Insect trapping band
AssigneeOlson Products, Inc.
InventorEarle L. Olson
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Abstract
An insect trapping band comprises an elongate strip of flexible material having a generally centrally located longitudinally extending reduced thickness area or groove in one surface thereof. A quantity of insect trapping adhesives is deposited in the groove or recessed area and the band may be secured to the trunk of a tree, for example, with the adhesive facing outwardly. A first modified form of the invention provides a second layer of non-toxic adhesive to the opposed surface of the strip to facilitate attachment to the supporting surface. A second modified form of the invention provides a layer of release material on the surface having the groove and a second layer of non-toxic adhesive on the opposed surface.
Claims14
An insect trapping band, comprising:
- (a) an elongate strip of material having front and rear faces;
- (b) said front face having an elongate groove extending longitudinally thereof and including a first planar surface lying in a plane parallel to and beneath the plane of said front face and opposed sidewalls extending from said front face substantially normal to the plane thereof to said first planar surface;
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- (c) a quantity of insect trapping adhesive disposed in said groove.
An insect trapping band, comprising:
- (a) an elongate strip of flexible, pliable material having an overall thickness dimension;
- (b) said strip having a longitudinally extending region of reduced thickness comprising a groove formed by opposed parallel sidewalls extending inwardly from one surface of said strip and being joined at their innermost ends by an end wall;
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- (c) a quantity of insect trapping adhesive material received in said region of reduced thickness to a depth such that the combined thickness of said material and said adhesive is less than said overall thickness dimension of said strip.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.