Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Beehive excluder including stacked rows of openings and cantilevered extension clips
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Application No.: US17031414Application Date: 2020-09-24
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Publication No.: US11540494B2Publication Date: 2023-01-03
- Inventor: David Rice
- Applicant: Highview Holdings LLC.
- Applicant Address: US PA Wexford
- Assignee: Highview Holdings LLC.
- Current Assignee: Highview Holdings LLC.
- Current Assignee Address: US PA Wexford
- Agency: BLK Law Group
- Agent Blynn L. Shideler; Krisanne Shideler
- Main IPC: A01K47/02
- IPC: A01K47/02 ; A01M29/30 ; A01K47/06

Abstract:
A beehive excluder, for preventing rodent and other animal intrusion, is configured to be coupled to the opening of a beehive and includes a body defining a first upper and second lower row of openings into a beehive. Each opening of each row is configured to allow the bees to land and proceed through the opening without traversing a vertical abutment. The body includes a dividing ridge extending the excluder's width, wherein a plurality of openings include vertical sidewalls extending from the dividing ridge and sloping toward the interior of the beehive. The body is a one piece molded structure and further includes clip members configured to couple the excluder to the beehive, wherein the clip members are formed by a plurality of cantilevered extension members extending into the beehive opening with upwardly extending detent members on distal ends thereof.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210084868A1 BEEHIVE EXCLUDER Public/Granted day:2021-03-25
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