Patents by Inventor Zaphod Leigh

Zaphod Leigh 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: 11337414
    Abstract: An insect trap and a method of using the same. The insect trap includes a housing. The insect trap also includes a glue board receiving space located inside the housing. The insect trap further includes one or more light sources for attracting insects into the housing. The insect trap also includes a camera having a lens. The lens has a front element. The camera is positioned to capture images of a glue board when the glue board is received in the glue board receiving space. There is no line of sight between the or each light source and the front element of the lens. This may prevent light from the or each light source reaching the front element directly. The method can include using an image captured by the camera to determine that a glue board received in the glue board receiving space needs to be replaced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: KILLGERM GROUP LIMITED
    Inventors: Neil McGowan, Zaphod Leigh
  • Publication number: 20190350185
    Abstract: An insect trap and a method of using the same. The insect trap includes a housing. The insect trap also includes a glue board receiving space located inside the housing. The insect trap further includes one or more light sources for attracting insects into the housing. The insect trap also includes a camera having a lens. The lens has a front element. The camera is positioned to capture images of a glue board when the glue board is received in the glue board receiving space. There is no line of sight between the or each light source and the front element of the lens. This may prevent light from the or each light source reaching the front element directly. The method can include using an image captured by the camera to determine that a glue board received in the glue board receiving space needs to be replaced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2017
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Inventors: Neil MCGOWAN, Zaphod LEIGH
  • Patent number: 10104879
    Abstract: An insect capturing device and a method of using the same. The insect capturing device includes a housing. The insect capturing device also includes an insect disabling portion. The insect capturing device also includes one or more light emitting diodes (LEDs) operable to emit light for attracting insects. The insect capturing device further includes a reflection surface. The LEDs are oriented to direct light onto the reflection surface for reflecting the light out from the housing to attract insects onto the insect disabling portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: KILLGERM GROUP LIMITED
    Inventors: Neil McGowan, Zaphod Leigh
  • Publication number: 20170006847
    Abstract: An insect capturing device and a method of using the same. The insect capturing device includes a housing. The insect capturing device also includes an insect disabling portion. The insect capturing device also includes one or more light emitting diodes (LEDs) operable to emit light for attracting insects. The insect capturing device further includes a reflection surface. The LEDs are oriented to direct light onto the reflection surface for reflecting the light out from the housing to attract insects onto the in sect disabling portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2015
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: Neil McGowan, Zaphod Leigh