Abstract: A trap for attracting and killing insects utilizing carbon dioxide as the attractant. The carbon dioxide is either generated, or dispersed directly into, a trapping media. This supply of carbon dioxide bubbles through the trapping media to the surface where it diffuses into the atmosphere. Subsequently, the insects are attracted directly to the trapping media, the site of the attractant's emission, where the insect subsequently lands. The trapping media then effectuates the demise of the insect by drowning the insect or by permanently affixing the insect to the trapping media.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 17, 1999
Date of Patent:
April 3, 2001
Assignee:
ABJ Group, LLC
Inventors:
Richard J. Brittin, Daniel P. Johnston, Charles R. Arford