US 12,402,618 B2
Insect eliminating device with simulated flame and vacuum suction element
Eric Rubel, Westfield, NJ (US); David L. Lowe, Port Monmouth, NJ (US); and Lawrence E. Bradford, Scotch Plains, NJ (US)
Assigned to PIC Corporation, Linden, NJ (US)
Filed by PIC Corporation, Linden, NJ (US)
Filed on May 31, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/679,913.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/533,243, filed on Aug. 17, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2025/0057142 A1, Feb. 20, 2025
Int. Cl. A01M 1/08 (2006.01)
CPC A01M 1/08 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An insect eliminating device comprising:
a body including a top portion and a bottom portion provided below the top portion;
a light portion mounted in the body and including:
a UV light element mounted in an open space provided in the top portion;
a flickering light portion mounted in the bottom portion;
a central conduit providing fluid communication between an open space in the top portion and the bottom portion of the body;
a fan, mounted in the bottom portion to direct air from the open space in the top portion, through the central conduit and into the lower portion; and
a grid mounted at a bottom end of the central conduit including a plurality of openings sized to allow air and insects to pass downward into the bottom portion of the base and prevent insects from passing upwards into the central conduit.