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 Title: |
US5003721:
Fly deterrent apparatus
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| Country: |
US United States of America
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| Inventor: |
Underwood, James T.; San Diego, CA 92106
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| Assignee: |
None
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| Published / Filed: |
1991-04-02
/ 1990-01-05
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| Application Number: |
US1990000461331
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| IPC Code: |
Advanced:
A01M 29/34;
IPC-7:
A01M 1/00;
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| ECLA Code: |
A01M29/34;
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| U.S. Class: |
Current:
043/132.1;
Original:
043/132.1;
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| Field of Search: |
043/138,132.1,113
099/421 HH
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| Priority Number: |
| 1990-01-05 |
US1990000461331 |
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| Abstract: |
A fly deterrent apparatus that has been designed to keep flies from landing on open food placed on a table. The apparatus has a housing having a top wall into which is detachably received a vertically oriented shaft. A plunger assembly receives the shaft. A wand holder is adjustably mounted on the shaft. An elongated flexible wand is horizontally oriented with its rear end detachably captured by the wand holder. A D.C. motor, a plurality of D.C. batteries, and a switch are connected by electrical wires to form a closed circuit and they are all mounted within a housing. The switch is of the push-on/push-off type and it is structurally connected to the shaft so a predetermined amount of vertical displacement of the shaft will cause the motor to start rotating the shaft thereby causing the elongated wand to travel over the food set on the table top and create a visual disturbance that discourages flies from landing on the uncovered food.
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| Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
Logan, II, Charles C. ;
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| Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Rowan, Kurt; Miner, James
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| Family: |
None
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First Claim:
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What is claimed is:
1. A fly deterrent apparatus comprising:
- a housing having a top wall;
- a vertically oriented shaft having a top end, a bottom end and a predetermined diameter D1, said shaft having a vertical axis;
- means for rotatably mounting the bottom end of said shaft in the top wall of said housing;
- an elongated wand having a predetermined length, said wand having a front end, a rear end and a longitudinally extending axis, said wand being made of flexible material such that when it is rotated in a horizontal plane its longitudinal axis assumes a curved arc configuration; and
- means for detachably connecting the rear end of said wand to said shaft comprising a wand holder having an elongated body portion having a front end, a rear end, and a front face, a vertically oriented tubular member is formed on said rear end and it has a diameter to frictionally engage said shaft, the front face of said wand holder has a horizontally extending concave front face portion that is vertically surrounded by an upper groove, an upper flange, a lower groove and a lower flange.
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