US 12,219,951 B2
Handheld vacuum assembly for the capture and collection of insects
Brian Rogers, Clearwater, FL (US)
Appl. No. 18/714,841
Filed by Brian Rogers, Clearwater, FL (US)
PCT Filed Jan. 16, 2024, PCT No. PCT/US2024/011677
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 30, 2024,
PCT Pub. No. WO2024/152055, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 18, 2024.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/438,815, filed on Jan. 13, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0415107 A1, Dec. 19, 2024
Int. Cl. A01M 3/00 (2006.01); A47L 7/00 (2006.01); A47L 9/06 (2006.01); A47L 9/12 (2006.01); A47L 9/14 (2006.01); A47L 9/24 (2006.01); A47L 9/28 (2006.01)
CPC A01M 3/005 (2013.01) [A47L 7/0085 (2013.01); A47L 9/0693 (2013.01); A47L 9/122 (2013.01); A47L 9/127 (2013.01); A47L 9/1454 (2013.01); A47L 9/248 (2013.01); A47L 9/2884 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A handheld vacuum assembly for the capture and collection of small insects comprising:
a vacuum body having a handle member and defining a suction chamber;
a motor coupled to the vacuum body and operably configured to generate a vacuum downstream in the suction chamber;
a battery coupled to the vacuum body and electrically coupled to the motor;
a funnel member coupled to the vacuum body, having a distal tip defining a funnel opening, and defining a suction channel spanning from the funnel opening, located downstream of the suction chamber, and defining a suction channel diameter and a suction channel area that is a function of the suction channel diameter;
a valve disposed within the suction channel and operably configured to have an open position along a valve translation path and a closed position along the valve translation path with the valve blocking a greater amount of the suction channel area than when the open position; and
a filter assembly disposed upstream of the suction channel, downstream of the motor, having a porous membrane member, having a filter cap selectively removably coupled to the porous membrane member and having a plurality of selectively removable strips disposed thereon and each having an adhesive surface oriented in a direction facing the distal tip.