US 12,239,128 B2
Methods and systems for spraying a pest control composition
Matthew J. Forst, Oak Creek, WI (US); Megan L Nakkula, Milwaukee, WI (US); Bal K. Gautam, Franklin, WI (US); Arvind Narayan, Phoenix, AZ (US); Richard J. Lemerond, Racine, WI (US); and Benjamin J. Richards, Shorewood, WI (US)
Assigned to S. C. JOHNSON & SON, INC., Racine, WI (US)
Filed by S. C. JOHNSON & SON, INC., Racine, WI (US)
Filed on Mar. 1, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/683,585.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/156,055, filed on Mar. 3, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0279782 A1, Sep. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. A01N 25/06 (2006.01); A01M 1/20 (2006.01); A01M 13/00 (2006.01); A01N 27/00 (2006.01); B65D 83/14 (2006.01); B65D 83/20 (2006.01); B65D 83/22 (2006.01); B65D 83/30 (2006.01)
CPC A01N 25/06 (2013.01) [A01N 27/00 (2013.01); B65D 83/752 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of immobilizing insects by a spray dispensing system, including the steps of:
spraying a pest with a pest control composition consisting of butane, propane, and isobutane,
wherein the pest control composition is sprayed for at least two seconds at a spray rate of between about 1.8 g/s and about 2.6 g/s and achieves a temperature of less than −20° C. at least 18 inches from an exit orifice of the dispensing system.