Barrier structure for controlling ground crawling, non-burrowing

Details Barrier structure for controlling ground crawling, non-burrowing Barrier structure for controlling ground crawling, non-burrowing

1980-05-27

1982-03-16

Jones, Jr., James L.

Fishing, trapping, and vermin destroying

Traps

Insect

A01M 110

Patent

active

043194230

ABSTRACT:
A barrier structure for controlling such ground crawling, non-burrowing insects as slugs, and suitable for being placed around a garden area, is provided by elongate sections of intermediate gauge wire mesh folded lengthwise to form in transverse section an inverted L-shape having vertical and horizontal wall segments, and that is further modified to include a downwardly depending lip portion on the outboard edge of the horizontal wall segment. The barrier structure is secured by heavy gauge wire stakes to the ground so that the lower edge of the vertical wall segment is pressed down into the soil, disposing the horizontal segment and the dependent lip in a position elevated above the surrounding ground level and oriented away from the protected garden area. Ground crawling insects climb up the vertical wall segment of the barrier, and then outwardly on the horizontal segment, while upside down, until encountering the downwardly depending lip which either causes them to retreat, or to lose their hold and drop to the ground without traversing the barrier. Further embodiments include an arrangement of the insect barrier as a protective skirt adjacent the footing of a building wall to prevent insects from crawling up onto the building' s exterior, and an arrangement of the barrier structure as an insect trap in which the non-traversable lip and supporting horizontal wall segment are oriented inwardly toward a confined entrapment area which may be baited with an insect attractant.

REFERENCES:
patent: 395678 (1889-01-01), Wiebrock
patent: 1373827 (1921-04-01), Nelson et al.
patent: 2315989 (1943-04-01), Tennison et al.

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