Bird-friendly Sheet (flat) Glass (Klem-glass) and Sheet (flat) Plastic (Klem-plastic): panes with patterns that result in birds avoiding the space occupied by these windows and thereby preventing birds from being killed or injured by colliding with (striking) clear and tinted glass and plastic

摘要

Through various means, a visible or invisible uniform pattern to the normal human eye is created in sheet (flat pane) glass or plastic. The patterns are visible to the normal avian eye but may or may not be visible to the normal human eye. The elements forming the pattern: (1) uniformly cover an entire pane (sheet) of flat glass or plastic, (2) are of any shape or size, and (3) are separated by 5 centimeters (2 inches) or less and arranged in horizontal rows, vertical columns, both horizontal rows and vertical columns, or any other parallel arrangement of elements with similar spacing and variously angled from either or both the horizontal row and vertical column orientation. The elements forming the pattern are visible to birds viewing clear or tinted sheet (flat pane) glass or plastic. The patterns create a visual warning about the glass hazard in the environment. Such patterned glass or plastic are for use in all human structures: commercial, residential, and any other designated function having any of its exterior surface composed of sheet (flat pane) glass or plastic that faces the surrounding outside environment. The installation of this sheet (flat pane) glass or plastic in new and existing human structures will save the lives of billions of birds worldwide, among them the rare, threatened and endangered species that fall under the protection of the national laws of sovereign nations and international treaties.