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US 6,920,716 B2Granted
Insect/arthropod trap
AssigneeTicks or Mosquitoes, LLC
InventorsThomas M. Kollars, Jr., Edwin Masters, Jacqueline Masters, Peggy G. Kollars
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AssigneeTicks or Mosquitoes, LLC
InventorsThomas M. Kollars, Jr., Edwin Masters, Jacqueline Masters, Peggy G. Kollars
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An insect and/or arthropod trapping device that generates its own attractants of carbon dioxide (CO2), and ammonia through the chemical reaction of adding a weakly acidic liquid such as vinegar (acetic acid) to solids such as baking soda (sodium bicarbonate), with the optional addition of urea and/or lactic acid. The liquids are mixed over a period of days onto the solids to generate CO2 in the vicinity of an insect/arthropod trap having glue boards that trap the insects and arthropods when they alight on the glue board. The attractants can be used with devices that utilize various combinations of other insect attractants and traps such as sound, light, scent, visual, electrical, chemical, sticky surfaces, mesh nets, etc., to further attract and trap or kill insects and/or arthropods.
An insect/arthropod trap comprising means for attracting insects and arthropods having a composition for emitting carbon dioxide in excess of ambient levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere over a period of at least several hours on interaction of the composition with an activating fluid, a container for the fluid, and a control for metering the flow of the fluid into contact with the composition, and trapping means positioned adjacent the means having the composition for trapping insects and arthropods.
An insect/arthropod trap comprising
An insect/arthropod trap comprising
An insect/arthropod trap comprising
A method of disposing of insects and arthropods comprising providing a first chemical composition in a first container, a second chemical composition in a second container, and a valve in fluid communication with at least one of the first and second containers, adjusting the valve to react the first chemical composition with the second chemical composition to generate carbon dioxide over a time of at least about several hours at levels in excess of ambient levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, sufficient to be detected by insects and arthropods, and using trapping means for trapping the insects and arthropods attracted by the carbon dioxide emission for disposition.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.