Rooster Collar with Mesh Zones for Crowing Noise Reduction
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Solution Overview
Problem
Crowing roosters can create disturbances and noise violations in residential areas, necessitating a solution to reduce or eliminate the sound without harming the birds.
Innovation Solution
A rooster collar designed to encircle the neck, with a width spanning at least 50% of the neck length, featuring lengthwise strips, a mesh portion, and secure attachment means to restrict neck expansion, thereby reducing crowing volume.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Object-generated harmful factors
If a rooster collar is designed to restrict neck expansion to reduce crowing volume, then the noise disturbance is reduced, but the breathing freedom may be compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The collar is designed with differentiated zones: a wider front portion (at least 50% of collar width) that restricts neck expansion to reduce crowing volume, and side portions with mesh material that allow airflow for breathing. This local differentiation resolves the contradiction by applying restriction only where needed for noise reduction while maintaining breathing freedom in other areas.
Solution Approach 2:
The collar incorporates mesh material in the side portions, providing flexibility and permeability to allow air passage for breathing while maintaining the structural integrity needed for crowing restriction. The mesh film allows airflow through its structure, resolving the contradiction between restriction and breathing freedom.
2Object-generated harmful factors
If the collar width spans at least 50% of the neck length to effectively restrict expansion, then crowing volume is reduced, but the collar complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The collar is segmented into distinct functional zones: a wider front portion for crowing restriction and narrower side portions for breathing. This segmentation allows the collar to achieve effective crowing volume reduction through the widened front section without requiring the entire collar to be complex, as the side portions remain simpler with mesh material.
Solution Approach 2:
The collar applies local quality by concentrating the width increase (at least 50% of collar width) in the front portion where crowing restriction is most effective, while keeping the side portions narrower and simpler with mesh material. This localized approach reduces overall collar complexity while maintaining effectiveness.
3Ease of operation
If the collar is designed to allow unrestricted breathing through mesh portions, then breathing freedom is maintained, but the crowing restriction effectiveness may be reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The collar implements local quality by providing mesh material specifically in the side portions where breathing occurs, while maintaining solid construction in the front portion for effective crowing restriction. This spatial differentiation allows breathing freedom where needed without compromising crowing restriction effectiveness.
Solution Approach 2:
The collar segments the breathing and crowing restriction functions to different areas: mesh material in side portions for breathing freedom, and wider solid construction in the front portion for crowing restriction. This functional segmentation ensures both breathing freedom and crowing restriction effectiveness are achieved simultaneously.
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AI summary
A method for limiting the volume of a crow of a rooster includes providing a collar that includes a strip of flexible material. The collar includes a securing element disposed on the strip and configured to secure the collar at the neck of the rooster. The method includes placing the collar around the neck of the rooster such that the strip encircles the neck of the rooster. After placing the collar around the neck of the rooster, securing the collar at the neck of the rooster via the securing element at a position and at a tightness around the neck of the rooster such that expansion of the neck of the rooster for breathing is allowed and further expansion of the neck of the rooster for crowing is restricted by the collar.