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US 12,114,610 B2Granted
Repellent delivery device with glycerin soap body and related methods
AssigneeRadical AG Tech, Inc.
InventorsScott K. Thompson, Thomas A. Thayer, Jr., James Murray Shinn
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Abstract
A repellent delivery device may include a body having a hygroscopic base material, and one or more of an insecticide, and an insect repellent. The repellent delivery device may have a support structure coupled between the body and a trunk of a plant. The body may be configured to release the one or more of the insecticide and the insect repellant into a root ball of the plant using ambient moisture.
Claims8
A citrus plant repellent delivery device assembly comprising:
- a citrus plant with a root ball;
- an integrally molded hygroscopic body comprising a hygroscopic glycerin soap base material, an insecticide, and an insect attractant, the integrally molded hygroscopic body having an external surface directly exposed to an external environment and configured to condense ambient moisture directly thereon;
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- at least one support structure coupled between the integrally molded hygroscopic body and a trunk of the citrus plant, the at least one support structure extending within the integrally molded hygroscopic body;
- the integrally molded hygroscopic body configured to release the insecticide and the insect attractant into the root ball of the citrus plant using the ambient moisture.
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A method of using a citrus plant repellent delivery device on a citrus tree with a root ball, the method comprising:
- coupling the citrus plant repellent delivery device to a trunk of the citrus tree, the citrus plant repellent delivery device comprising
- an integrally molded hygroscopic body comprising a hygroscopic glycerin soap base material, an insecticide, and an insect attractant, and
- at least one support structure coupled between the integrally molded hygroscopic body and the trunk of the citrus plant, the at least one support structure extending within the integrally molded hygroscopic body;
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- condensing ambient moisture directly on an external surface of the integrally molded hygroscopic body to release the insecticide and the insect attractant into the root ball of the citrus plant using the ambient moisture.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.