Patents Examined by Frederick French
  • Patent number: 6178687
    Abstract: A trap for airborne insects is provided including a scroll tube with left and right caps on respective ends of the bar, a support wire connecting the left and right ends, a flexible web rolled around the scroll tube and coated with a tacky adhesive, and a cylinder of sufficient size to allow storage therein of the scroll tube. Upon assembly, the scroll tube is removed from within the cylinder. A portion of the web is unravelled from the scroll tube and wound around the cylinder exposing therebetween an area of web for catching flies and other insects. Periodically, the web can be refreshed by winding a previously exposed web section around the take-up cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2001
    Assignee: Atlantic Paste & Glue Co., Inc.
    Inventor: Steven Frisch