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US 9,179,664 B2Granted
Kinetic non-adhesive pest control tools and techniques
OwnerJohn Ogilvieinventor
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Abstract
A note pad is attached to a device having a handle and a base. Kinetic force is applied through the device to stun or crush a target pest between a top sheet of the note pad and a wall or floor. The top sheet does not have previously applied adhesive for trapping insects, and hence does not generally adhere to the wall or floor. The note pad top sheet can be removed, wrapped around the target's remains, and placed in a wastebasket for disposal.
Claims10
A device for smashing spiders and insects, comprising:
- a base having a stack attachment area;
- a sheet stack which includes a stack of disposable sheets releasably held together by a low bond adhesive, the sheet stack having a top sheet which is the sheet in the sheet stack located furthest from the base stack attachment area when the sheet stack is attached to the stack attachment area, the only adhesive present in the stack being the low bond adhesive which releasably holds the sheets together, each sheet having a note area which is free of adhesive and is designed to receive and retain ink, the sheets being made of a material and stacked with the low bond adhesive such that when the top sheet is pressed against a wall, a floor, or another opposing surface the top sheet does not adhere to the opposing surface;
- a handle secured to the base, the handle and base together having a compressive strength and stiffness adequate to withstand an impact force of 5 Newtons against the base stack attachment area without the device permanently changing shape;
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- an adhesive surface secured to the base stack attachment area and capable of adhering to a bottom sheet of the stack of disposable sheets.
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