Patents by Inventor John McCaig

John McCaig has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20260223831
    Abstract: A flying insect trap, including a housing for holding insect-killing liquid and a basket removably mounted within the housing. The basket comprises a plurality of holes, and the housing and basket are arranged so that a portion of the insect-killing liquid within the housing can pass through the holes into the interior of the basket. Each of the housing and the basket comprises at least one opening, such that a flying insect can travel from outside the housing through the at least one openings of the housing and the basket to the interior of the basket. The basket is arranged so that when the housing is holding insect-killing liquid and there are one or more insect corpses in the insect-killing liquid within the basket, when the basket is removed from the housing, the one or more insect corpses remain within the basket and are removed from the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2024
    Publication date: August 6, 2026
    Applicant: RENTOKIL INITIAL 1927 PLC
    Inventors: Matthew Green, Gregory Peter Dobie Murray, John McCaig, Samuel Mark Plowman
  • Patent number: 12471589
    Abstract: A pest trap comprising a main body. A first chamber connected to the main body has an opening arranged to allow a pest to enter the first chamber, there being a movable closure to the opening of the first chamber. A second chamber connected to the main body also has an opening arranged to allow a pest to enter the second chamber, again there being a movable closure to the opening of the second chamber. The pest trap is arranged, in response to a sensor mechanism detecting the presence of a pest in the first or second chamber, to close the movable closure to the opening of the first or second chamber, and to activate a kill mechanism to release a fluid into the first or second chamber to kill the pest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2025
    Assignee: Rentokil Initial 1927 PLC
    Inventors: John McCaig, Oliver John Lindsey Milverton, Christopher Ford, Chris Bernd Reinink
  • Publication number: 20230371495
    Abstract: A pest trap comprising a main body. A first chamber connected to the main body has an opening arranged to allow a pest to enter the first chamber, there being a movable closure to the opening of the first chamber. A second chamber connected to the main body also has an opening arranged to allow a pest to enter the second chamber, again there being a movable closure to the opening of the second chamber. The pest trap is arranged, in response to a sensor mechanism detecting the presence of a pest in the first or second chamber, to close the movable closure to the opening of the first or second chamber, and to activate a kill mechanism to release a fluid into the first or second chamber to kill the pest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Applicant: RENTOKIL INITIAL 1927 PLC
    Inventors: John McCaig, Oliver John Lindsey Milverton, Christopher Ford, Chris Bernd Reinink
  • Publication number: 20220330539
    Abstract: A rodent trap comprising a trigger arranged to be triggered by a rodent, a kill mechanism arranged to kill a rodent in response to the trigger being triggered by the rodent, a trapdoor positioned adjacent to the kill mechanism, having a closed position and an open position, and a storage area positioned on the other side of the trapdoor to the kill mechanism. The rodent trap is arranged such that when a rodent is killed by the kill mechanism, the rodent corpse passes through the trapdoor into the storage area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Applicant: RENTOKIL INITIAL 1927 PLC
    Inventors: Neils Hansen, Gary Wingett, John Mccaig, MICHAEL BEST
  • Patent number: D960282
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Inventors: Oliver John Lindsey Milverton, John McCaig