Bird Barrier Granted Patent for its Bird Shock Flex-Track Device

CARSON, Calif. -  Bird Barrier’s Bird Shock Flex-Track Device, an electrified bird deterrent, has now been formally recognized by the United States Patent and Trademark Office, which recently granted a Patent on the device (U.S. Patent No. 7,481,021).

Bird Barrier introduced its Flex-Track electric bird deterrent in 2004. It was the first flexible product that featured a metal braid sewn onto a flexible PVC base.

“It has always been difficult to marry something hard like metal to something soft that will roll up and follow the curves of a building,” said Cameron Riddell, Bird Barrier’s founder and president. “We tried a lot of different things and finally came to the perfect marriage between a flexible plastic base and a stainless steel braid made up of hundreds of small wires. Sewing them together seemed odd at first but we quickly realized that it was the perfect way to lock the two materials together. Naturally we are extremely happy and gratified to have the United States Patent Office formally recognize our innovative and uniquely effective solution to this age-old problem.”

Bird Barrier’s Flex-Track product is installed by hundreds of PMPs across America. It is fast and easy to install, very effective, and at only ¼-inch tall, is almost invisible. Bird Shock Flex-Track deterrent is available in five different colors and comes in 50-foot rolls. The metal braids connect to a charger that sends a harmless but painful pulse down the braids every two to three seconds. This flexible product easily and durably conforms to curves and other architectural features, and comes with connectors that make it easy to turn corners or connect adjacent sections of the product together. Bird Barrier carries accessories like glue, tools and voltage testers.

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