1. A motorized window shade system comprised of a spring box, a metal cable, an attachment means, and a powered window shade,
the powered window shade a flat shade made of flexible material with a motorized retractor attached to its upper end capable of completely retracting said shade to the top of a window, the motorized retractor operating at a rate of at least 80 rpm in order to raise the flat shade at a minimum 9.62 inches per second,
the spring box a rectangular container with an opening at one end through which said metal cable passes, possessing in its interior a spring that places tension on said cable,
a metal cable covered in an ultraviolet-resistant frictionless medium, said metal cable attached to the lower end of said powered window shade at an attachment point with said attachment means,
the attachment means a hook at one end of the metal cable that fits removably over the attachment point at the lower end of the window shade, the attachment point a permanent metal stanchion,
the motorized retractor capable of retracting or releasing said window shade from said retractor in combination with the cable tension provided by the spring box, said tension keeping the window shade tau at all times to maintain the window shade at a set distance from the window to parallel the sloped glass found in Air Traffic Control Towers (ATCTs), the slope approximately a 15-degree angle by design to minimize distracting light reflections.
2. The motorized window shade system of claim 1 where the spring in said spring box is a flat spring wound to provide even pull on said cable.
3. The motorized window shade system of claim 1 where the frictionless medium is poly vinyl chloride (PVC) plastic.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A pheromone attractant composition for attracting the green mirid, Creontiades dilutus (St{dot over (a)}l), comprising as the component active in attracting green mirids an effective amount of an admixture of hexyl hexanoate and (E)-2-hexenyl hexanoate.
2. A pheromone attractant composition as claimed in claim 1 in which the ratio of hexyl hexanoate to (E)-2-hexenyl hexanoate is in the range of 3:1 to 7:1.
3. A pheromone attractant composition as claimed in claim 2 wherein the ratio of hexyl hexanoate to (E)-2-hexenyl hexanoate is about 5:1.
4. A method for attracting male green mirids, Creontiades dilutus (St{dot over (a)}l), to a locus comprising applying an effective amount of (E)-2-hexenyl hexanoate to said locus.
5. A method as claimed in claim 4 wherein hexyl hexanoate is also applied to said locus.
6. A method as claimed in claim 5 wherein a composition comprising hexyl hexanoate and (E)-2-hexenyl hexanoate in a ratio of 7:1 to 3:1 is applied to said locus.
7. A method as claimed in claim 6 wherein a composition comprising hexyl hexanoate and (E)-2-hexenyl hexanoate in a ratio of about 5:1 is applied to said locus.
8. A method as claimed in claim 4 wherein a toxicant for green mirids is applied to said locus.
9. A method as claimed in claim 8 wherein said locus constitutes a portion of the crop and the toxicant is applied to this portion some time after application of (E)-2-hexenyl hexanoate andor hexyl hexanoate.
10. A method of killing male green mirids comprising applying (E)-2-hexenyl hexanoate to a locus to which a toxicant for green mirids has been applied or is applied.
11. A lure for male green mirids comprising release means adapted to store and progressively release a pheromone attractant composition for attracting the green mirid comprising, as the component active in attracting green mirids, an effective amount of an admixture of hexyl hexanoate and (E)-2-hexenyl hexanoate.
12. A lure as claimed in claim 11 wherein said release means comprises a solid matrix impregnated with said admixture.
13. A lure as claimed in claim 11 wherein said release means comprises a compartment segregated from the atmosphere by a septum.
14. A method of disrupting the mating of the green mirid by applying (E)-2 hexenyl hexanoate to a portion of a crop, without insecticide, in sufficient quantities to cause male green mirids to be unable to locate females, thus preventing mating and reducing the size of the next generation.
15. A method as claimed in claim 14 wherein (E)-2-hexenyl hexanoate is applied in combination with hexyl hexanoate.
16. A composition for attracting male green mirids comprising an effective amount of (E)-2-hexenyl hexanoate and an inert carrier.
17. A composition for attracting male green mirids comprising an effective amount of an admixture of hexyl hexanoate and (E)-2-hexenyl hexanoate and an inert carrier.