Bird control arrangement

Abstract

An anti-bird assembly for the prevention of landing of birds on the ledge of a building comprising a plurality of spaced apart brackets. Each bracket comprises a base flange for attachment of the assembly to a building. A frame portion is connected to the base flange, and an arrangement of arms are connected to the frame portion, each of the arms having a distal end with a wire attachment node thereon. A wire is arranged between corresponding wire attachment nodes of corresponding arms on adjacent spaced apart brackets to effect prevention of birds landing between spaced apart brackets on the building.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] This invention relates to anti-bird frame assemblies which are attachable to the ledges of buildings for the purpose of preventing birds from landing and nesting thereon. [0003] 2. Prior Art [0004] The problems of birds sitting or nesting on buildings has been around for centuries. The upper ridges or ledges of a building provide and ideal safe location for birds to enjoy. Birds, being very gregarious will often roost on buildings in large numbers. These birds may typically be pigeons, starlings, sparrows, or finches. These birds leave behind bird guano (a.k.a. droppings). These droppings deface the stone and metal of the building, because of the acidity in that guano. This will cause permanent damage to the substrata of a building. [0005] Anti bird arrangements have also included nets which may be arranged around the ledges or corners of the upper portions of those buildings. Other arrangements for such anti-bird d...

AI Technical Summary

Benefits of technology

[0015] The securement openings are arranged in perpendicular alignment to the plane of the support bracket so as to maximize the ability of the support bracket to stay attached to the building even after numerous “landings” by birds on the wire. If the securement openings were arranged parallel to the plane of the support bracket those openings would be more likely to cause damage to the building by being too close to the edge of a ledge, and not provide resistance to back and forth rocking of the frame assembly and thus and come loose more easily.

[0017] The arms may include a first arm, a second arm and a middle arm. The first arm, the middle arm and the second arm each have a longitudinal axis, the first arm and the second arm are separated by an angle of about 90 to about 120 degrees between one another. The middle arm is spaced apart from both the first and second arms by an angle of about 45 degrees to about 60 degrees. The spaced-apart angle is preferably the same for both the first and second arms with respect to the middle arm. The wire attachment node of the middle arm is preferably spaced a vertical distance away from the base flange of about ½ to 1 inch further apart from the wire attachment node of the first arm. The wire attachment node of the middle arm is preferably spaced a horizontal distance away from the wire attachment node of the first arm by a distance of about 2 and ½ inches to 3 inches. The base flange has at least two spaced apart openings and preferably three therein for easier securement of the bracket to spaced apart mortar joints or the like, in any building ledge, at least two of the spaced apart openings in the bracket being in perpendicular alignment with the frame portion. The preferred triangular pattern of the openings in the base flange prevents twisting of the bracket when the arms and their connecting wires are tensioned and that pattern allows single fix attachment when wires are attached immediately between adjacent brackets. Fewer location points for the attachment process results in fewer penetration points in the building's substrata. At least one of the brackets preferably has an arm with a spring secured to the wire connected to an arm thereof.

Problems solved by technology

The problems of birds sitting or nesting on buildings has been around for centuries.

Birds, being very gregarious will often roost on buildings in large numbers.

These droppings deface the stone and metal of the building, because of the acidity in that guano.

This will cause permanent damage to the substrata of a building.

Often devices like this might injure the birds, impale them and such devices require a high number of securement locations by which those devices are attached to the building.

Such devices are often unsightly themselves.

Also, by increasing the number of attachment locations on a given building, such attachment mechanisms may be dangerous to the buildings as well.

Images