Carpenter Bee Trap
AssigneeBest Bee Brothers LLC
InventorsPaul Patrick Ryan, Michael James Ryan
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Abstract
A carpenter bee trap includes a plurality of walls surrounding a trap cavity, at least one entrance opening formed through at least one of the plurality of walls, a bottom wall coupled to a bottom of the plurality of walls, an exit opening formed through the bottom wall, a container disposed within the trap cavity and extending through the exit opening and beyond a bottom of the trap, and a funnel disposed within the cavity to direct carpenter bees into the container.
Claims20
A carpenter bee trap comprising:
- a plurality of walls surrounding a trap cavity;
- at least one entrance opening formed through at least one of the plurality of walls;
- a bottom wall coupled to a bottom of the plurality of walls;
- an exit opening formed through the bottom wall;
- a container disposed within the trap cavity and extending through the exit opening and beyond a bottom of the trap;
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- a funnel disposed within the cavity to direct carpenter bees into the container.
The carpenter bee trap of claim I further comprising a door rotatably connected to the bottom of the container by way of a hinge, the door being operable between a closed position and an open position.
A carpenter bee trap comprising:
- a plurality of walls surrounding a trap cavity;
- at least one entrance opening formed through at least one of the plurality of walls;
- an exit opening formed at a bottom of the trap;
- a container disposed within the trap cavity and extending through the exit opening and beyond the bottom of the trap, the container including a main portion and a flanged portion;
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- a door rotatably coupled to a bottom of the container by way of a hinge.
A carpenter bee trap comprising:
- a plurality of sidewalls surrounding a trap cavity;
- at least one entrance opening formed through at least one of the plurality of sidewalls;
- a bottom wall coupled to the bottom of the plurality of sidewalls;
- an exit opening formed through the bottom wall;
- a funnel suspended within the trap cavity, the funnel separating the trap cavity into an upper trap cavity and a lower trap cavity;
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- a container disposed within the lower trap cavity and extending through the exit opening and away from the bottom wall of the carpenter bee trap.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.