# US 12,213,472 B2 · Outdoor fly trap

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- Number: US 12,213,472 B2
- Document ID: US12213472B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 18/128,570
- Filed: 2023-03-30
- Published: 2024-10-03
- Granted: 2025-02-04
- Earliest claimed: 2023-03-30
- Applicants: Stan Campbell
- Inventors: Stan Campbell
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12213472B2

## CPC

- A01M 1/106: {for flying insects}
- A01M 1/02: with devices {or substances, e.g. food, pheronones} attracting the insects
- A01M 2200/012: Flying insects
- A01M: CATCHING, TRAPPING OR SCARING OF ANIMALS (appliances for catching swarms or drone-catching A01K57/00; fishing A01K69/00 - {A01K99/00}; biocides, pest repellants or attractants A01N); APPARATUS FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF NOXIOUS ANIMALS OR NOXIOUS PLANTS

## Abstract

The Fly Graveyard is the only product of its kind that attracts flies into a novelty trap with an unprecedented, non-poisonous liquid that captures the fly, indefinitely. This avant-garde product is uniquely designed with durable glass materials, designed to look like a fly for fun aesthetics and can be conveniently hung on the wall, placed on the floor, a table and/or any surface area as an improved pest control alternative.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A fly trap comprising:
a perforated screw-on lid comprising an elastic material configured to stretch to allow a fly entering a perforated hole;
a fly trap container configured to receive the perforated screw-on lid; and
a non-poisonous liquid fly bait received into the fly trap container.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The fly trap of claim 1, further comprising wire legs on the fly trap container.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The fly trap of claim 1, wherein the fly trap container comprises glass.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The fly trap of claim 1, wherein the fly trap container comprises a transparent material.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The fly trap of claim 1, wherein the fly trap container comprises a rubber head shaped like a head of a domestic house fly.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The fly trap of claim 1, further comprising a hanger connected to the fly trap container and configured to suspend the fly trap.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The fly trap of claim 1, wherein the screw-on lid is flat and the perforations are shaped from a puncture opening with a sharp edged hole.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The fly trap of claim 1, wherein the perforated screw-on lid comprises metal and the perforations are one quarter inch holes.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The fly trap of claim 1, wherein the fly trap container has an appearance of a domestic fly.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

The fly trap of claim 1, wherein the non-poisonous liquid fly bait includes a part surfactant configured to lower a surface tension of the non-poisonous liquid and drown a fly therein.

### Claim 11 (depends on 1)

The fly trap of claim 1, wherein the non-poisonous liquid fly bait includes a sugar and water to attract and to drown a domestic house fly respectively.

### Claim 12 (depends on 1)

The fly trap of claim 1, wherein the non-poisonous liquid fly bait includes chunks of raw fish.

### Claim 13 (depends on 1)

The fly trap of claim 1, wherein the non-poisonous liquid fly bait includes raw shrimp with heads unremoved.