Disposable fly trap
OwnerRobert J. Kaveloskiinventor
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Abstract
A fly trap in the form of a double arched disposable element formed from a single blank and retained in functional shape by identical end plates having recesses to receive the ends of the disposable element. The element forms a bridge between the end plates and has windows to provide light from the top and a cut-out section which folds in a reverse direction to the arched portions to provide an entrance chamber for the insects.
Claims7
In a fly trap of the type utilizing spaced outer and an inner arch-shaped walls each having an outer light transmitting opening closed by a translucent sheet of material, and a base and fly inlet opening adjacent the base, that improvement which comprises:
- (a) a pair of independent end plates each provided with spaced outer and an inner confining means extending inwardly from said plates, and
- (b) a disposable central bridging unit of flexible material between said walls formed of a closed loop shaped to provide an outer arch confined by said outer confining means, and to provide an inner arch below and spaced from the outer arch and confined by said inner confining means, a portion of said loop below said inner arch being folded down in a direction opposite to the inner arch to provide a bottom for said trap with ends open to admit flies to the inner arch.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.