Patents by Inventor Lyle L. Townsend

Lyle L. Townsend 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).

  • Patent number: 5119586
    Abstract: Insect traps, placeable under the pad of a pet bed, include a housing assembly having a hollow interior, a removable top secured to the housing assembly, and a top having a plurality of openings sized for passage of insects such as fleas and ticks and their eggs therethrough and into the hollow interior. The housing assembly also includes a plurality of top supports attached to the bottom and contacting the top. An adhesive trapping medium is present on the bottom of the housing assembly for trapping the insects. An insect attracting means such as an air oxidizable, self-contained, exothermic composition is contained within the hollow interior of the housing assembly and serves as a long-lasting heat source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 1991
    Date of Patent: June 9, 1992
    Inventor: Lyle L. Townsend
  • Patent number: 4776128
    Abstract: An over-the-hole mole trap which is triggered when a mole ejects dirt from the hole. The trap comprises frame, a spear, a spring, a trigger lever and a trigger plate. The frame has two legs and two vertical guide rods above the legs. The spear is between and parallel to the legs and the guides, and is surrounded by the spring. The trigger lever pivotally depends from one of the guides. The trigger plate is pivoted on the frame below the trigger lever substantially at ground level, and has a central opening receiving the spear, and an outboard portion for retaining the lower end of the trigger lever. The spear is held cocked by a base plate thereof engaging a side notch in the trigger lever. The spear is released when the trigger plate is raised by dirt ejected from the hole, lowering the outboard portion of the trigger plate to free the trigger lever and rfelease the spear to be thrust downwardly by the spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 1987
    Date of Patent: October 11, 1988
    Inventor: Lyle L. Townsend