ILLUMINATED INSECT TRAP WITH ANGLED GLUEBOARD

Abstract

A flying insect trap that has a housing with a rear wall and a front opening opposite the rear wall with a housing interior therebetween, and a glueboard mounted in said housing interior, said glueboard being elevated a distance above a bottom wall of the housing and being oriented with a rear edge of said glueboard being lower than a front edge of said glueboard so as to form an acute angle with the rear wall of the housing.

Claims

1. A flying insect trap comprising: a housing having a rear wall with a top wall, two side walls, and a bottom wall attached thereto and thereby forming a housing interior that is open at a front of said housing opposite said rear wall; a flying insect-attracting light source in said housing interior; a glueboard mounted in said housing between said side walls elevated above said bottom wall, with a rear edge of said glueboard, next to said rear wall of said housing, being vertically lower than a front edge of said glueboard at said opening; and said glueboard having a top surface, which faces upwardly in said housing interior, with an adhesive coating thereon.

2. A flying insect trap as claimed in claim 1 comprising a further glueboard in said housing interior resting on said bottom wall.

3. A flying insect trap as claimed in claim 1 wherein said rear wall of said housing has a clip mounted thereon below said top wall, and comprising a further glueboard held in said clip against said rear wall in said housing interior.

4. A flying insect trap as claimed in claim 1 wherein said glueboard is a first glueboard, and wherein said flying insect trap comprises: a second glueboard resting on said bottom wall in said housing interior; and a third glueboard mounted against said rear wall in said housing interior.

5. A flying insect trap as claimed in claim 1 comprising a hinged grill that covers said opening and that is pivotable to provide access to said housing interior.

6. A flying insect trap as claimed in claim 1 wherein said light source comprises at least one florescent lamp mounted horizontally in said housing interior.

7. A flying insect trap comprising: a housing comprising a rear wall and an open front and a housing interior between said rear wall and said open front; two flying insect-attracting florescent lamps mounted parallel to each other in said housing interior and proceeding horizontally with a spacing therebetween; and a glueboard mounted in said housing interior in said spacing between said florescent lamps, said glueboard having a rear edge next to said rear wall of said housing that is vertically lower than a front edge of said glueboard at said opening.

8. A flying insect trap comprising: a housing having a rear wall and a front opening with a housing interior between said rear wall and said front opening; said housing comprising a bottom wall attached to said rear wall and angled upwardly relative to said rear wall at an acute angle; and a glueboard mounted in said housing interior, elevated vertically above said bottom wall and also forming said acute angle with said rear wall.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0017] FIG. 1 is a front view of a flying insect trap in accordance with the present invention.

[0018] FIG. 2 is a sectional view along line A-A in FIG. 1, of the flying insect trap with no glueboards therein.

[0019] FIG. 3 is a sectional view, along line A-A of FIG. 1, of an embodiment of the flying insect trap in accordance with the invention with a glueboard on the bottom housing wall and with the elevated, upwardly projecting glueboard removed.

[0020] FIG. 4 is a sectional view along line A-A of FIG. 1 of an embodiment of the present invention having the elevated, upwardly angled glueboard by itself.

[0021] FIG. 5 is a sectional view along line A-A of FIG. 1 of an embodiment of the invention having the elevated, upwardly angled glueboard together with a glueboard on the bottom housing wall.

[0022] FIG. 6 is a sectional view along line A-A of FIG. 1 of an embodiment of the invention having the elevated, upwardly angled glueboard together with a glueboard on the bottom housing wall and a glueboard on the back housing wall.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0023] A flying insect trap in accordance with the invention is shown in a front view in FIG. 1. The flying insect trap has a housing 1, with side walls 2 and 3, a bottom wall 4 (which in this embodiment is upwardly angled), and top wall 5. The side walls 2 and 3, the bottom wall 4 and the top wall 5 frame an opening at the front of the trap, which is covered by a grill 6 that is mounted by hinges (not shown) so that when lifted upwardly by a panel 8 attached to the grill 6, the front assembly of the trap pivots around the hinges, so as to provide access to the interior of the housing 1. The panel 8 has a top edge 8a that forms the bottom edge of the front opening frame. Two light sources 7 can be seen through the openings in the grill 6, which in this embodiment are formed by fluorescent lamps. Power to these light sources 7 is provided via an electrical cord 9.

[0024] All of the embodiments of the invention shown in FIGS. 2 through 6, discussed below, are sectional views along line A-A shown in FIG. 1, looking toward the side wall 2.

[0025] FIG. 2 shows the trap with the grill 6 lifted upwardly, but with no glueboards inserted therein. As can be seen in FIG. 2, in the interior of the housing are pegs 11 that project from the side wall 2. Correspondingly situated pegs also protrude at the same locations from the side wall 3. At the rear wall 10 of the housing, a clip 12 is provided near the top wall 5.

[0026] FIG. 3 shows the trap according to the invention with one glueboard 13 placed in the conventional position on the bottom wall 4. FIG. 4 shows the trap with an elevated, upwardly projecting glueboard 14 inserted into the interior of the housing 1, and resting on the pegs 11 on the side wall 2. The glueboard 14 also rests on the similarly situated pegs on the opposite side wall 3. As can be seen in FIG. 4, the rear edge of the glueboard 14, which is closest to the rear wall 10 of the housing, is lower in height than the front edge, which is at the opening of the housing 1. The upper surface of the glueboard 14, facing toward the top housing wall 5, is covered with an adhesive material (not specifically shown) in a known manner so that when flying insects alight thereon they become adhered to the glueboard 14.

[0027] FIG. 5 shows an embodiment that includes both the glueboard 13 and the glueboard 14. As can be seen, the angle that the glueboard 14 makes with the rear wall 10 is the same as the angle that the bottom wall 4 makes with the rear wall 10, but this need not necessarily be the case.

[0028] In the embodiment of FIG. 6, a further glueboard 15 has been inserted into the clip 12, and is it held in place by the clip 12 against the rear wall 10 of the housing. The embodiment of FIG. 6 thus has three glueboards in the interior of the trap, namely glueboard 13, glueboard 14 and glueboard 15.

[0029] It can be seen that in all embodiments, the elevated glueboard 14 is situated at a vertical height in the housing 1 that is higher than the bottom edge 8a of the front opening frame of the trap housing 1

[0030] Although modifications and changes may be suggested by those skilled in the art, it is the intention of the Applicant to embody within the patent warranted hereon all changes and modifications as reasonably and properly come within the scope of the Applicant's contribution to the art.