Flying insect trap
OwnerCharles Altenburginventor
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Abstract
A flying insect trap consists of a housing having a plurality of channels, wherein each channel has a horizontal portion and a vertical portion. The channels are typically formed by a center wall which divides the housing into generally equal portions, thereby forming the channels. In accordance with one aspect of the invention, the center/common wall is continuous and generally vertical so that insects contacting the wall will fall into the generally vertical portion of the channel. The housing nests with a container which is used to store bait and to capture the flying insects once they have passed through the housing.
Claims15
A flying insect trap for attachment to a container for receiving insects, the flying insect trap comprising:
- a housing having:
- at least two channels disposed so as to extend through the housing, each of the channels having a generally horizontal portion and a generally vertical portion in fluid communication with one another, the vertical portions of the at least two channels being disposed on opposing sides of a common wall, and
- a neck portion which extends generally downwardly for nesting in an opening of the container, the neck portion defining at least part of the generally vertical portions of the channels,
- wherein the housing comprises a top wall, a bottom wall formed by a flange extending radially outwardly from the top of the neck portion, and a side wall for connecting the top wall and the bottom wall so as to define the generally horizontal portion of each channel, and
- wherein the housing includes a plurality of openings disposed in the side wall, each opening being in communication with a respective channel so as to form a first opening into that respective channel.
A flying insect trap for attachment to a container for receiving insects, the flying insect trap comprising:
- a housing having at least two channels disposed so as to extend through the housing, each of the channels having a generally horizontal portion and a generally vertical portion in fluid communication with one another, the vertical portions of the at least two channels being disposed on opposing sides of a common wall, wherein the housing comprises a generally horizontal tube defining a hollow and having open first and second ends, and a generally vertical tube defining a hollow and attached to the horizontal tube, the vertical tube having an open first end disposed adjacent the hollow of the generally horizontal tube such that the hollows of the first and second tubes are in communication;
- and the generally vertical tube forming a nesting means for nesting the housing in the container such that each of the channels terminates with an opening into the container.
A flying insect trap for attachment to a container for receiving insects, the flying insect trap comprising:
- a housing including
- a first, generally hollow cylinder with a top wall,
- a side wall with at least two openings formed therein, and a flange extending radially inward from a bottom of the side wall;
- a second, generally hollow cylinder attached to the flange so as to be disposed coaxially with the first cylinder and such that hollow portions of the first and second cylinders are in communication;
- and
- dividing means disposed in the two cylinders for dividing the housing into at least two channels, each of the channels having a generally horizontal portion and a generally vertical portion, each of the generally horizontal portions being in communication with a respective opening in the sidewall of the first, generally hollow cylinder, and wherein the dividing means comprises a common wall disposed such that the channels are disposed on opposing sides of the dividing means.
A flying insect trap comprising:
- a first, generally horizontally disposed tube defining a hollow, the tube having open first and second ends;
- a second, generally vertically disposed tube defining a hollow, the tube having an open first end in communication with the hollow of the first, generally horizontally disposed tube, and an open second end opposite the first end;
- and
- dividing means including a common wall disposed within the first, generally horizontally disposed tube and within the second, generally vertically disposed tube, so as to form at least two channels, each channel having a generally horizontal portion and a generally vertical portion, the generally vertical portions being disposed on opposing sides of the common wall.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.