Insect swatter incorporating means for picking up dead insect

Details Insect swatter incorporating means for picking up dead insect Insect swatter incorporating means for picking up dead insect

1987-01-05

1988-12-27

Crosby, Gene P.

Fishing, trapping, and vermin destroying

Vermin destroying

Insect

A01M 302

Patent

active

047930942

ABSTRACT:
This invention provides two structures for swatting insects and five different structures for picking up a dead or stunned insect. In one aspect of the invention, an insect swatter having a wire frame and a relatively hard head is provided, the head being specially apertured to enable picking up an insect after it has been swatted. Additionally, the handle of the swatter has been constructed to form a pincer that may be manipulated to pick up a dead insect. In another aspect, the swatter handle has a tubular grip of flexible material with a tapered slit in the periphery of the tubular handle. The slit may be positioned over a dead insect and the tubular handle in the area of the slit squeezed together so as to pick up the dead insect. In a third aspect of the invention, the swatter head itself is manufactured from a flexible and absorbent material such as polyurethane foam which, in addition to forming a swatter may be used in the same way that a tissue is used to pick up a dead insect. A paper covering on both sides of the sponge-like foam material provides surfaces for advertising copy. In a fourth aspect, the swatter has a rectilinear wire handle carrying a slidably mounted scoop device which may be manipulated to scoop up a dead insect for disposal purposes.

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