Projectile for an insect zapper gun
OwnerCharles Adams, Andrew Perkinsinventors
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Abstract
An electrifiable projectile for an insect zapper gun is capable of killing a target insect at a distance from the user. The projectile includes a pattern of electric wires forming a front-facing conductive contact structure having a breadth sufficient to allow the projectile to intercept an insect when propelled in a forward trajectory toward an insect. When the projectile's pattern of electric wires comes into contact with the target insect, an electric charge on the projectile is transmitted to the insect rendering the insect deceased.
Claims17
A projectile for an insect zapper gun having a handheld base wherein the projectile is launched from the handheld base from a fire-ready position on a handheld base, the projectile comprising:
- a central shaft having a rearwardly extending end and a forwardly extending end, the rearwardly extending end being configured such that it can be held in a fire-ready position on a handheld base of an insect zapper gun and launched in a forward trajectory from the handheld base,
- a frame supported at the forwardly extending end of the central shaft,
- a pattern of electric wires held by and spanning the frame, the pattern of electric wires forming a front-facing conductive contact structure having a breadth sufficient to allow the projectile to intercept an insect when propelled in a forward trajectory toward an insect, and
- electrical charge storage means affixed to the projectile and connected to the front-facing conductive contact structure of the projectile such that, when the projectile is launched from a fire-ready position on a handheld base of a bug zapper gun with an electric charge stored in the electrical charge storage means of the projectile, the electric charge stored in the electrical charge storage means of the projectile will be transmitted to an insect that is intercepted by the front-facing conductive contact structure of the projectile.
A projectile for an insect zapper gun having a handheld base wherein the projectile is launched from the handheld base from a fire-ready position on a handheld base, the projectile comprising:
- a pattern of electric wires extending radially from a longitudinal axis of the projectile and forming a radially extending, front-facing conductive contact structure, wherein the pattern of electric wires comprises either a first pattern of electric wires comprising wires that cross each other or a second pattern of electric wires comprising wires that are parallel to each other and arranged side-by-side, the pattern of electric wires being fixedly attached to a portion of the projectile so as to be immovable with respect to the portion of the projectile,
- the projectile further having at least one charge storage capacitor affixed thereto, the at least one charge storage capacitor being electrically connected to the front-facing conductive contact structure of the projectile, such that, when the projectile with the charged at least one charge storage capacitor is propelled in a forward trajectory and the front-facing conductive contact structure of the projectile comes into contact with an insect, the electric charge stored in the at least one charge storage capacitor affixed to the projectile will be transmitted to the insect.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.