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US 5,392,558 AGranted
Insect trap utilizing a flexible containment means having an attractant therein
AssigneeFarnam Companies, Inc.
InventorEric N. Blomquist
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Abstract
An insect trap of the type utilizing a container beneath an entry element. Tile container is provided with an attractant liquid and the emitted odor induces insects to enter openings in the entry element. The entry element is provided with concave baffles to enhance the dissemination of attractant odors from the container. The container is preferably a bag secured to the entry element and depends therefrom in a manner which reduces the likelihood of escape by entrapped insects.
Claims20
An insect trap comprising:
- a) an entry element which includes:
- i. a platform for supporting a containment bag depending therefrom, said platform containing an opening and a peripheral region;
- ii. an access element movably mounted in the opening in said platform between open and closed positions, said element including at least two passageways therein;
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- b) a containment bag depending from said entry element which includes:
- i. an upper end section attached to the platform, said upper end section containing opposing pleats extending downwardly from the platform;
- ii. a transition section affixed to the upper section and provided with opposing edge seams, said seams extending vertically upward to the platform and being affixed to the pleats of the upper end section, said pleats drawing the upper section and the transition section into conformance with the peripheral region of the platform;
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- iii. a lower section of the bag for receiving an attractant therein, the conformance of the upper end section of the bag to the peripheral region of the platform being enhanced by the weight of attractant in the bag.
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An insect trap comprising:
- a) an opaque entry element which includes:
- i. a platform having a central opening and a peripheral region thereabout.
- ii. an access element mounted in said central opening for movement between open and closed positions, said element containing at least two passageways therein, each passageway being angularly oriented to convey moving air through the platform;
- iii. means affixed to said access element for maintaining said access element in an open position:
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- b) light-transmissive containment means attached to said platform and located therebeneath, the moving air entering and leaving the containment means from said passageways.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.