Patent ID: 8859906

Claim:
A wildlife guard assembly for an electrical insulator body, the wildlife guard assembly comprising: at least four guard members serially connected to one another such that at least one of the guard members is moveable relative to the others, wherein each of the guard members has a respective shell body; wherein the guard members are selectively movable between an open position, wherein the guard members are configured to receive the insulator body, and a closed position, wherein the shell bodies of the at least four guard members collectively form an enclosure defining a chamber to receive the insulator body such that at least a portion of the insulator body is enclosed by the enclosure; wherein: the guard members are connected to one another by hinges that enable the guard members to pivot relative to one another between the open and closed positions; each of the guard members includes: a first integral hinge connector feature of a first type proximate a first edge thereof; and a second integral hinge connector feature of a second type proximate a second edge of the guard member opposite the first edge; and the first integral hinge connector feature of each guard member is cooperatively engaged with the second integral hinge connector feature of a serially adjacent one of the guard members to form one of the hinges to hingedly couple the serially adjacent guard members to one another.