IP Library Granted Patent US 7,320,295
Granted Patent B2
US 7,320,295 · App. 11/441,762 · Granted Jan 22, 2008

Squirrel house with predator protection

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 7,320,295
App. No.
11/441,762
Granted
Jan 22, 2008
Kind
B2
Abstract

A squirrel house that can be used for shelter from predators, from cold weather and for providing a den for a breeding pair of squirrels to build a nest for raising a family of young squirrels, having a front wall including a side access hole, a floor having a bottom access opening, a pair of matching side walls supporting a shed roof end extending at a slight incline from the back wall to and over the side access wall being supported along the tapered top edges of the side walls. The squirrel house also employs multiple predator guards including a predator guard mounted on the roof, an internal predator guard, an interior baffle to reduce access by a predator, and a roof guard comprising projections on the roof to hinder predator access from the roof, and where there is a separate exit hole for the nesting squirrel(s) to exit while a predator attempts to enter through a predator guard hole.

Claims (3)

1. A squirrel house on a tree comprising: a) projections on a roof to hinder predator access from the roof; b) an interior baffle to reduce access by a predator; c) and a separate exit opening for the nesting squirrel(s) to exit while the predator attempts to enter through an access opening.

2. A squirrel house of claim 1 wherein the house is attached by a dual attaching means.

3. A squirrel house on a tree comprising: a) attachment by a dual attaching means; b) projections on a roof to hinder predator access from the roof; c) and a separate exit opening for the nesting squirrel(s) to exit while the predator attempts to enter through an access opening.

Continuity (2)
Continuation In Part 1077840600 · Feb 14, 2004
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