Fishing – trapping – and vermin destroying – Traps – Insect
Reexamination Certificate
2000-06-19
2001-12-11
Rowan, Kurt (Department: 3644)
Fishing, trapping, and vermin destroying
Traps
Insect
C043S107000, CD22S122000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06327811
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a device for catching insects, such as cockroaches, more particularly, to a device which is suitable for capturing insects.
In general, adhesive sheets are widely used for capturing insects like cockroaches.
Most glue traps are made of cardboard. They look like a house or a room and have a space to lock up cockroaches. In that space, an adhesive member is spread, cockroaches are enticed to come into this adhesive space, and are caught by an adhesive member. There is a problem that the area of the base becomes relatively large in order to catch plenty of insects like cockroaches. That is, it is difficult to set these kind of traps in small spaces like the place between the wall and the furniture. Therefore instead of this kind of devices, we have to set insecticides such a poisoned food. However these insecticides also have a problem. They are not perfectly safe when children or pets touch them.
And as these papered traps are disposed after used, the cost is low. Therefore it is difficult to take a good appearance info consideration. People usually set the glue traps in invisible and hidden places such as under the floor. There is another problem that setting places are limited. As
FIG. 1
shows, this kind of glue trap has big entrances for harmful insects to come into. Therefore there is a problem that this glue trap is not suitable for setting in places where there are food and water, for example a sink in a kitchen. Cockroaches like these places and swarm there.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
One of the objects of the present invention is to provide e a device which can be put In relatively small spaces to capture insects.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a device which can be put on visible places to capture and get rid of harmful insects.
A further object of the present invention is to provide a device which is useful and works for capturing insects in places where there are food and water.
The present invention provides a space for insects to come into between an outer and an inner cylinder. Cockroaches are enticed to come into this space and are caught by an adhesive member. An inner cylinder is fit into a post, but it can be removed if necessary. A post is supported by a pedestal. Therefore in the present invention, by attaching the inner capturing cylinder to the post and covering this with the outer capturing cylinder, it is possible to lock up cockroaches in this inner space. Thanks to an outer capturing cylinder, insects are hidden in the space and invisible to people. As both an outer and an inner capturing cylinders can be removed together it is easy to exchange catching members. Also if a pedestal is designed with good sense, this capturing device can be used as an interior decoration. And it is possible to be more effective for capturing insects by putting this device in the visible places like on the table. And the cylinder can be single or dual or multiplex.
Additional features and advantages of the invention will become apparent from the ensuing description and claims read in conjunction with the attached drawings.
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Yamaguchi Kanichi
Yamauchi Umeo
Arent Fox Kintner & Plotkin & Kahn, PLLC
Rowan Kurt
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