Preassembled glue trap
AssigneeWoodstream Corporation
InventorDavid C. Musket
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Abstract
A preassembled glue trap for rodents forms its own packaging thereby dispensing with the need for an outer wrapper or box. The trap package is in the form of a tunnel-like structure with closed ends formed from a folded blank of paperboard or like stock. Each end wall of the structure is provided with a push-in or tear-out panel which forms an access opening to the tunnel when the package is to be converted for use as a trap.
Claims13
A glue trap package comprising an enclosed elongate tunnel-like structure having a base wall with an internal layer of non-drying adhesive for trapping rodents and end walls closing off ends of the structure wherein at least one of the end walls has a push-in or tear-out panel for providing a tunnel access opening in the end wall when the package is to be converted for use as a glue trap, wherein the push-in or tear-out panel is defined by a tear-away perforation line formed in the end wall and wherein the perforation line includes a portion extending along a bottom edge of the end wall about which the panel can be hinged, further wherein the perforation line has opposite upright portions merging into a pull tab for pulling out said panel and the pull tab has a free edge which is located adjacent an upper edge of the end wall.
A glue trap package comprising an enclosed elongate tunnel-like structure having a base wall with an internal layer of non-drying adhesive for trapping rodents and end walls closing off ends of the structure wherein at least one of the end walls has a push-in or tear-out panel for providing a tunnel access opening in the end wall when the package is to be converted for use as a glue trap, wherein the push-in or tear-out panel is defined by a tear-away perforation line formed in the end wall and wherein the perforation line includes a portion extending along a bottom edge of the end wall about which the panel can be hinged wherein the perforation line has opposite upright portions merging into a pull tab for pulling out said panel, wherein the pull tab has a free edge protruding from an upper edge of the end wall.
A preassembled glue trap package comprising an elongate tunnel-like structure having a base wall, side walls, a top wall and end walls, the tunnel-like structure formed by a folded blank of sheet material, the base wall having an interior layer of non-drying adhesive for trapping rodents, the end walls each having a push-in or tear-out panel for providing a tunnel access opening when the package is to be converted for use as a trap, the base wall, side walls and top wall comprising contiguous elongate sections of said blank folded about respective fold lines between the sections and the end walls comprising further sections of the blank at opposite ends of one of said elongate sections, the end walls being folded about further lines joining the further sections to said one of said elongate sections, wherein the walls of the package are secured together by adhesive tabs extending from selected ones of the walls.
A preassembled glue trap package comprising an elongate tunnel-like structure having a base wall, side walls, a top wall and end walls, the tunnel-like structure formed by a folded blank of sheet material, the base wall having an interior layer of non-drying adhesive for trapping rodents, the end walls each having a push-in or tear-out panel for providing a tunnel access opening when the package is to be converted for use as a trap, the base wall, side walls and top wall comprising contiguous elongate sections of said blank folded about respective fold lines between the sections and the end walls comprising further sections of the blank at opposite ends of one of said elongate sections, the end walls being folded about further lines joining the further sections to said one of said elongate sections, wherein the walls of the package are secured together by adhesive tabs extending from the end walls and from one of the side walls.
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