US 12,408,649 B2
Confined enclosure insect capture device with adhesive gap
Daniel Ronald Schwartz, Saint Paul, MN (US); Jonathan Lee Glawe, Saint Paul, MN (US); Magdalene Rose White, Saint Paul, MN (US); Joshua J. Lanz, Saint Paul, MN (US); Douglas B. Gardner, Saint Paul, MN (US); Larry Lake, Saint Paul, MN (US); and Daniel Davis Anderson, Saint Paul, MN (US)
Assigned to ECOLAB USA INC., Saint Paul, MN (US)
Filed by Ecolab USA Inc., Saint Paul, MN (US)
Filed on Aug. 31, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/446,576.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/706,671, filed on Sep. 2, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0061300 A1, Mar. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. A01M 1/14 (2006.01)
CPC A01M 1/14 (2013.01) [A01M 2200/01 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. In combination, an insect capture device and an adhesive member, comprising:
the insect capture device comprising a housing having a raised portion to create a gap between the raised portion and a surface; and
the adhesive member comprising a first section comprising an adhesive and a second section adjacent the first section and being substantially free from any adhesive;
wherein the adhesive member is positioned at an underside of the raised portion of the housing of the insect capture device with the first section of the adhesive member facing the gap;
wherein the housing comprises first and second support members on opposed ends of the raised portion;
wherein the first and second support members are configured to touch the surface when the combination is in use; and
wherein when the first and second support members touch the surface, the first and second support members form a partial enclosure between the raised portion and the surface such that the first and second support members do not create a sealed enclosure entirely surrounding the gap;
wherein the housing of the insect capture device further comprises at least one notch on either of the first and second support members, and wherein the adhesive member is positioned at least partially in the at least one notch.