Patent ID: 9706767
Date: 2017-07-18
CPC Classifications: A01M

Claim:
1. An avian collision averter, comprising: a tubular member having a length and width, said length disposed between a first end and a second end, said length being greater than said width, said tubular member having an internal surface defining an inside space of sufficient volume that receives an aerial line; a slot which permanently extends longitudinally between said first end and said second end of said tubular member, said tubular member having a flexed condition which disposes opposed slot sides of said slot a sufficient distance apart to allow said aerial line to pass through said slot to be located within said inside space, said tubular member having an unflexed condition which disposes said opposed slot sides of said slot sufficiently close together to allow retention of said aerial line within said inside space of said tubular member; a resilient compressible element disposed within said inside space, said resilient compressible element comprises a compressible material that is compressed to a reduced volume by the aerial line to allow said aerial line to be located within said inside space and decompressible to an increased volume to maintain said tubular body in generally fixed relation to said aerial line, wherein said resilient compressible element further comprises only a single pair of resilient compressible detents coupled to said internal surface of said tubular member, each of said pair of resilient compressible detents disposed one each proximate said opposed slot sides; and an avian collision averting member joined to said tubular member, said avian collision averting member including at least a first component having flat first and second faces disposed in opposed relation to one another.