Fishing – trapping – and vermin destroying – Vermin destroying – Insect
Patent
1992-12-28
1994-04-26
Bradley, Paula A.
Fishing, trapping, and vermin destroying
Vermin destroying
Insect
A01M 502
Patent
active
053055462
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to apparatus for catching insects.
It will be appreciated that there are a number of "creepy crawly" type household pests which are generally referred to as insects which are not strictly members of the insect family. Examples of this are spiders. For the purposes of this specification, the term insects will be taken to include any such creature and encompass flies, beetles, spiders, bees, wasps and moths, and other similar creatures.
The commonest methods of disposing of insects include spraying the insect with a fly spray including insecticide, using an attractive light to attract insects to it and kill them, and even more commonly, hitting the insect with any convenient object to hand, usually a rolled up newspaper. The disadvantage of the first method is that it adds to air pollution, and also many people dislike seeing an insect die in this manner. The types of attractive light which are often used in for example, food shops, can be expensive to run. The swatting of an insect can involve skill since it is sometimes difficult to swat an insect before it moves away. Often, a greasy smear will be left on whichever surface the insect has been "swatted". More importantly, all these methods rely on the killing of the insect to remove it. Trying to remove an insect from an environment where it is not wanted, without killing it, usually involves either picking it up with the hand or trying to scoop the insect up to move it away. Apart from the fact that many people are scared of insects, in many cases, this is just not practical. Many people would like to avoid killing the insect to try to conserve the insect population. This is especially noticeable with bees, but often killing is the only convenient way of disposing of an insect.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
According to the invention, there is provided apparatus for catching insects, comprising an insect carrying chamber adapted to hold an insect including an opening large enough to allow an insect to pass therethrough, the opening having a periphery lying in one plane such that if the insect carrying chamber is placed with its opening against a substantially planar surface, a closed space is defined between the surface and the insect carrying chamber, the apparatus including a shutter readily movable between a first position where the shutter lies over the opening to define a closed space between the shutter and the insect carrying chamber, and a second position where the shutter does not obscure the opening to leave it fully open, the apparatus including means to hold the insect carrying chamber and move it to its in-use position with its opening periphery against a substantially planar surface, the apparatus being arranged such that in said in-use position the shutter is readily movable from its second position to its first position.
The apparatus is used by placing the insect carrying chamber over an insect that is positioned on a substantially planar surface so that the insect lies within the closed space defined between the insect chamber and the surface, and then closing the shutter by moving it from its second position to its first position so that the insect is held securely within the space defined by the chamber and the shutter. The apparatus can then be moved to another location where the shutter can be moved to its second position to allow the insect to escape.
The advantage of using such apparatus is that the insect can be caught effectively on any surface on which it sits, and can be readily disposed of without having to kill the insect.
The means to hold the insect carrying chamber may just be that the chamber is shaped so as to be easily hand held, but preferably the apparatus includes a handle to hold the chamber. Preferably this handle is a long handle so that the chamber can be used to reach insects in inaccessible positions. Also, the long handle allows the user to keep remote from the catching of an insect. This is especially important when the user is either frightened of the insect, or th
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Bradley Paula A.
King James F.
Mah Chuck Y.
Schindler Edwin D.
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