Patent ID: 8162292
Filing Date: 2012-04-24
Classification: A01K,E04H

Abstract:
1. An animal barrier device comprising a wall or fence, one or more elongate rotating bodies and fixture means adapted to mount the one or more elongate rotating bodies on said wall or fence, in which said wall or fence comprises a first side, and stands with said first side arranged vertically, in which said wall or fence comprises a top surface perpendicular to said first side, in which said one or more elongate rotating bodies are mounted on said wall or fence above and in parallel with said top surface such that they lie in the direct path of an animal attempting to pass over the wall or fence, in which the fixture means comprises bases with elongate sockets and axles which rotatably support each rotating body such that they are rotatable about a longitudinal axis extending along their centre, in which said axles are disposed without biasing in said elongate sockets, and in which said sockets are arranged perpendicular with said first side and parallel in longitudinal direction with a width-wise extent of said top surface such that the axles move in use back and forth above said wall or fence along a line substantially normal to said longitudinal axis and perpendicular with said first side and parallel with a width-wise extent of said top surface.