Insect swatting and collecting apparatus
OwnerBill R. Wade, Thelma L. Wadeinventors
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Abstract
A bug collection apparatus comprising a frame with a handle portion. Extending from the frame is a removable net with an adhesive disposed thereon. In some embodiments, the net also has an insecticide disposed thereon. The net is supported in the frame by a mounting member, which is mounted in a semi-circular portion of the frame. The mounting member is removable from the frame and is held in place by a retaining peg. The apparatus is further adapted to prevent the net from contacting a surface on which it is placed when not in use.
Claims16
An insect collection apparatus comprising:
- a frame including a handle portion;
- a means for mounting a collection means within said frame,
- said means for mounting including a continuous slot formed in said frame for slidably accepting said collection means, said mounting means having the shape of a semi-circle having a semi-circumference, wherein a lower region of said frame joins an upper region of said frame at approximately a midpoint of said semi-circumference;
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- said collection means extending from said handle portion,
- said collection means having at least one flexible surface for capturing insects including an outside support means configured to be removably mounted with said frame, said at least one flexible surface including a means for adhering to an insect.
The apparatus as recited in claim 8, wherein,
- said tab has a hole therein, said tab being designed to extend over said at least one peg so that said at least one peg engages said hole.
An insect collection apparatus comprising:
- a frame including a handle portion;
- a mesh collection means extending from said handle portion, said collection means including at least one flexible surface for capturing insects including an outside support means configured to be removably mounted with said frame, said at least one flexible surface including a means to adhere to an insect;
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- a means for mounting said collection means within said frame, said means for mounting having a slot formed in the fame for slidably accepting at least one tab projection on said outside support means, said at least one tab projection enabling a user to remove and insert said collection means without physical contact with the collection means or the outside support means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.