Patent ID: 8438998

Claim:
An avian flight diverter, comprising: a) a body having a tubular member having a length disposed between a first end and a second end, said tubular member having an internal surface which defines an inside space of sufficient volume to receive within said inside space an aerial line; b) a slot which extends longitudinally between said first end and said second end of said tubular member, said tubular member having a flexed condition which locates opposed sides of said slot sufficiently apart to allow said aerial line to pass through said slot to have a location within said inside space and said tubular member returns from said flexed condition to an unflexed condition which locates said opposed sides of said slot sufficiently close together to retain said aerial line within said inside space of said tubular member; c) an avian flight diverting member joined to said tubular member, said avian flight diverting member having a first component and a second component joined in opposed fixed angled relation to said tubular member, each component having a first face and a second face, said first face and said second face having a surface area sufficient to divert flight of an avian animal away from said aerial line; and d) a stretchable member having a first end and a second end, said first end of said stretchable member coupled to said first component proximate said first end of said tubular member and said second end of said stretchable member coupled to said second component proximate said second end of said tubular member, said first end of said stretchable member and said second end of said stretchable member coupled on opposite sides of said slot, said stretchable member stretchably engaging said aerial line passing through said slot, said stretchable member received within said inside space between said internal surface and said aerial line to maintain said tubular member in fixed relation to said aerial line.