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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 03, 2004
Filed:
Jul. 11, 2003
Robert De France, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Delri LLC, Winsted, CT (US);
Abstract
A wildlife guard for live electrical power equipment to prevent wildlife from simultaneously contacting an electrically energized surface and an electrically grounded surface, which includes an arcuate member having a peripheral surface. An array of petals is carried on the arcuate member extend radially outward from the peripheral surface. Each of the petals is movable from a first position in which each of the petals is substantially coincident with a plane of the arcuate member and a second position that is oblique to the plane. Each of the petals is biased to a position that is substantially coincident with the plane. A pair of arcuate shoes are dimensioned and configured for engagement with an associated apparatus that is being protected.