Patent ID: 7325358

Claim:
An animal repellent device comprising: a housing having a chamber, said chamber having an upper portion and a lower portion; an odorous animal repellent received by the chamber; an opening in the chamber lower portion; a retainer received by the opening in the chamber lower portion for retaining the animal repellent in the chamber, wherein the retainer allows the permeation of the animal repellent from the chamber into the outside atmosphere; a ring for securing the retainer over the opening in the chamber, the ring further comprises a collar extending upwardly therefrom; a rigid shield member combined with the ring in a spaced apart relationship from the ring to help prevent the retainer from being damaged, wherein the rigid shield member further comprises openings that allow the permeation of the animal repellent from the chamber into the outside atmosphere; a rod having an upper end and a lower end, wherein the rod lower end is adapted to be inserted into the ground; and a connector adapted to receive the rod upper end to display the device above the ground, the connector extending downwardly from within the housing chamber and having an opening at a lower end thereof, the collar of the ring being fitted inside the opening of the connector such that the connector surrounds the collar so as to join the ring and rigid shield to the housing.