ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,604,884, issued on April 21.
"Animal-repelling device" was invented by Stephen McGovern (New Bern, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The animal-repelling device may include a base, a pop-up figure, a linear actuator, a tension spring, and an electronics unit. The animal-repelling device may be adapted to discourage deer from eating vegetation or used as a holiday decoration. The base may be placed on the ground with the pop-up figure initially in a horizontal orientation. Upon detecting motion, the electronics unit may energize the linear actuator to move the pop-up figure to a vertical orientation, light a plurality of LED lights, an...