Call Rick Martin, Patent Attorney 800-575-8263 LIGHTNING ELIMINATORS & CONSULTANTS, INC. The leading preventative lightning strike manufacturer uses the Patent Law Offices of Rick Martin, P.C. for all aspects of its business. U.S. Patent No. 5,073,678 Underwriters Laboratories lists lightning protection components as described in their UL-96, Third Edition Publication. The present invention improves on the basic lightning rod systems. The improvement provides a multiplicity of points extending in all directions from the top of a supporting rod which is designed to fit the conventional lightning rod mounting bases. The points are separated and configured to carry an above average lightning strike current flow. The result is a hybrid lightning air terminal and lightning prevention system module named the Spline Ball Terminal (SBT). The SBT partially equalizes the charge differential between the protected site and the cloud thereby preventing many strokes from occurring. If a high energy stroke does enter the protected zone, then the SBT acts like a traditional UL approved lightning rod, but with much greater efficiency. The SBT is the only UL listed hybrid lightning dissipation and lightning rod system that can satisfy both design criteria. CLOSE THIS WINDOW