Patents Assigned to Ticks or Mosquitoes, LLC
  • Patent number: 6920716
    Abstract: 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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2005
    Assignee: Ticks or Mosquitoes, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas M. Kollars, Jr., Edwin Masters, Jacqueline Masters, Peggy G. Kollars
  • Publication number: 20040128902
    Abstract: 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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2003
    Publication date: July 8, 2004
    Applicant: Ticks or Mosquitoes, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas M. Kollars, Edwin Masters, Jacqueline Masters, Peggy G. Kollars
  • Patent number: D524902
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2006
    Assignee: Ticks or Mosquitoes LLC
    Inventors: Edwin Masters, Jacqueline Masters, Thomas M. Kollars, Peggy G. Kollars