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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5339563 | Non-toxic insect capture and killing apparatus An apparatus which may use non-toxic, non-solid attractant and non-toxic, non-solid material to kill attracted insects. A base is formed as a tapered cylinder with a solid bottom. The attractant is poured onto the bottom. Access holes are formed in the si... | 08/23/1994 |
| 5309668 | Device for trapping insects A self-contained entry device for use with a bottle for preferably trapping roaches and similar crawling insects. The entry device comprises a mesh material shaped to form a truncated cone having a narrow strip extending from the larger opening of the con... | 05/10/1994 |
| 5274949 | Insect trap The invention comprises a device for attracting and collecting flying insects. The device has an elongated clear plastic sleeve with a plurality of spaced passageways into the sleeve circumferentially around the sleeve to allow flying insects to travel th... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5253450 | Insect trap An insect trap is made by cutting and folding blanks of a pliable material. The insect trap is comprised of two pieces: a multifaceted, hollow chamber and a tubular inlet. The chamber is made from a blank of cardboard having tabs and slits which can be fo... | 10/19/1993 |
| 5243781 | Fly trap and a bait therefore A fly trap has a housing body with an entry conduit mounted within the housing body and supported therein. A lure holding tray is supported by the legs underneath the open bottom of the entry conduit and is adapted to receive a fly attractant mixture ther... | 09/14/1993 |
| 5239771 | Window fly trap A fly trap having a plurality of baffles to guide flies through an aperture into a housing body. Inside the housing is a plurality of entry chambers, passageways and a storage chamber. A hood obscures the exit from the storage chamber. Access holes into h... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5231792 | Double cone insect trap An insect trap is disclosed which includes a double-cone structure having a receiving chamber for an attractive composition with a tapered surface and a retaining chamber for placement thereon. A conical indentation formed in the bottom of the retaining c... | 08/03/1993 |
| 5231791 | Insect trap An insect trap comprising a base defining a receptacle with an open top, a bait support supported by the base, the periphery of the base supporting an intermediate cover and a light transmissive cover, said intermediate cover having an aperture providing ... | 08/03/1993 |
| 5226254 | Assembly for insect trap An assembly for an insect trap including a curvilinear cover member having an inlet for attracted insects is set forth. The inlet is adapted to prevent return of trapped insects through the inlet. Also set forth is a bag having a mouth, the bag having a b... | 07/13/1993 |
| 5184417 | Flea trap apparatus A flea trap includes a cylindrical housing having a housing lower edge received in contiguous communication with a base upper edge of a housing base. The housing base includes a desiccant powder container receiving a desiccant powder therewithin, with a h... | 02/09/1993 |
| 5133150 | Insect trap for gypsy moths and other flying insects The insect trap apparatus of the invention includes two chambers into which gypsy moths and other insects are attracted. The chamber entrances are restricted by shutters and flanges to limit the insect from exiting therefrom. The insect is attracted into ... | 07/28/1992 |
| 5081788 | Wind-oriented funnel trap An insect trap for attracting and capturing flying insects. The apparatus includes a chamber for holding an insect attractant and exposing the same to a current of air, and having a first opening allowing passage of air but not insects therein. Positioned... | 01/21/1992 |
| 4986024 | Insect trap An insect trap utilizing an attractant to attract flies to the device and a poison to kill the flies. The trap has an outer housing open on its upper and lower ends, and a cap which fits onto the upper end of the housing. The cap has a central aperture an... | 01/22/1991 |
| 4980990 | Insect trap for a bird feeder An insect trap used in combination with a bird feeder which presents a water barrier to isolate movement of insects onto the bird feeder which hangs therefrom. Basically, the trap presents a water receiving cavity defined by a base wall, a side wall and a... | 01/01/1991 |
| 4977701 | Tamper resistant flying insect control device This invention relates to the use of a poisoned substance to kill flying insects and to the isolation of this substance from the surrounding environment. It deals specifically with the use of a device that will attract the insects into an enclosed are tha... | 12/18/1990 |
| 4966099 | Pet feeder and method for feeding A pet feeder comprising a base member, an upstanding support rod having one end secured to the base member, a disk-like support plate secured to the other end of the support rod, a liquid receptacle secured to the support rod intermediate the ends thereof... | 10/30/1990 |
| 4930251 | Insect trap An insect trap of the non-toxic adhesive type is constructed from a housing suitably sized for trapping flying insects and the like. The housing, which may be constructed in a decorative and ornamental manner, is provided with a top which is longitudinall... | 06/05/1990 |
| 4908977 | Device for killing arthropods An improved device for killing arthropods characterized by a sloped target area that contains a toxicant, the device being devoid of any containment vessel for dead arthropods.... | 03/20/1990 |
| 4899485 | Disposable insect trap with flexible container A containment-type trap for flying insects provides a rigid, opaque top element of elongate shape that is carried within an orifice defined in the top of a flat, flexible, partially transparent container bag to support that bag. The top member provides en... | 02/13/1990 |
| 4873787 | Entry structure for flexible bag type insect trap Entry structure for a containment type insect trap having a flexible containment bag is disclosed. A first disposable configuration of my entry structure provides a vaned column slidably carried in a fastening plate to move from an inward closed position ... | 10/17/1989 |
| 4858374 | Bee trap A bee trap particularly suited for yellow jacket bees having a housing with an enclosed bottom which retains some attractant liquid. A snap fit lid is provided to enclose the upper end of the housing. One or more horizontally extending bee entrance tubes ... | 08/22/1989 |
| 4856226 | Vacuum insect eradication device An insect eradication device utilizes an incandescent light source to lure insects into a predetermined zone proximal the apparatus enclosure. A suction fan establishes a sub-atmospheric region within the enclosure. Insects with the predetermined zone are... | 08/15/1989 |
| 4794724 | Containment type insect trap An insect trap, particularly a yellow jacket trap of improved efficiency has novel combination entryway and bait tray elements supported in its side walls. It also has provision for containing both liquid and solid insect bait in its bottom portion. Insec... | 01/03/1989 |
| 4793092 | Fly trap A fly trap comprises a funnel housed in a container which guides flies from a portal in the container to the container interior wherein they are unable to wend their way back out.... | 12/27/1988 |
| 4738049 | Fly trap A fly trap comprised of a pair of upper and lower superimposed synthetic plastic trap sections defining an interior fly capturing chamber therebetween. The lower trap section has a centrally located upwardly dished fly collecting pocket with a fly admitti... | 04/19/1988 |
| 4718193 | Traps for flying insects A trap for flying insects, such as flies, comprises a watertight can having a bottom and an imperforate wall upstanding from the bottom, a cap having an opening therethrough and removably interengageable with the wall of the can, and a cylinder having a b... | 01/12/1988 |
| 4706410 | Insect trap The insect trap of the present invention comprises a conical shell having a downwardly and inwardly tapered sidewall and an upstanding annular rim provided at the top of the sidewall. Baffles are positioned within the conical shell and extend upwardly the... | 11/17/1987 |
| 4694604 | Gas or vapor dispersing apparatus Apparatus for dispersing a gaseous or vaporized pheromone trail into the atmosphere under determined conditions comprises first container (10) in which a pheromone source (22) is located. Means (12) to create and upward draught is provided surmounting the... | 09/22/1987 |
| 4642936 | Multi-functional high capacity insect trap A multi functional high capacity insect trap for efficiently trapping insects especially flying insects. The insect trap uses a lure to attract the insects and comprises a base wall, a side wall and a funnel member, attached to the side wall, with its nar... | 02/17/1987 |
| 4638592 | Fly trap and attractant therefore A containment type fly trap providing a translucent container releasably carrying an opaque yellow-green to yellow top with structure to aid hanging support. The top is upwardly convex and defines plural downwardly extending indentations each carrying in ... | 01/27/1987 |
| 4611425 | Boll weevil trap A boll weevil trap has a base member, an inverted wire mesh funnel on top of the base member, a capture chamber mounted over the apex of the funnel, further including a funnel jacket releasably mounted on the mouth of the funnel to retain the funnel in pl... | 09/16/1986 |
| 4592163 | Telescoping carton and insect trap A multipurpose, collapsible carton formed of telescopically connected inner and outer members is used, in a preferred embodiment, as a disposable insect trap. The inner container member has closed bottom and side walls, and a funnel-shaped top wall. The o... | 06/03/1986 |
| 4571880 | Access structure for use in trapping flying insects, and fly trap including such structure An access structure 10 for use in trapping flying insects comprises a lid member 12 having a horizontal top portion 24, an access opening 26 in the top portion, and a downwardly depending tubular wall 28 defining a downwardly open passage 30 leading from ... | 02/25/1986 |
| 4557069 | Insect trap arrangement, kit therefor and method of making the same An insect trap arrangement, kit therefor and method of making the same are provided, the trap arrangement comprising a lure unit for attracting insects thereto and causing the attracted insects to fall by gravity therefrom, an insect storage container hav... | 12/10/1985 |
| 4551941 | Insect trap selective for wasps A transparent cylindrical insect trap provides a bottom entry to a circular truncated entry cone that exits into a cylindrical entrapment chamber, all configured to inhibit insect exit therefrom. The trap top provides a screened orifice to allow volatile ... | 11/12/1985 |
| 4505065 | Insect trap An insect trap for catching flying forest insects, particularly bark beet, has a hollow body adapted to accommodate an insect attractant and defined at least in part by a vertical wall structure; a plurality of distributed apertures provided in the wall ... | 03/19/1985 |
| 4501088 | Fly trap with disposable collector A multiple chamber fly trap contains approximately concentric screens defining a region within the inner screen into which the flies enter for the bait, an annular second region between the screens into which the flies enter to escape to the light, and a ... | 02/26/1985 |
| 4493161 | Trap for flying insects A flying insect trap has a hollow body with a bottom portion. A plurality of legs are connected to said body and this body has an aperture in its bottom portion. A pair of transparent baffles are mounted inside the body and extend upwardly and converge to... | 01/15/1985 |
| 4476647 | Japanese beetle trap This disclosure relates to Japanese beetle traps, preferably made from a throw away type two liter plastic bottle, with inwardly curved baffles providing an inner flange with holes to permit a scent to escape to lure the beetles and with additional flange... | 10/16/1984 |
| 4471563 | Insect trap An insect trap for use in monitoring or suppressing flying insects, such as bark beetles. The trap comprises a plurality of conical members or funnels, and spacing members for spacing the funnels a predetermined distance when in use, and providing for nes... | 09/18/1984 |
