bumpers may, through a series of truncations, be customized to fully block access to the space underneath the couch for variety of couch lengths, widths, and heights.

Couch-floor gap bumper
11517119 · 2022-12-06 ·

A bumper designed to block a gap in between a couch and the floor, preventing household items, pets, and children from going into the space underneath couches, and, thus, eliminating messes, damage, injury, or loss. The bumper may be made of corrugated paper, heavy paperboard, or cardboard. The bumper may comprise a flat, rectangular body segmented into flat, rectangular sections using parallel folds, where the sections are configured to secure the bumper in between the couch and the floor. The bumper is setback from the couch frame perimeter to not be obtrusive, strong enough to resist inward pressure, and, in some embodiments, may contain cut lines and fold lines. A plurality of bumpers may, through a series of truncations, be customized to fully block access to the space underneath the couch for variety of couch lengths, widths, and heights.

SEALS FOR DOCK LEVELLING SYSTEMS, METHODS OF SEALING GAPS IN DOCK LEVELLING SYSTEMS, AND METHODS OF ARRANGING SEALS FOR DOCK LEVELLING SYSTEMS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORTATION

A seal for a dock levelling system including a movable ramp arranged within a recess. The seal is for sealing a gap between a side of the movable ramp and a wall of the recess, and including a flexible strip formed of a flexible material, and on each longitudinal edge of the flexible strip, an attachment strip for attaching the flexible strip to the side of the movable ramp. The seal is arranged so that when the attachment strips are attached adjacently to each other to the side of the movable ramp, the material of the flexible strip between the attachment strips forms a closed loop extending out from the side of the movable ramp to the wall of the recess, to seal the gap between the side of the movable ramp and the wall of the recess.

SEALS FOR DOCK LEVELLING SYSTEMS, METHODS OF SEALING GAPS IN DOCK LEVELLING SYSTEMS, AND METHODS OF ARRANGING SEALS FOR DOCK LEVELLING SYSTEMS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORTATION

A seal for a dock levelling system including a movable ramp arranged within a recess. The seal is for sealing a gap between a side of the movable ramp and a wall of the recess, and including a flexible strip formed of a flexible material, and on each longitudinal edge of the flexible strip, an attachment strip for attaching the flexible strip to the side of the movable ramp. The seal is arranged so that when the attachment strips are attached adjacently to each other to the side of the movable ramp, the material of the flexible strip between the attachment strips forms a closed loop extending out from the side of the movable ramp to the wall of the recess, to seal the gap between the side of the movable ramp and the wall of the recess.

Bird deterrent system
11613893 · 2023-03-28 ·

A pest deterrent system is provided by an elongate flat flexible panel configured to be formed into a compressed bowed shape and installed in the compressed bowed shape onto a portion of a roof support and an underside of roof sheathing. The bowed shape of the installed panel frictionally secures the panel in place adjacent the roof support and the roof sheathing without the use of fasteners.

Bird deterrent system
11613893 · 2023-03-28 ·

A pest deterrent system is provided by an elongate flat flexible panel configured to be formed into a compressed bowed shape and installed in the compressed bowed shape onto a portion of a roof support and an underside of roof sheathing. The bowed shape of the installed panel frictionally secures the panel in place adjacent the roof support and the roof sheathing without the use of fasteners.

Rat and vermin barrier suitable for installation in a sewage pipe
11470838 · 2022-10-18 · ·

Barrier (1) for being installed at least partly within a sewage pipe, wherein said barrier (1) comprises two support wings (4) forming an outer shell of said barrier, one or more shutters (6), at least one shutter guide mechanism (7), and a mounting tube (8), and wherein said barrier (1) having a pipe shaped outer shell installable in the sewage pipe, and said barrier having a longitudinal axis X along said pipe shaped outer shell, wherein said shutter (6) is partly covered by said support wings (4), and wherein said support wings (4) are placed along the longitudinal axis X, wherein said support wings (4) are adapted to pivot about a wing hinge (10) positioned on a frame housing (9) of said barrier, wherein said barrier is adapted for having said shutter (6) capable of pivoting about a shutter hinge (15) provided in said frame housing (9) of said barrier, where said shutter (6) having a closed position and a more or less open position, where the shutter (6) is capable of pivoting from a substantially vertical closed position to an angular open position away from vertical in one direction along the longitudinal axis X, where said shutter guide mechanism (7) is capable of controlling said shutter movement direction from a first direction to a second direction opposite to the first direction, along the longitudinal axis X, and furthermore said shutter guide mechanism is capable of adjusting a shutter kip angle a, where shutter kip angle a is the angle from the shutters vertical closing position to maximum angular opening position, and said shutter guide mechanism (7) being capable of preventing the shutter to move in the respective opposite direction to the first or second direction along the longitudinal axis X.