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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2000
Filed:
Aug. 11, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Lucy Waletzky, Pleasantville, NY (US);
Peter J Wilk, New York, NY (US);
Assignee:
Wilk Patent Development Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10K / ; B60R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
367139 ; 116224 ; 180287 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for chasing animals from an automobile includes a generator for producing energy which can be sensed by animals, means for mounting the generator to an automobile, and an activation device operatively connected to the generator for activating the generator upon detecting presence of an animal near the automobile. The activation device may include a motion sensor or an infrared sensor. The motion detector may take the form of an ultrasonic sensor, which is sensitive to vibrations in an ultrasonic frequency range.