| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 043133000 | Catchers | 36 |
| 20100132246 | FAN TYPE NOXIOUS INSECT CONTROL APPARATUS - A fan type noxious insect control apparatus is disclosed which is desirably used carried on a user's body part and excels in noxious insect control performance. To this end, the apparatus is so configured that air is drawn through an inlet port ( | 06-03-2010 |
| 20120297664 | Kinetic Non-Adhesive Pest Control Tools and Techniques - 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. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20140331544 | Pest Control System and Method - A system and method of monitoring and controlling cellulose-consuming pests in a predetermined location provides for the use of an assembly that has a main body with a cylindrical upper portion and a lower portion continuously co-axially formed with the upper portion. The lower portion is formed as blades meeting at a lowermost point and defining a sharp bottom point that helps penetrate the soil in the selected location. A plurality of cellulose-containing bait units are detachably fitted in the lower portion and the upper portion. The bait units fitted in the lower portion are retained by the blade portions, which engage radial slots of the bait units. A moisture-retaining member is positioned in the upper portion above an uppermost of the bait units. A removable cap frictionally fittingly engages with the upper portion. The cap has an opening allowing water to be poured into the main body to moisten the bait units and make them more attractive to foraging insects. If consumption of the cellulose material is detected, the bait units substituted with a bait material containing poisonous substance. The pests consume the bait and carry the poison to the colonies. | 11-13-2014 |
| 043134000 | Implements | 18 |
| 20140047759 | Bug catching device - A bug Catching Device with a hollow housing having a sides, a housing lid, one or more thin walled extension tubes and one or more additional thin walled extension tubes. The housing lid has an upwardly directed collar for holding an extension tube and a downwardly directed collar that extends down one inch. The housing lid is screwed onto the housing. A tip member integral with the tube or is a separate member inserted into the end of the extension tube. The user scrapes a bug off a surface with the tip member causing the bug to slide down into the housing and to be unable to escape the housing. Additional extension tubes can be added for reaching high locations. | 02-20-2014 |
| 20140047760 | FLY SWOOPER - I would like to start by suggesting that my application be sent to your Tech Department 1700. My invention is a basically net for house flies. | 02-20-2014 |
| 20150013214 | HEAT AND LIGHT TREATMENT DEVICE USING NANOTECHNOLOGY - The current invention discloses a treatment device having a heat source, a power source, a heat applicator and a lighting mechanism. The power source includes at least one nanotech battery, ensuring superior properties such as prolonged electricity production and prompt recharging. The heat applicator includes a heat conductive layer made from nanofibers, providing highly efficient heat distribution to the targeted regions. The lighting mechanism employs light emitting nano fibers to treat targeted regions. The power source provides energy to the heat and light source, which generates heat and light so that the applicator may distribute to an injury site or wound bed of a user. The current device may also be used for cooling, instead of heating applications. In addition to the medical utilizations, the current device may also play a central role in other apparatus that require thermal control capabilities. | 01-15-2015 |
| 043135000 | Spring-operated | 3 |
| 20090100745 | Insect Control Apparatus - Disclosed is an insect control apparatus. The insect control apparatus comprises a gun member and a pair of opposable pad members. The gun member comprises an elongated barrel, a gripping handle, and a trigger mechanism. The elongated barrel is configured with a plunger mechanism capable of a movement in a lateral direction. The gripping handle is adapted to extend from the elongated barrel at an angle to an axis of the elongated barrel. The trigger mechanism extends from the gripping handle and is operably coupled to the plunger mechanism for triggering the movement of the plunger mechanism. The pair of opposable pad members is operably coupled to the gun member. Each opposable pad member comprises an arm extension capable of being actuated by the movement of the plunger mechanism in the lateral direction for pressing opposable pad members against each other and retracting opposable pad members from each other. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20120266523 | Fly killing device - A fly killing device with a flat disk shaped member, an outer rigid tube, an inner rigid tube, an elastic cord and a pull knob. The inner rigid tube is slidably and telecopically engaged within the outer rigid tube. The elastic cord is slidably and telescopicically engaged within the rigid inner tube member. The elastic cord is attached at one end to the flat disk shaped member and at the opposite end to the pull knob. When a user pulls back on the pull knob, the elastic cord is stretched and, when the pull knob is released by the user, the elastic cord retracts rapidly causing the inner rigid tube and the disk member to shoot forward rapidly for the purpose of killing a small insect such as a fly or mosquito. | 10-25-2012 |
| 20140245657 | Flying insect killing device - An insect killing device including rigid outer and inner tubes assembled to be slidably and telescopically engaged, and having a pliant, limber elastic cord extended therethrough. The cord is interconnected at its respective proximal and distal ends only to a gripping pull knob and substantially flat insect-impact element. The pull knob is connected to the inner tube proximal end and is larger than the outer tube's inner diameter to prevent accidental disassembly thereof. Sighting an insect on a surface, user grasps the outer tube by one hand, and with the other hand retracts the knob along with the inner tube and cord, drawing the impact element toward the inner tube distal end. On release the stretched cord and inner tube drive the impact element against the insect. The pliant nature of the cord affords an unrestricted twisting motion of the impact element so as to align with an impact surface. | 09-04-2014 |
| 043136000 | Adhesive | 3 |
| 20110154719 | Flea magnet (random motion flea trap) - This invention utilizes a autonomous platform disc that can move at random or in a pattern around an area in a home or yard with a lighted sticky cone/dome designed to get adult fleas to jump to it and become stuck. The trap uses motion and other lures to capture fleas safely without the use of chemicals to erradicate fleas and to the keep threat of infestations low. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20120180380 | Bug Catching Apparatus - The invention is a bug catching apparatus for catching and disposing of bugs. The invention catches bugs using a deformable wall, sticky on one side, and a relatively ridged perimeter to keep the sticky side from inadvertently sticking to a surface but still allowing the deformable wall to flex and catch the bug on the sticky surface when the bug is within the perimeter. The sticky part of the apparatus is designed to be disposable, so a user can catch and dispose of bugs without ever having to touch the bug. The invention also minimizes the mess associated with killing bugs and minimizes the mess of inadvertently getting a sticky bug catcher stuck to a wall or a countertop. | 07-19-2012 |
| 20130047498 | Disposable Insect Capturing Device Having An Extendable Handle - A device suited for the capture of insects and for the retrieval of small objects is disclosed. In a preferred embodiment, the device is comprised of a strip of foam material formed into an teardrop shape that has a tacky adhesive on an area of the strip's outer side. In use, this tacky adhesive is placed against an insect or object, thereby reversibly affixing the insect or object to the strip. Other embodiments include a handle of fixed, or telescoping length, that can hold the strip of foam material so that more distal insects and objects can be affixed to the material and drawn back to the user. | 02-28-2013 |
| 043137000 | Swatters | 9 |
| 20090272026 | BENDABLE ELECTRIC MOSQUITO SWATTER - A bendable electric mosquito swatter includes a handle having a battery therein and a switch, a swatter head having a wire net, and a flexible metal member connecting the handle and the swatter head and conducting the battery to the wire net. The present invention further includes a plurality of barrels fitted to the flexible metal member in a serial connection to form a shaft. Each of the barrels is provided with inclined faces on a front end and a rear end respective that forms an angle between the corresponding inclined faces of the neighboring barrels respectively. The barrels allows the shaft bending and limits the maximum bending angle by the corresponding inclined faces of the neighboring barrels touching each other. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20100037511 | Extendable pest swatter with interchangeable appliances - An extendable pest swatter operable to interface with a pest that includes a handle, a plurality of interlocking conical sections coupled to the handle, wherein each of the interlocking conical sections are formed with a first end and a second end and the first end of one interlocking conical section interlocks with the second end of the adjoining interlocking conical section, a connecting adaptor formed into the second end of the last interlocking conical section, and a utility receptor coupled to the connecting adaptor for interfacing with the pest. | 02-18-2010 |
| 20100132247 | ELECTRIC INSECT SWATTING APPARATUS HAVING A LIGHTING FEATURE - A racquet-shaped swatting apparatus for killing insects comprises a racquet head having a racquet frame and frame opening. Closely spaced electrical wires extend across the frame opening for intercepting and killing insects in flight, while a plurality of light sources are provided on the racquet head for illuminating flying insects. Preferably, the electrical wires of the racquet head frame and the racquet head light sources can be simultaneously activated by the user. The swatting apparatus is particularly adapted for use in low lighting environments. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100275506 | Use of high-intensity light to immobilize and enable removal or capture of insects - The process of killing an insect by first blinding it with high-intensity light then extirpate, capture or remove the insect by mechanical means. For example: Flies are hard to kill because of their keen sense of vision which enables them to easily evade a flyswatter. Using a flash (similar to a flash on a camera) or a laser (harder to aim but will produce the same results) immobilizes a fly and allows it to be hit with a fly swatter. This process can be easily tested with a camera and a fly swatter. A product called a “Flash Swatter” can be easily made which combines a fly swatter and a camera's flash (located on the swatter's lower shaft). | 11-04-2010 |
| 20130025186 | Insect Extermination Device - An insect extermination device through which insects are killed in a simple and effective manner by slowly advancing the device toward the insects and striking the insects. An impact element is advantageously made from a highly transparent, smooth foil, which is advantageously connected to a handle rod through a coupling element and a link and is replaceable. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130067798 | FLY REPELLER - A fly repeller includes a housing; a motor contained within the housing; a rod having one end connected to the motor and rotatably driven by the motor, the rod extending from the one end through the housing to a distal end portion exterior to the housing; and plural arms fixed to and extending laterally from the distal end portion of the rod, wherein the arms are adjustable relative to the horizontal. The arm may be freely shaped by hand (manually) into a configuration which is held by the arms when rotated in use. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130291428 | FLYSWATTER DEVICE - The present invention is a fly swatter device to catch a plurality of bugs and insects that include a traditional fly swatter that includes a handle with a distal end and a planar square surface disposed on the distal end of the planar square surface and a planar sticky surface that is disposed on the planar square surface that is disposable and replaceable. The planar sticky surface is a plurality of layered planar sticky surfaces that are peeled-off and disposed of and expose new planar sticky surfaces to continue catching bugs and insects. | 11-07-2013 |
| 20140165454 | FLEXIBLE ELECTRIC FLYSWATTER WITH SHAPE MEMORY CAPABILITIES - A flexible electric fly swatter comprising a grid of electrically conducting shape memory materials encased within a flexible frame for striking against and electrocuting a fly on a surface or in the air. The single layer grid has odd and even rods oppositely charged where both the frame and the grid return back to their original shape after being struck. An alternate embodiment of this invention is a flexible electric fly swatter comprising two or more meshes in parallel of electrically conducting shape memory materials that are fastened together with connecting-spacers to allow a gap between the top mesh and the bottom meshes such that when a fly touches the meshes the circuit is completed and the fly is electrocuted. Also included in this invention is a spring-pivot-hinge fastened between the dorsal part of the handle to the proximal part of the frame or meshes. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140352201 | MODIFIED FLYSWATTER DEVICE - A fly swatter device to catch a plurality of bugs and insects that includes a traditional fly swatter that having an elongated handle with a distal end and a planar diagonal frame disposed on the distal end of the handle. A plurality of adhesive layers that are disposable and replaceable are disposed on the planar diagonal frame. In use, when a fly is caught on the outermost layer of one of the adhesive layers, that outer layer can be peeled-off and disposed of to expose the next adhesive layer for continue catching bugs and insects. | 12-04-2014 |
| 043138000 | Machines | 15 |
| 20080222944 | Fire ant colony killer - A mechanized exterminator and several embodiments thereof are presented. A support disc with rollers attached rotates when power is applied causing rollers to roll over a base. The operation of the of the exterminator disturbs the insects causing them to enter the exterminator where the rollers will crush them. Solar, battery and/or wind power can be used to power the exterminator. The exterminator is cost-effective and environmentally safe. The exterminator severely impacts the strength and health of the colony minimizing its ability to reproduce. | 09-18-2008 |
| 043139000 | Suction | 13 |
| 20080236028 | Flying insect trapping system - A flying insect trapping system uses a control assembly that has a dispersion assembly that vaporizes small amounts of octenol, the octenol mixing with carbon dioxide the flow of which is regulated into a mixing housing. The mixture is released to attract flying insects from a distance. A trapping assembly uses a heat source, namely a light for short distance attraction of the insects, which insects fly to the light and are drawn into a mesh by a fan. Each trapping assembly can have a control assembly associated with it, or a single master control assembly can be used which delivers the carbon dioxide and octenol mixture to each of the trapping assemblies. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20090000183 | INSECT TRAP - An insect trap has a hollow body generally centered on an upright axis, having a central upwardly open output passage, and formed around the central output passage with an annular intake passage having a dark-colored inner surface. A light-colored foraminous wall upwardly covers the central output passage and has a surface area substantially greater than that of the intake passage. A blower in the body expels air from the body through the central output passage and through the foraminous wall at a predetermined low speed and draws air into the annular intake passage at a high speed substantially higher than the predetermined low speed. Insects attracted by the weak stream or by a contrast between the dark-colored inner surface and the light-colored foraminous wall are trapped in the annular intake passage. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20090313884 | DEVICE FOR CATCHING INSECTS, SPIDERS AND OTHER SUCH SMALL ANIMALS - The device according to the invention for catching insects, spiders and other small animals of this type by means of a pulsating suction unit contains a cylindrical housing part ( | 12-24-2009 |
| 20100037512 | FLYING INSECT TRAPPING DEVICE AND FLYING INSECT TRAPPING SYSTEM - A device for trapping flying insects and a system of such devices are disclosed. The device includes a supporting frame with an associated combustible fuel supply connected to a combustion device with a fan which is operated to generate an exhaust gas having carbon dioxide to attract flying insects. The insects are drawn into a trap chamber on the frame by suction where they are collected and/or killed. The device may further include various sensors to regulate fuel flow and fan speed in accordance with insect activity as influenced by environmental and other factors. | 02-18-2010 |
| 20100132248 | Device for trapping flying insects - A flying insect trapping device configured to be used with a fuel supply containing a combustible fuel is disclosed. The trapping device includes a combustion device that includes an inlet port for receiving the combustible fuel, a turbulence reducing structure for substantially laminating flow of a mixture of the combustible fuel and air, a catalyst element disposed downstream of the turbulence reducing structure, a heat zone having a hollow interior space in between the turbulence reducing structure and the catalyst element to enable the combustible fuel to flow into the heat zone for continuous combustion therein to create an exhaust gas comprising carbon dioxide, and a plurality of heat exchanger fins extending inwardly into the hollow interior space of the heat zone for conducting heat generated by the continuous combustion. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100319240 | SUCTION TRAP FOR COLLECTING RESTING MOSQUITOES - A method and apparatus are disclosed that can sample a wide variety of mosquitoes attempting to rest. Because all mosquitoes rest daily, biases of typical mosquito traps are avoided, such as targeted collections of host-seeking mosquitoes or gravid female mosquitoes. A particular advantage is the inclusion of blood-engorged mosquitoes in the resting collections. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes an open-sided pot designed to attract mosquitoes seeking a daytime resting location. The mosquitoes that enter a dark space of the pot are aspirated into a screened collection receptacle by means of a battery-powered fan. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20120079759 | Flying Insect Trap - A manually operable flying insect trap includes an elongated hollow cylindrical body having two generally closed ends and a small orifice in each of the ends. A vacuum device including a bellows, first and second ends of an intermediate pleated portion. The bellows also has a compressed state and an expanded state and is disposed adjacent a first of the opposite ends of the body with a small opening adjacent to and in communication with the small orifice in the first of the opposite ends. The funnel shape trap portion is also provided with a small orifice in the narrow portion thereof, a cone shaped piece of fly paper is attached to the inside of the tunnel shaped trap. Finally, a manually activatible mechanism is provided for expanding the bellows to draw air into or out of the body. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120117858 | MOSQUITO TRAPPING EQUIPMENT UTILIZING HER HABIT AND GRAVITATIONAL FORCE - The invented equipment attracts mosquitoes in long distance by carbon dioxide which is created by combustion of kerosene and in short distance by temperature of a landing wall which is warmed up by exhaust gas of the combustion, utilizes not only intake air flow and habit of the mosquitoes to bite but also gravitational force, then effectively and economically traps the mosquitoes which land on the mosquito landing wall. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120137569 | Apparatus and Method for Detecting, Eradicating and Disposing of Bugs and Pests - An apparatus and method for eradicating and disposing of bugs and pests. An inlet hose is connected to an inlet opening of a housing having a cutting or shredding device movably mounted therein. The hose or inlet opening may have a cutting screen removably mounted therein for initially shredding bugs and pests entering the hose. A first motor is connected to the housing for moving the cutting or shredding device therein. A second motor is connected to the housing for creating a vacuum within the housing and the inlet hose to suck bugs and pests into the inlet hose and into the housing. A waste container is removably mounted on the housing. When the first and second motors are operated, the inlet hose can be positioned to suck bugs and pests into the housing for shredding. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20130014429 | Systems and Methods for Insect Extermination - A system, a method, and a device for exterminating insects are provided. The system includes a housing having a heating chamber, a fan disposed inside the housing and coupled to the heating chamber. The heating chamber includes a first heating element, a tube having a proximal end and a distal end. The proximal end of the tube is coupled to the housing. The distal end includes at least one second heating element. Upon activation, the fan creates a suction effect throughout the tube and causes an insect from a surface to be drawn into the distal end. When the insect is drawn into the distal end, the second heating element applies heat to initially exterminate the insect. Then, the insect is drawn in to the heating chamber. The first heating element performs final extermination of the insect and deposits the insect inside the heating chamber. | 01-17-2013 |
| 20130298447 | CHASSIS HAVING BUG KILLING PROPERTY FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A chassis having a bug attracting and killing property includes a housing, a heat dispersing fan fastened in the housing, and a bug killing assembly located in the chassis. The bug killing assembly includes a body which defines a cavity, and a bug catching net positioned in the cavity. The heat dispersing fan pulls air into the cavity to form airflow. The airflow sucks bugs into the cavity to be caught by the bug catching net. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20140013655 | Apparatus and Method for Controlling Bedbugs - A collector of adult insects, their eggs and larvae has a vacuum-producing motor disposed within a housing. An inlet nozzle is used to draw the targeted organisms into the housing along a flow path featuring grids heated to a degree sufficient to kill the organisms. Mechanicla expedients such as fan blades can be disposed in the flow path to apply mechanical killing forces and to blow debris off of adjacent grids. The organisms are directed to a collector which can be heated and which can contain insecticidal substances to provide additional killing expedients for the collected organisms. The flow rate and temperature ranges are adjustable to create sufficient heat and time of contact to kill selected organisms. The collector is especially useful for treating bedbug infestations without the need for toxic chemicals, long-term treatments which make the space being treated uninhabitable and other more extreme treatment regimens. | 01-16-2014 |
| 043140000 | Traveling | 1 |
| 20130326933 | FLY EXTERMINATING APPARATUS - Provided is a fly exterminating apparatus where flies are attracted to a main body that is movable in an orbital-to-spin method and then are suctioned and captured by a vacuum negative pressure. Also, a shock generation part that generates an electrical shock due to current by being associated with the moving main body when contacting the flies is provided to exterminate the flies; a reflective plate that discombobulates the flies to make away with the flies is disposed to exterminate the flies through various methods. The fly exterminating apparatus includes a main body on which a caterpillar that orbitally rotates and wheels are disposed on a lower portion thereof to move in an orbital-to-spin method, an attracting unit mounted on the main body to attract flies, and a capture unit connected to the attracting unit to suction the flies attracted by the attracting unit by using a vacuum negative pressure. | 12-12-2013 |
| 043142000 | Rotated agitator | 1 |
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