US 12,446,566 B2
Method and apparatus for attracting and capturing birds
Brian Alan Beidle, Fishers, IN (US)
Assigned to Ecolab USA Inc., Saint Paul, MN (US)
Filed by Ecolab USA Inc., Saint Paul, MN (US)
Filed on May 24, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/322,871.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/365,355, filed on May 26, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0380405 A1, Nov. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. A01M 23/08 (2006.01); A01K 7/02 (2006.01)
CPC A01M 23/08 (2013.01) [A01K 7/02 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for attracting and capturing target animals, comprising:
a cage including a floor, a roof, walls coupled between the floor and the roof, and an entry on the roof, the entry including a frame, a hole on the entry frame, and a substantially unidirectional barrier adjacent the hole, the substantially unidirectional barrier including spikes directly coupled to the frame and one or more deflectors directly coupled to the frame, the spikes and the one or more deflectors configured and arranged to allow the target animals to enter the cage through the hole and to prevent the entered target animals from exiting the cage through the hole; and
an attracting device configured to be placed in the cage to attract the target animals into the cage.