Insect swatter
OwnerPierre Dagenaisinventor
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Abstract
An insect swatter designed to prevent soiling of walls and the like flat surfaces, in which an insect is caught without being crushed. The swatter comprises a cup-shaped body with an exposed insect-catching glue layer lining the inside. The swatter has an upwardly-convex semi-flexible membrane peripherally supported by a frame ring, the latter connected to a handle. A glue-coated sheet is secured to the inside face of the semi-flexible membrane. During a strike around the bug, the inertia momentum gained by the semi-flexible membrane briefly shifts the convexity thereof to a concavity, whereby the bug touches and adheres to the glue without being crushed. The glue-coated sheet can be easily removed after use and replaced by a new sheet.
Claims10
An insect swatter comprising a frame-like body, a handle secured to said body, said body having a surface-striking peripheral edge, and a membrane closing the inside of said body and recessed from said surface-striking edge, a glue layer lining the face of said membrane facing said surface-striking edge, wherein said membrane is forcibly movable transversely of the thickness of said frame between a first position, which is its normal rest position, in which said membrane is outwardly convex, and a second insect-catching limit position in which said membrane is outwardly concave and extends short of a plane passing through said surface-striking edge, whereby an insect trapped within said body will contact and adhere to said glue layer without being crushed.
An insect swatter comprising a rigid open frame having a surface-striking edge, a handle radially outwardly connected to said frame, a flexible membrane fixedly secured by its peripheral edge to said frame in outwardly-convex fashion, protruding from said frame away from said surface-striking edge, and a glue-coated sheet releasably lining the inside face of said membrane with the glue exposed within the open space defined by said frame, the glue adapted to be engaged by an insect to be trapped within said frame, when said frame edge strikes a surface, wherein said membrane is forcibly movable transversely of the thickness of said frame between a first position, which is its normal rest position, in which said membrane is outwardly convex, and a second insect-catching limit position in which said membrane is outwardly concave and extends short of a plane passing through said surface-striking edge of said frame;
- the resiliency of said membrane biasing same away from said second limit position to its normal outwardly-convex position.
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