US 11,690,367 B2
Arthropod trap and extermination method
Frank Luttels, Beesel (NL)
Assigned to CTB, Inc., Milford, IN (US)
Filed by CTB, Inc., Milford, IN (US)
Filed on Jun. 11, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/346,004.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/044,765, filed on Jun. 26, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0400945 A1, Dec. 30, 2021
Int. Cl. A01M 1/20 (2006.01); A01K 31/12 (2006.01); A01M 1/04 (2006.01)
CPC A01M 1/2094 (2013.01) [A01K 31/12 (2013.01); A01M 1/04 (2013.01); A01M 2200/011 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for attracting and exterminating arthropods, the apparatus comprising:
a heat strip, comprising:
at least one inner segment or zone that is energizable to a first temperature;
at least two outer segments or zones, wherein at least one of the at least two outer segments or zones is energizable to a second temperature, and wherein the at least one inner segment or zone is disposed between the at least two outer segments or zones;
a controller in electrical communication with each of the segments or zones of the heat strip, wherein the controller is configured to regulate power to the heat strip so as to selectively energize each of the segments or zones of the heat strip;
a housing defining an interior volume to enclose the heat strip, wherein the housing is opaque to visible light and includes a first opening; and
a first removeable cap configured to close the first opening, the first removable cap being opaque to visible light and comprising at least one opening;
wherein the controller regulates the first and second temperatures such that, due to the regulation by the controller, the first temperature is either selectively and concurrently equal to the second temperature or the first temperature is selectively and concurrently different from the second temperature;
wherein one of the first and second temperatures is sufficient to attract at least one of the arthropods into the housing; and
wherein an other of the first and second temperatures is sufficient to exterminate at least one of the arthropods within the housing with a lethal dose of high temperature.