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US 12,408,648 B2Granted
Method of trapping ticks
AssigneeTick Sticker LLC
InventorThomas Walter Jalowiec
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Abstract
Provided is a method of trapping ticks using a tick trap having a glue constructed to trap ticks touching the glue by sticking to the ticks, and a plant based scent formed from a part of a plant that attracts ticks to the glue, the method includes placing the trap on a location surface and using the tick attractant to attract ticks to the glue.
Claims35
A method of trapping ticks comprising:
- placing a tick trap at a location to trap ticks, the tick trap comprising:
- a support;
- a glue on the support, the glue is constructed to trap ticks touching the glue by sticking to the ticks;
- and
- a tick attractant comprising a plant based scent formed from basil;
- and,
- the plant based scent attracting ticks to the glue so that ticks contact the glue and become trapped by the glue.
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A method of trapping ticks comprising:
- folding a support to provide a housing having at least one side opening and inside surfaces defining a protective enclosure, a glue being on at least one inside surface, the glue is constructed to trap ticks touching the glue by sticking to the ticks, a tick attractant is incorporated in the glue, is on the glue, is on the support, or is on the housing, and the tick attractant comprising a plant based scent formed from basil;
- placing the housing on a location surface to trap ticks;
- and
- the plant based scent attracting ticks so that ticks walk from the location surface through the at least one side opening directly into the protective enclosure and contact the glue, wherein the glue traps the ticks.
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A method of trapping ticks comprising:
- providing a housing having at least one side opening and inside surfaces defining a protective enclosure;
- providing a support constructed to be removably inserted into the housing, a glue being on the support, the glue is constructed to trap ticks touching the glue by sticking to the ticks, a tick attractant is incorporated in the glue, is on the glue, is on the support, or is on the housing and the tick attractant comprising a plant based scent formed from basil;
- placing the housing on a location surface to trap ticks;
- and
- the plant based scent attracting ticks so that ticks walk from the location surface through the at least one side opening directly into the protective enclosure and contact the glue, wherein the glue traps the ticks.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.