US 12,133,520 B2
Rodent protection insert for a structure opening
Henry Bennie Marshall, III, McClellanville, SC (US)
Assigned to Your Crawl Space Inc., Awendaw, SC (US)
Filed by Your Crawl Space, Inc., Awendaw, SC (US)
Filed on Oct. 25, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/049,415.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/273,603, filed on Oct. 29, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0136311 A1, May 4, 2023
Int. Cl. E04B 1/72 (2006.01); A01M 29/30 (2011.01); F24F 13/08 (2006.01)
CPC A01M 29/30 (2013.01) [E04B 1/72 (2013.01); F24F 13/082 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A rodent protection insert for a structure opening comprising:
a flexible polymer foam sheet;
at least one airflow port disposed in said flexible polymer foam sheet;
a removable plug disposed in at least one said airflow port for controlling airflow through said airflow port;
at least one protective mesh sheet movably carried on a front side of said flexible polymer foam sheet;
at least one securing member having a first portion anchored in said foam sheet and a second portion engaging said at least one protective mesh sheet, wherein said second portion loops over at least one wire of said at least one protective mesh sheet such that said at least one protective mesh sheet is movable in both horizontal and vertical directions;
whereby said at least one protective mesh sheet is mechanically connected to and adjustable relative to said front side of said flexible polymer foam sheet.