Crawling Insect Type Patents (Class 43/121)
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Publication number: 20130199082Abstract: A red palm weevil control system for retaining and exterminating red palm weevils in palm trees is disclosed. The control system may include one or more light detection systems, one or more light emitting devices positioned such that light emitted from the light emitting device can be detected by the light detection system, and one or more red palm weevil food materials that is configured to block light emitted from the light emitting device from being sensed by the light detection system. In use, once a red palm weevil has eaten the food, the light detection system senses the light emitted from the light emitting device, signifying the presence of red palm weevils. The red palm weevil food material may also include a magnetic material and an antimicrobial material.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2012Publication date: August 8, 2013Applicant: UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITYInventor: United Arab Emirates University
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Patent number: 8479438Abstract: An abatement device that attracts and abates harmful arthropods, especially mosquitoes; which deposit their eggs in water; encourages the laying of eggs in a specific container of water where the object is to kill eggs, pupae or larvae of the arthropods by heating the water. Preferably, the water is supported in a flat horizontal round bottom water container. The water container may be supported on a lower base with three adjustable legs, which are attached to the underside of the lower base, which base supports the water container; and which, in turn, enables one to level the device if the grade is not level.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2010Date of Patent: July 9, 2013Inventor: Vincent J. Wilhelmi
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Publication number: 20130152452Abstract: A trap system for insects includes a container assembly comprising a vessel having a window region, and trap material. The container assembly defines a container chamber. A stake assembly may be attached to the assembly to secure the assembly to the ground. The trap system may include a disposable liner. The disposable liner defining a liner chamber and is arranged within the container chamber. The trap material is arranged within the container assembly such that insects that enter the assembly are trapped within by the trap material.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2011Publication date: June 20, 2013Applicant: UNITED INDUSTRIES CORPORATIONInventors: Heider S. Lazzarini, Todd B. Abernethy, Mark A. Ferguson
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Patent number: 8453603Abstract: An improved pet food bowl for resisting the infestation of crawling insects such as ants having a modular stand with a leg member supporting an inverted cup element, the two components being removable and replaceable, that cooperate to support a food bowl. The improved pet food bowl incorporates a repellant material and specially designed stem that prevents ants from ascending the stand to the bowl.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2010Date of Patent: June 4, 2013Inventor: Alexander R. Bellehumeur
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Patent number: 8407933Abstract: In an above-ground termite station for detecting and controlling termites above ground in an operating configuration of the termite station, a container of the termite station defines an interior space and is at least in part configured for abutting against and being mounted on an above-ground mounting surface. The container is configurable between a closed configuration and an open configuration in which the interior space of the container is accessible while the container is mounted on the mounting surface. A cartridge is sized and configured for insertion in and removal from the interior space of the container and is generally an aggregation member, a bait matrix separate from the aggregation member, and a holder at least in part holding the aggregation member and bait matrix in assembly with the holder for positioning of the cartridge relative to the interior space of the container as a single unit.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2007Date of Patent: April 2, 2013Assignee: BASF CorporationInventor: James H. Cink
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Patent number: 8402690Abstract: A bedbug trap having a base with an outer wall that may be formed as an angled ramp having a relatively shallow angle that leads to an entryway, and an inner wall extending from the outer wall that may be formed as an angled chute having a relatively steep angle. The ramp may be textured or otherwise skid-resistant, and the chute is smooth. A catch container attaches underneath the base and has a floor spaced away from the chute. A source of attractant, for example, an insulated container containing dry ice, rests on the base such that at least a portion of attractant from the container will flow toward the top of the ramp. A cover may attach to the base, enclosing the insulated container.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2010Date of Patent: March 26, 2013Assignee: Sterling International Inc.Inventors: Rodney G. Schneidmiller, Qing-He Zhang
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Publication number: 20130042520Abstract: A pest control system for bed bugs or similar crawling pests. The system includes at least one intercept wall extending generally perpendicularly to the plane on which the pests are traveling for directing the pests to interact with a trap or a treatment zone. The effect of the intercept wall may be enhanced by provision of at least one substantially smooth guide surface positioned adjacent the intercept wall. When pests come into contact with a smooth surface they experience difficulty in traversing it. This causes the bugs to cling to the more textured surface that they are already traversing. The intercept wall is preferably placed in the direct path of the transition line between the textured surface and the smoother guide surfaces and forces the pests to interact with an adjacent trap or treatment zone.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 15, 2012Publication date: February 21, 2013Applicant: Snell R&D, LLCInventor: Eric Snell
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Publication number: 20130025185Abstract: A crawling insect barrier is provided in the form of a plate, coaster, block or the like having an upper support surface comprising an insect free region for supporting an article to be preserved from contact with insects. For example, the article may comprise a container of food. A circuit is formed about the insect free region comprising a crawling insect physical repellent such as diatomaceous earth. In one version of the invention the circuit comprises a moat of talcum powder about the insect free region. In another version of the invention sides of the insect barrier bear the insect repellent to thereby form a circuit, i.e. a closed path, about the insect free region.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2011Publication date: January 31, 2013Inventor: Lee Zeke O'Connor
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Patent number: 8341875Abstract: A device for trapping and collecting snails in an aquatic environment. The device includes a basin with a lid having a top opening through which snails may enter, a floating screen to keep snails retained, and a standpipe to anchor the device to the bottom of a water body and to serve as a location for the deposit of snail eggs.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2009Date of Patent: January 1, 2013Inventors: Jess Michael Van Dyke, Sean Ernst McGlynn, Lee Anthony Ingram
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Patent number: 8322069Abstract: An apparatus and method for detecting and/or controlling subterranean termites. A station at least partially receivable within a cavity has at least one opening therein to provide access by the termites to an interior volume of the station. The apparatus includes an aggregation base attractive to the termites and including at least one void for forming an aggregation site. The apparatus includes a replaceable container received within the interior volume of the station and positioned adjacent the aggregation base. The container has at least one opening in a surface thereof facing the aggregation base to permit the passage of termites from the aggregation base to an interior chamber of the container. The container is sized and shaped such that the container may be removed from the station with minimal disturbance to the aggregation base, thereby preserving any aggregation site formed by the termites.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2006Date of Patent: December 4, 2012Assignee: BASF CorporationInventors: James H. Cink, Jonathan D. Berger
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Patent number: 8316578Abstract: An device for attracting and capturing an insect is provided. The device includes a housing which defines an interior space and a plurality of entrances in open communication with the interior space, a downwardly sloping panel coupled to and disposed within the housing, and an adhesive attached to at least a portion of the bottom surface of the downwardly sloping panel. The downwardly sloping panel and the housing together define a tapering passageway which leads to a crevice opposite at least one of the plurality of entrances, and the adhesive attached to the bottom surface of the panel is adapted to capture the insect.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2010Date of Patent: November 27, 2012Assignee: Boundless Innovations, LLCInventors: Mitchell Faham, Scott Soltis
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Patent number: 8276314Abstract: The arthropod trap has a base with a plurality of sides that angle upwardly and inwardly toward a capture area in the center of the base. Multiple outwardly-projecting fins are disposed on or adjacent to the sides of the base. The fins also angle upwardly toward the capture area so that the fins guide arthropods into the capture area. The capture area includes a pitfall so that the arthropods topple through a pitfall opening and are retained in the pitfall. A trap cover fits over and at least partially conceals the capture area. In one embodiment, the trap cover provides a platform for the placement of light emitting diodes that emit light in a wavelength that appeals to the positive phototaxis instincts of the target arthropods.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2010Date of Patent: October 2, 2012Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of AgricultureInventors: Adrian J. Duehl, Lee W. Cohnstaedt, Richard T. Arbogast, Peter E. A. Teal
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Publication number: 20120227313Abstract: A crawling insect abatement matrix, system and method includes a cellular, nonwoven, wet laid or fibrous substrate with a shaped surface to which diatomaceous earth (diatomite, kieselgur, amorphous silica) particles are bound, either in situ or with a binder/coating applied to the substrate. A representative cellular substrate is polyurethane foam with a convoluted or otherwise shaped surface to which a coating that includes diatomaceous earth particles has been applied. The substrate is formed as a sheet, mat or pad that may be installed between a mattress and bedding structure or bedding textiles or below furniture articles, or in clothing compartments, or formed as a tape that may be applied to a surface of a mattress, a bedding structure, a headboard, bedding textiles, or to a clothing compartment.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2012Publication date: September 13, 2012Applicant: FXI, Inc.Inventors: Michael M. Mozeika, III, Timothy Croll, Jonathan Wang, Kenneth Overk
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Patent number: 8258966Abstract: A device and related method for monitoring, detecting and/or controlling pests such as rodents and insects, including termites, are disclosed which comprises: (a) encouraging a first characteristic behavior by the pests that is indicative of the presence of one or more of the pests; (b) discouraging a second characteristic behavior by the pests that at least partially interferes with detection of the first characteristic behavior; and (c) observing, detecting or sensing an occurrence of the first characteristic behavior by one or more of the pests. In one embodiment, the device comprises at least one photonic device; a light conductive assembly in optical association with the at least one photonic device, the assembly comprising first and second spaced apart components having first and second opposed light transmitting surfaces forming between them a spatial region adapted to contain a pest bait member comprised of one or more materials susceptible to consumption or displacement by the pests.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2007Date of Patent: September 4, 2012Assignees: Syngenta Limited, Syngenta Crop Protection LLCInventors: Paul Wright, Mark Hoppé, Bruce Grieve, Reyad Sawafta
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Publication number: 20120204477Abstract: A method and system for trapping arthropods including a base having a vertical axis, an outer wall coupled to the base and surrounding the axis, an inner wall coupled to the base and surrounding the axis, and a fluid source arranged to dispose the fluid between the outer wall and inner wall. The system may include an intermediate wall coupled to the base, the intermediate wall surrounding the axis and being disposed between the inner wall and the outer wall. The outer wall and the inner wall each have an interior and exterior surface, the interior surface of the inner wall and the exterior surface of the outer wall have a first texture, and the exterior surface of the inner wall and the interior surface of the outer wall have a second texture, the first texture being more coarse than the second texture.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2011Publication date: August 16, 2012Applicant: GREEN HOME SHIELD, LLLPInventors: Joseph R. FAIRLEIGH, Jonathan A. GLOBERSON, Jeffrey Scott DiBARTOLO
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Publication number: 20120186137Abstract: A trap (100, 100?) for pestiferous insects, such as stink bugs and the like, that takes advantages of innate behavioral characteristics of the target insect. The trap includes a lid (140) defining an entry aperture (170), an entry cone (110, 110?) on one side of the entry aperture, a vane assembly (160) on an opposite side of the vane assembly, and an entrapment chamber (102) that releasably engages the lid. A collar (120, 120?) on the entry cone facilitates insects dropping into the trap and prevents insects from exiting the trap after dropping in.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2011Publication date: July 26, 2012Applicant: STERLING INTERNATIONAL INC.Inventors: Rodney G. Schneidmiller, Qing-He Zhang, Marc Chapin
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Publication number: 20120124888Abstract: A tick trap comprising of a thin wire placed into the ground with a sticky surface to trap ticks and a plastic sheath protecting wire with an attractant placed within the tip to attract ticks to the trap.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2010Publication date: May 24, 2012Inventor: Thomas Matthew Lemberg
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Publication number: 20120124890Abstract: An apparatus and method that replaces human subjects in laboratory and field testing of products intended to control blood-feeding arthropods and secondly a toxic bait device based on the same apparatus. The apparatus, because of its size and ease of use, can be used in all standard laboratory and field efficacy tests in place of human subjects for products intended to kill or repel arthropods thus providing continuity in test apparatus and methodology not currently possible.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2011Publication date: May 24, 2012Inventor: John H. Hainze
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Patent number: 8181384Abstract: A device for interrupting the gestating cycle of a mosquito includes a container having a bottom wall and side walls. A generally porous sheet of material is placed over the upper opening thus formed in the container by securing it to the periphery of the container. Double sided tape, mechanical clips, etc. may be used to attach the porous material to the periphery of the container to cover the open area. The porous sheet of material is farametis and contains apertures that are small enough to prevent an adult mosquito from passing through it but yet allow evaporation of water placed into the container and water molecules through the apertures. A sticky substance is placed on the outer surface of the porous sheet. Water is evaporated from the container and water molecules are released through the apertures into the atmosphere above the porous sheet. Gestating mosquito's are attracted to the device and attempt to enter the container to lay there eggs in the water within the container but can not.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2008Date of Patent: May 22, 2012Inventor: Barry Lebost
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Publication number: 20120117855Abstract: A roach trap known as the Jug-A-Bug 1 comprises a container 2 with peripheral walls defining an interior space 6, a bottom wall 3 with protuberances 4 defining a bait basin 5, a neck portion 7 and threaded portion 8 capable of mating with the threaded section 10 of restrictive lid 9 and having a closure disk 13; the bait basin 5 contains a bait and the interior space 6 contains a viscous fluid whereby roaches are lured into the container by the bait and confined in the interior space 2 by the combination of the viscous fluid and the contours of the restrictive lid 9.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2011Publication date: May 17, 2012Inventor: Frank N. Miller
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Patent number: 8156684Abstract: A pest control bait station having separated bait reservoirs for holding different kinds of bait. The bait station has raised regions with pest access apertures. Each aperture is aligned with at least a portion of a pest conveyance structure extending from the base walls of the reservoirs, providing a space for the pest to enter and exit the bait station. The bait in each reservoir is prevented from contacting bait in any other reservoir. At least one reservoir may contain a liquid bait, and at least one reservoir may contain a dry bait.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2009Date of Patent: April 17, 2012Assignee: Nisus CorporationInventors: Kevin L. Kirkland, Tracy D. Malone, Janet L. Kintz-Early
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Patent number: 8146290Abstract: The invention is a trap for bedbugs, in the form of a double-ply pouch having its periphery sealed to create a compartment for containing an attractant. A slit opening is made in the top layer and a tubular funnel-shaped member is inserted in the slit opening to create an access opening for the bedbugs to enter into the sealed compartment.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2011Date of Patent: April 3, 2012Inventor: Reginald O. Telly
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Publication number: 20120060406Abstract: A bedbug trap having a base with an outer wall that may be formed as an angled ramp having a relatively shallow angle that leads to an entryway, and an inner wall extending from the outer wall that may be formed as an angled chute having a relatively steep angle. The ramp may be textured or otherwise skid-resistant, and the chute is smooth. A catch container attaches underneath the base and has a floor spaced away from the chute. A source of attractant, for example, an insulated container containing dry ice, rests on the base such that at least a portion of attractant from the container will flow toward the top of the ramp. A cover may attach to the base, enclosing the insulated container.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2010Publication date: March 15, 2012Applicant: STERLING INTERNATIONAL INC.Inventors: Rodney G. Schneidmiller, Qing-He Zhang
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Patent number: 8134468Abstract: A pest detection device includes a housing with a sensor and one or more bait members. The sensor includes one or more of a chisel-shaped electrically conductive trace carried on a substrate, a low resistance electrically conductive ink defining an electrical pathway on a substrate with a pointed profile, and/or a substrate including a directional grain structure oriented in a predefined manner relative to an electrically conductive pathway.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2010Date of Patent: March 13, 2012Assignee: Dow AgroSciences LLCInventors: Mike P. Tolley, Joseph J. DeMark, Donald E. Williams, III, Thomas H. Atkinson, Andrew H. Wurtz, Amy J. Griffin, Eva A. Chin, Marc L. Fisher
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Publication number: 20110289822Abstract: The arthropod trap has a base with a plurality of sides that angle upwardly and inwardly toward a capture area in the center of the base. Multiple outwardly-projecting fins are disposed on or adjacent to the sides of the base. The fins also angle upwardly toward the capture area so that the fins guide arthropods into the capture area. The capture area includes a pitfall so that the arthropods topple through a pitfall opening and are retained in the pitfall. A trap cover fits over and at least partially conceals the capture area. In one embodiment, the trap cover provides a platform for the placement of light emitting diodes that emit light in a wavelength that appeals to the positive phototaxis instincts of the target arthropods.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2010Publication date: December 1, 2011Inventors: Adrian J. Duehl, Lee W. Cohnstaedt, Richard T. Arbogast, Peter E.A. Teal
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Publication number: 20110252693Abstract: Disclosed herein is an improved ant trap. The ant trap includes a base having a central opening and the opening is suitable for storing liquid. A bait trap is located centrally within the central opening to maximize the number of ants in the central opening at any point in time. The ant trap, in an exemplary embodiment, includes an electromechanically operated platform, which is movable with respect to the central opening. In a first position the platform forms an ant path from the base to the bait trap. In a second position the platform is moved into the central opening. The central opening is filed with a liquid toxic to ants, but safe to mammals and the environment, generally. For example, a solution of sweet boric acid and water is used to fill the central opening. Upon moving, the platform is immersed in the liquid, thereby exterminating ants found thereon.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2010Publication date: October 20, 2011Inventor: Wing-kin Hui
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Patent number: 8020341Abstract: The present invention provides for a novel, but simply structured pest control system that protects structures such as buildings and humans by providing a system that is selectively attached to the exterior of structures and/or to the surrounding perimeter of structures which creates a physical and chemical barrier where crawling insects and/or pests cannot survive without food and/or exposition to chemical agents such as pesticide. Alternatively the pest control system provides for the possibility that the crawling insects and/or pests agents may abandon the structure without exposition to the chemical agent, thus furthering an ecological homeostasis.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2008Date of Patent: September 20, 2011Inventor: Hector M. Ramos-Santiago
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Patent number: 7937886Abstract: A spill resistant insect bait station designed for secure anchorage to the ground is disclosed as having a generally hollow main body defining an internal reservoir for containing a flowable, preferably liquid, bait contained therein. The main body is preferably fabricated from plastic via a blow molding process that includes the steps of filling and sealing. By removing a seal, an access opening is provided at ground level in proximity to the base and an access tunnel guides insects to an opening at the top of the bait station. At top opening on the opposite side of the bait station relative to the access opening allows insect access to the internal reservoir while rending the bait station inherently spill resistant. The inner wall of the main body includes a spiral ramp leading downward to provide insects with access to liquid bait contained therein.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2008Date of Patent: May 10, 2011Inventor: Alan Bernard
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Publication number: 20110099886Abstract: Disclosed are methods for attracting and thereby controlling bedbugs. One volatizes a synthetic pheromone and generates infrared radiation adjacent the location and exposes bedbugs thereto.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 6, 2011Publication date: May 5, 2011Inventors: Eric D. Siljander, Stephen Takács, Regine Gries, Gerhard Gries
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Publication number: 20110072711Abstract: In one aspect, the present invention is directed to an ampoule for the storage and dispersion of a volatile liquid comprised of (a) an outer shell composed of an impermeable material and defining at least one opening; (b) a porous diffusion member defining an internal reservoir positioned inside said outer shell; (c) a volatile liquid contained within such internal reservoir; and (d) a film member adhered to said outer shell and covering said at least one opening; wherein said film member is disposed such that an air space is present between said porous diffusion member and said film member; and wherein said porous diffusion member is configured such that molecules of the volatile liquid can only enter into said air space via diffusion through said porous diffusion member. Such ampoules are particularly suited for the storage and dispersion of organic chemicals useful as bed bug attractants, especially where such attractants are formulated in a highly volatile liquid, such as a C8-C12 alkane.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2010Publication date: March 31, 2011Applicant: FMC CORPORATIONInventors: Bruce C. Black, Shreya J. Shah, Linda A. Varanyak, Keith F. Woodruff
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Publication number: 20110047860Abstract: The present invention relates to a bed bug capturing device comprising: (a) a bed bug attractant element; and (b) a deadfall capturing element comprising at least one pathway comprising: (i) an upwardly sloped segment; (ii) a downwardly sloped segment having an outer portion; and (iii) a deadfall trap area: characterized in that the upwardly sloped segment and at least the outer portion of the downwardly sloped segment possesses an average surface roughness of at least about 2.5 micrometers.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2010Publication date: March 3, 2011Applicant: FMC CORPORATIONInventors: Bruce C. Black, Shreya J. Shah, Linda A. Varanyak, Keith F. Woodruff
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Publication number: 20110041385Abstract: An device for attracting and capturing an insect is provided. The device includes a housing which defines an interior space and a plurality of entrances in open communication with the interior space, a downwardly sloping panel coupled to and disposed within the housing, and an adhesive attached to at least a portion of the bottom surface of the downwardly sloping panel. The downwardly sloping panel and the housing together define a tapering passageway which leads to a crevice opposite at least one of the plurality of entrances, and the adhesive attached to the bottom surface of the panel is adapted to capture the insect.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2010Publication date: February 24, 2011Inventors: Mitchell Faham, Scott Soltis
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Patent number: 7793461Abstract: A simple device for use with nectar type bird feeders that effectively prevents ant and other insect contamination. In several embodiments, the device uses a disposable media that is coated with a non-drying adhesive. In application the device is either placed interposed between the nectar feeder and the feeder support or is adapted to securely fit over the feeder support. The insects (primarily ants) are prevented from contaminating the feeder as they will not cross the non-drying adhesive barrier. The replaceable adhesive media inserts and/or peel away layers can be very conveniently replaced as they become contaminated or dust covered. Alternatively (for ultimate consumer convenience) the device may be made completely disposable with the non-drying adhesive applied directly to the device interior surface(s).Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2006Date of Patent: September 14, 2010Inventor: Arnold G. Klein
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Patent number: 7757433Abstract: This invention concerns a Small Hive Beetle control harbourage, that is a passive trap that will naturally attract the beetles to enter it. The harbourage comprises an insecticide treated corrugated cardboard sheet. A shell around the cardboard sheet to prevent access to the sheet. At least one opening in the shell, the opening being sized to allow entry to Small Hive Beetles but to prevent entry by bees, and the opening being arranged relative to the cardboard sheet to allow beetles entering the shell to enter the corrugations in the cardboard.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2009Date of Patent: July 20, 2010Assignees: Rural Industries Research & Development Corporation, The Crown in the right of the State of New South WalesInventor: Garry Levot
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Publication number: 20100123554Abstract: A pest detection device includes a housing with a sensor and one or more bait members. The sensor includes one or more of a chisel-shaped electrically conductive trace carried on a substrate, a low resistance electrically conductive ink defining an electrical pathway on a substrate with a pointed profile, and/or a substrate including a directional grain structure oriented in a predefined manner relative to an electrically conductive pathway.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2010Publication date: May 20, 2010Inventors: Mike P. Tolley, Joseph J. DeMark, Donald E. Williams, III, Thomas H. Atkinson, Andrew H. Wurtz, Amy J. Griffin, Eva A. Chin, Marc L. Fisher
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Patent number: 7712247Abstract: Disclosed are methods for affecting movement of an insect with respect to a specified location. One generates an electromagnetic field adjacent the location and exposes the insect to the field. Preferably the insect is a crawling insect such as a German cockroach, earwig, firebrat, or a silverfish. To attract insects, the strength of the field is not so high as to be repulsive to the insect, yet sufficiently strong as to be attractive. Such field generators are preferably incorporated into insect traps and insect bait stations.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2006Date of Patent: May 11, 2010Inventors: Rosanna M. Wijenberg, Stephen J. Takács, Kevin Lam, Gerhard J. Gries
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Publication number: 20100107472Abstract: An insect trap (300) includes a container (301) adapted to be supported between a pair of racks in a bee hive, the trap cover having one or more apertures (312) adapted to permit beetles to crawl into the trap. The cover can project beyond the edges of the container to support the trap between the racks. The trap can contain oil to help prevent the beetle from escaping from the trap.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2007Publication date: May 6, 2010Inventor: Anthony Joseph Kennedy
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Patent number: 7685778Abstract: A rodent guard configured to be attached to an end of a gutter for preventing rodents from entering the gutter, climbing the gutter to the roof and entering a house is disclosed. The rodent guard may include a gutter receiving opening at one end and a cover receiving opening at a second end generally opposite to the first end. A perforated cover formed from a rigid material may be removably attached to the rodent guard body at the second end that enables the cover to be removed from the base during use such that debris within the gutter can be easily removed from the gutter. The perforated cover may be sized to allow water to pass through the cover, but prevent rodents from entering the gutter through the cover.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2008Date of Patent: March 30, 2010Inventor: James J. Edell
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Patent number: 7671750Abstract: A pest detection device includes a housing with a sensor and one or more bait members. The sensor includes one or more of a chisel-shaped electrically conductive trace carried on a substrate, a low resistance electrically conductive ink defining an electrical pathway on a substrate with a pointed profile, and/or a substrate including a directional grain structure oriented in a predefined manner relative to an electrically conductive pathway.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2007Date of Patent: March 2, 2010Assignee: Dow AgroSciences LLCInventors: Mike P. Tolley, Joseph J. DeMark, Donald E. Williams, III, Thomas H. Atkinson, Andrew H. Wurtz, Amy J. Griffin, Eva A. Chin, Marc L. Fisher
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Patent number: 7632167Abstract: A selective insect trapping system including a trap entry portion having a groove formed therein, the groove sized for receiving a small hive beetle, the groove having angled side walls which broaden towards a base of the groove for hindering the small hive beetle from climbing out of the groove, the groove having a depth which prevents the small hive beetle from being able to fly out of the groove. The system further includes a receptacle configured for being connected to the trap entry portion, the receptacle being further configured for receiving and containing the small hive beetle. The trap entry portion has a passageway formed therein for allowing passage of the small hive beetle from the groove of the trap entry portion into the receptacle.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2006Date of Patent: December 15, 2009Inventor: David Miller
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Publication number: 20090272023Abstract: The present invention provides for a novel, but simply structured pest control system that protects structures such as buildings and humans by providing a system that is selectively attached to the exterior of structures and/or to the surrounding perimeter of structures which creates a physical and chemical barrier where crawling insects and/or pests cannot survive without food and/or exposition to chemical agents such as pesticide. Alternatively the pest control system provides for the possibility that the crawling insects and/or pests agents may abandon the structure without exposition to the chemical agent, thus furthering an ecological homeostasis.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2008Publication date: November 5, 2009Inventor: Hector M. Ramos-Santiago
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Publication number: 20090223116Abstract: The presently disclosed subject matter provides an apparatus for trapping insects for purposes of monitoring insect load and in some cases studying the captured insects, and methods for using the same. Specifically, the present disclosure relates to an apparatus for trapping insects once they emerge from the soil, such as corn rootworm beetles and related insects, and methods for assembling and using the same. The apparatus comprises a frame having an open bottom and a removable top panel having at least one plant slot configured to receive a plant and a capture chamber opening configured to receive a capture chamber; a flexible sealing structure configured to seal the plant slot on the top panel; and a securing mechanism configured to secure the flexible sealing structure such that a seal is created about the plant to prevent the egress of the insects about the plant.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2009Publication date: September 10, 2009Inventors: Moez Meghji, James White, Daniel Casselman
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Publication number: 20090151227Abstract: An insect trap (100, 200) having an entrapment chamber (110, 210) comprising one or more compartments, a tapered guide (130, 260) extending into each compartment, and an entry structure (120, 240) providing insect access to each compartment. The tapered guides optionally include a plurality of projections defining a crown structure for discouraging insect egress from the trap. The entry structures each define a plurality of entry apertures or entryways that are physically separated such that interactions between insects at different entryways is reduced or eliminated.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2009Publication date: June 18, 2009Inventor: Rodney G. Schneidmiller
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Publication number: 20090145020Abstract: A climb-up pitfall trap for attracting and capturing bed bugs and the like comprises a rough exterior surface, a precipice, a smooth interior surface and sensory lures. The sensory lures include heat, carbon dioxide and/or a lure composition. The lure composition comprises a combination of (a) L-lactic acid, and (b) a fatty acid from the group consisting of (1) propionic acid, (2) butyric acid, and (3) valeric acid. The lure composition may also comprise (c) octenol. A method for attracting and capturing bed bugs and the like uses the climb-up pitfall trap in a bed bug infested environment.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2008Publication date: June 11, 2009Inventor: Susan McKnight
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Publication number: 20090145019Abstract: The present invention is directed to an apparatus for monitoring or abatement of bedbugs, comprising: a base having a mounting portion and a control portion; a heating source positioned on the mounting portion; two capture channels positioned proximate to the heating source and adjacent to the base and each comprising a sloped portion; a horizontal portion connected to the sloped portion, the horizontal portion having a width ranging from about 8 to about 15 millimeters; and a channel portion connected to the horizontal portion by a curved portion having a radius of curvature ranging from about ?th inch to about ½ inch; an insect attractant source positioned on the heating source; a carbon dioxide source attached to the base and capable of emitting carbon dioxide proximate to the heating source, and a control circuit mounted in the control portion and in communication with the heating source and the carbon dioxide source to control operation of the apparatus, wherein the control circuit controls emission of tType: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2008Publication date: June 11, 2009Inventors: James Nolen, Robert G. Nelson
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Publication number: 20090126257Abstract: In the preferred embodiment, the invention is a trap for luring, trapping, and killing insects. The trap preferably includes: a single structure container defining a cavity that holds liquid, an opening that allows access to the cavity, a side wall, and a lid that seals the opening of the container. The side wall includes an orifice in the form of a frusto-conical shape that allows ingress of insects into the container and prevents egress of insects from the container. The side wall also includes a landing surface that directs insect towards the orifice.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2008Publication date: May 21, 2009Inventor: Michael Gilbert Banfield
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Patent number: 7472511Abstract: An insect trap comprises a crawl path made of a plurality of resilient deflectable strips. An enclosure enclosing the crawl path comprises an inner passageway leading from an aperture through which the insect enters to a confined chamber. The exit of the passageway is normally closed until the crawl path deflects to allow the insect to exit. The insect is lured by an insect attractant placed inside the chamber and alights on the crawl path. The crawl path deflects downwardly to reveal an opening for the insect to depart from the crawl path into the confined chamber. The crawl path returns to its closed position upon the departure of the insect from the deflected strips.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2004Date of Patent: January 6, 2009Inventor: Kim Kwee Ng
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Publication number: 20080163541Abstract: A flying insect trap which is incorporated into the lid of a rubbish bin and which has a one way entry through the lid into a compartment into which an attractant/insecticide is introduced. The dead insects which have entered the trap fall onto the floor of the compartment which has a door which automatically opens when the lid of the rubbish bin is opened to discharge the dead insects from the compartment into the rubbish bin.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2006Publication date: July 10, 2008Applicant: Bin Trap LimitedInventor: Mikael Ivan Harris
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Patent number: 7343710Abstract: A method of controlling pests, such as insects, by trapping and/or killing them wherein at least part of a pest to be trapped or killed is exposed to a composition comprising particles containing or consisting of at least one magnetic material.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2004Date of Patent: March 18, 2008Assignee: I.D.A LimitedInventor: Colin T. Metcalfe
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Patent number: RE40884Abstract: Apparatus, for detecting the presence and eating activity of organisms such as termites that damage structures, includes a body; a wooden bait element controllably exposed to the organisms within a cavity of the body, and having an applied bait substance; a side wall of the body having a vertically spaced plurality of smoothly converging entrance passages for admitting the organisms, a consumable porous barrier covering each of the entrance passages. Spring tension is applied to an upper end of the bait element, an opposite end being anchored to the body. A flag member that is connected to the upper end of the bait element projects from the body when the bait element is weakened to the predetermined amount by the organisms.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2004Date of Patent: September 1, 2009Inventor: Michael J. Masterson