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US Patent 7024815 - Lamp plus-insect exterminator
US Patent Issued on April 11, 2006
Estimated Patent Expiration Date:
April 22, 2017Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.
Estimated Patent Expiration Date:
April 22, 2017Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.AbstractThe invention provides a series of lamp-cum-insect exterminators in which guides serve to guide and/or deflect insects towards an extermination chamber. There is a primary light source within the guides which serves to attract insects towards the lamp and a secondary light source within the extermination chamber which serves to attract the insects down the guides into the chamber. | InventorApplicationNo. 08847750 filed on 04/22/1997US Classes:43/113, Illuminated43/107, Insect43/122Fly vasesField of Search43/107, Insect43/114, Adhesive43/113, Illuminated43/122, Fly vases43/139SuctionExaminersPrimary: Rowan, KurtUS Patent References330033, 841531, 988476, 1037688, 1231877, 1488178, 1721872, 2095986, 3465468, 4856226, Vacuum insect eradication deviceIssued on: 08/15/1989 Inventor: Taylor5157865, Cantilever type mosquito catcher Issued on: 10/27/1992 Inventor: Chang5274949, Insect trap Issued on: 01/04/1994 Inventor: Beaton5301456Portable luminous insect trap Issued on: 04/12/1994 Inventor: Jobin, et al. International ClassA01M 1/04 |
