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US 2014/0208636 A1Published application
Controlling Bed Bugs with Solvent Vapors
AssigneeFMC Corporation
InventorsBruce C. Black, Shreya N. Sheth, Linda Varanyak, Kenneth W. Johnson, Michael J. Manning
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Abstract
The present invention provides an environmentally safe and highly effective method for killing bed bugs by enclosing infested items, belongings or possessions in a sealed container along with a small amount of certain solvents, the vapors of which kill bed bugs that are present.
Claims13
A method for killing bed bugs comprising the steps of:
- 1) placing a bed bug infested item into a sealable container,
- 2) placing at least one solvent into the container, and
- 3) sealing the container.
A method for killing bed bug eggs comprising the steps of:
- 1) placing a bed bug egg infested item into a sealable container,
- 2) placing at least one solvent into the container, and
- 3) sealing the container.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.