PORTABLE FLYING INSECT VACUUM DEVICE

Abstract

The flying insect vacuum device removes annoying insects, and particularly flying insects such as flies, from inside or outside of the home or anywhere else they might show up. The flying insect vacuum device is a portable handheld unit with a handle, battery, and eject battery button on the backside of the device. The power button turns the vacuum motor on and off. On the front of the invention is a large grill over a funnel that sucks the flies into a storage compartment in the center of the device. The device has strong vacuum suction, an adjustable front suction tool, an insect trapping compartment, and a quick release on and off button.

Claims

1. A portable flying insect vacuum device comprising: (a) a main body having a front part, a back part, and a center part; (b) a handle operably connected to the main body so that a user can lift and move the main body via the handle; (c) a battery slot operably positioned on the main body to receive a removable battery; (d) an eject-battery button operably connected to the battery slot so that the removable battery is ejected when the eject-battery button is pushed; (e) a trap compartment operably located in the center part of the main body, having (i) an openable compartment door operably connected on a first side of the trap compartment with a compartment doorknob thereon so that the compartment door is openable to empty any insects within the trap compartment; and (ii) a second openable compartment door or a non-moveable compartment window operably located on a second side of the trap compartment; (f) a funnel part operably connected to the front part of the main body so that a narrow end of the funnel part opens into the trap compartment; (g) a grill operably connected to a wide end of the funnel part; (h) an exhaust vent operably positioned in a side of the back section of the main body; (i) a vacuum motor operably housed within the back part of the main body, wherein the vacuum motor is operably connected to the battery so that the vacuum motor is powered by the battery, wherein the vacuum motor is operably connected to the exhaust vent so that the vacuum motor vents through the exhaust vent, and wherein the vacuum motor is operably positioned within the back part of the main body to create a suction current through the funnel part into the trap compartment so that insects are pulled through the grill into the funnel part and then into the trap compartment; and (j) an on-off button operably connected to the vacuum motor to turn the vacuum motor on and off.

2. The portable flying insect vacuum device according to claim 1, wherein the on-off button is operably positioned on the handle so that the on-off button is operable by a user holding the flying insect vacuum device by the handle.

3. The portable flying insect vacuum device according to claim 1, wherein the handle is ribbed to improve grip.

4. The portable flying insect vacuum device according to claim 1, wherein the openable compartment door and the second openable compartment door or the openable compartment door and the non-moveable compartment window are formed of a clear material so any insects in the trap compartment are visible to a user.

5. A portable flying insect vacuum device comprising: (a) a main body having a front part, a back part, and a center part; (b) a handle operably connected to the main body so that a user can lift and move the main body via the handle, wherein the handle is ribbed to improve grip; (c) a battery slot operably positioned on the main body to receive a removable battery; (d) an eject-battery button operably connected to the battery slot so that the removable battery is ejected when the eject-battery button is pushed; (e) a trap compartment operably located in the center part of the main body, having (i) an openable compartment door operably connected on a first side of the trap compartment with a compartment doorknob thereon so that the compartment door is openable to empty any insects within the trap compartment; and (ii) a non-moveable compartment window operably located on a second side of the trap compartment, wherein the openable compartment door and the second openable compartment door or the openable compartment door and the non-moveable compartment window are formed of a clear material so any insects in the trap compartment are visible to a user; (f) a funnel part operably connected to the front part of the main body so that a narrow end of the funnel part opens into the trap compartment; (g) a grill operably connected to a wide end of the funnel part; (h) an exhaust vent operably positioned in a side of the back section of the main body; (i) a vacuum motor operably housed within the back part of the main body, wherein the vacuum motor is operably connected to the battery so that the vacuum motor is powered by the battery, wherein the vacuum motor is operably connected to the exhaust vent so that the vacuum motor vents through the exhaust vent, and wherein the vacuum motor is operably positioned within the back part of the main body to create a suction current through the funnel part into the trap compartment so that insects are pulled through the grill into the funnel part and then into the trap compartment; and (j) an on-off button operably connected to the vacuum motor to turn the vacuum motor on and off, wherein the on-off button is operably positioned on the handle so that the on-off button is operable by a user holding the flying insect vacuum device by the handle.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0012] The figures that accompany the written portion of this specification illustrate embodiments and method(s) of use for the present invention, a flying insect vacuum device, constructed and operative according to the teachings of the present invention.

[0013] FIG. 1 shows a perspective view illustrating a flying insect vacuum device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[0014] FIG. 2 is a perspective view illustrating a flying insect vacuum device according to an embodiment of the present invention of FIG. 1.

[0015] FIG. 3 is a perspective view illustrating a flying insect vacuum device according to an embodiment of the present invention of FIG. 1.

[0016] The various embodiments of the present invention will hereinafter be described in conjunction with the appended drawings.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0017] As discussed above, embodiments of the present invention relate to a vacuum and more particularly to a flying insect vacuum device as used to improve the ability of a user to catch and remove flying insects inside or outside a building.

[0018] Referring now to the drawings FIGS. 1-3, the flying insect vacuum device is designed to help remove annoying insects, and particularly flying insects such as flies, with a simple push of a button, from inside or outside of the home, at family functions, or anywhere else they might show up. The flying insect vacuum device has a portable handheld body unit 1 with a handle 2, removable battery 3 that slots into a battery slot 4, and eject battery button 5 that ejects the removable battery 3 from the slot 4 in the body 1 when pushed. The handle 2 is preferably ribbed. The eject battery button 5 is preferably located on a top surface of the body 1, next to the battery slot 4. A power button 6 that controls the on-off of the vacuum motor 7 is preferably located on a top surface of the handle 2. The vacuum motor 7 is housed inside the body 1 in a back section 8. Exhaust vents 16 are located in a side of the back section 8 of the body 1 to vent the vacuum motor 7.

[0019] Attached to the front section 9 of the body 1 is a large grill 10 over a funnel portion 11, arranged so that when the vacuum motor 7 is on, air is sucked through the grill 10, through the funnel portion 11, and then into a trap compartment 12, where the flying insects are housed so as to prevent them from being further sucked into the vacuum motor 7. The grill 10 helps to keep the insects inside the trap compartment 12.

[0020] The trap compartment 12 is located between the funnel portion 11 that attaches to the front portion 9 and the vacuum motor 7 in the back portion 8, in a center portion 13. The trap compartment 12 has a compartment door 14 on at least on side of the center portion 13, with a compartment doorknob 15 located thereon. A user can open the compartment door 14 to release any live insects within the trap compartment 12, or clean out any dead insects. The compartment door 14 is preferable translucent, and even more preferably clear. Alternately, as shown in FIG. 3, the trap compartment 12 may have a compartment door 14 on one side, and a translucent or clear, non-moveable compartment window 17 on the other side. The compartment window 17 does not have a knob, as it does not move, but rather allows the user to see into the trap compartment 12 from either side of the body 1 of the device.

[0021] The embodiments of the invention described herein are exemplary and numerous modifications, variations and rearrangements can be readily envisioned to achieve substantially equivalent results, all of which are intended to be embraced within the spirit and scope of the invention. Further, the purpose of the foregoing abstract is to enable the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally, and especially the scientist, engineers and practitioners in the art who are not familiar with patent or legal terms or phraseology, to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and essence of the technical disclosure of the application.