Fishing – trapping – and vermin destroying – Vermin destroying – Insect
Reexamination Certificate
1999-08-18
2001-03-27
Rowan, Kurt (Department: 3643)
Fishing, trapping, and vermin destroying
Vermin destroying
Insect
C043S124000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06205702
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates generally to insect control devices and more specifically it relates to an environmentally safe insect control system for incapacitating a nest of insects while allowing an individual to simultaneously remove the nest without utilizing toxic chemicals.
Undesirable insects such as bees, hornets and wasps create “nests” in trees and building structures. It is desirable to remove these nests when they are adjacent humans because of the risk of injury to an individual. Current methods of removing the insects include spraying a toxic chemical upon the nest thereby killing the undesirable insects within and thereafter allowing an individual to physically remove the nest. These toxic chemicals are not only hazardous to the environment but also to humans that come in contact with the chemicals after being applied. Hence, there is a need for an insect control system that is environmentally friendly.
2. Description of the Prior Art
Processes of exterminating insects have been in use for years. Typically, to remove a nest of undesirable insects such as bees, wasps or hornets, toxic chemicals are often times applied to the entire nest and surrounding area in order to exterminate the undesirable insects. After the insects within the nest have been exterminated, the entire nest is then safe to remove from the building structure or tree making the surrounding environment safe for humans.
Unfortunately, utilizing toxic chemicals to exterminate insects is not safe for the environment, humans or pets. The toxic chemicals utilized can make humans and animals sick or permanently injured. In addition, toxic chemicals can damage the surrounding environment including plants and other desirable insects.
Examples of processes for exterminating insects include U.S. Pat. No. 5,165,199 to Tallon; U.S. Pat. No. 4,833,818 to Berta; U.S. Pat. No. 4,615,138 to Cale et al; U.S. Pat. No. 4,833,870 to Middleton; U.S. Pat. No. 4,835,955 to Gaubis; U.S. Pat. No. 5,347,800 to Morgan which are all illustrative of such prior art.
Tallon (U.S. Pat. No. 5,165,199) discloses a non-toxic method of exterminating insects such as termites, fleas, roaches, ants and weevils. Tallon teaches an inert freezing liquid such as liquid nitrogen as the killing agent. The liquid nitrogen is inserted so as to envelop the colony of insects.
Berta (U.S. Pat. No. 4,833,818) discloses a method of exterminating subterranean animals. Berta teaches a suffocant in the form of a heavier-than-air gas that is directed into the subterranean tunnel network of an air-breathing animal for replacing the air within the tunnels and suffocate the animals within.
Middleton (U.S. Pat. No. 4,833,870) discloses a braking mechanism for a fruit harvesting apparatus. Middleton teaches an extensible handle unit, a body attached support unit, a fruit picking unit, and a chute unit with an adjustable brake unit for allowing the fruit to be gravity fed through the chute unit.
While these devices may be suitable for the particular purpose to which they address, they are not as suitable for incapacitating a nest of insects while allowing an individual to simultaneously remove the nest without utilizing toxic chemicals. Conventional systems for removing undesirable insects include utilizing hazardous chemicals to kill the insects thereby polluting the surrounding environment. In addition, conventional insect control devices are not capable of controlling nests of insects in heightened areas.
In these respects, the environmentally safe insect control system according to the present invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs of the prior art, and in so doing provides an apparatus primarily developed for the purpose of incapacitating a nest of insects while allowing an individual to simultaneously remove the nest without utilizing toxic chemicals.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of insect control devices now present in the prior art, the present invention provides a new environmentally safe insect control system construction wherein the same can be utilized for incapacitating a nest of insects while allowing an individual to simultaneously remove the nest without utilizing toxic chemicals.
The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new environmentally safe insect control system that has many of the advantages of the insect control devices mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new environmentally safe insect control system which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art insect control devices, either alone or in any combination thereof.
To attain this, the present invention generally comprises a telescoping tube, a carbon dioxide tank with a regulator, a tube extending from the tank along the telescoping tube, a nozzle extending from the distal end of the telescoping tube for dispersing the carbon dioxide, and a capturing structure attached to the distal end of the telescoping tube and about the nozzle for capturing portions of the nest and insects, and providing a bowl to catch the falling carbon dioxide to kill any insects falling within. The nozzle attached to the tube preferably has a plurality of apertures within for allowing complete coverage by the carbon dioxide for incapacitating the insects within the nest. In an alternative embodiment, a ring member replaces the capturing structure for retaining a bag having a drawstring. In the alternative embodiment, a scraper is attached to the distal end of the telescoping tube for engaging and removing the nest. In the alternative embodiment, the user is able to pull upon a length of the drawstring for closing the bag about the nest of insects.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the invention in order that the detailed description thereof may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the invention that will be described hereinafter and that will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of the description and should not be regarded as limiting.
A primary object of the present invention is to provide an environmentally safe insect control system that will overcome the shortcomings of the prior art devices.
Another object is to provide an environmentally safe insect control system that incapacitates an entire nest of insects.
An additional object is to provide an environmentally safe insect control system that does not utilize toxic chemicals.
A further object is to provide an environmentally safe insect control system that is safe for the environment, humans and animals.
Another object is to provide an environmentally safe insect control system that is capable of exterminating nests of insects at extreme heights.
A further object is to provide an environmentally safe insect control system that removes oxygen from around the insects thereby incapacitating and eventually exterminating the insects.
An additional object is to provide an environmentally save insect control system that significantly drops the temperature of the air surrounding and within the nest thereby incapacitating the insects.
Another object is to provide an environmentally safe insect control system that utilizes carbon dioxide to displace the air surrounding a nest thereby removing the oxyge
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