US 11,849,714 B2
Insect trapping systems
Scott Ritchie, Queensland (AU); Kyran M. Staunton, Queensland (AU); Wei Xiang, Queensland (AU); Yu Han, Harbin (CN); Nigel Snoad, Woodside, CA (US); Jianyi Liu, Santa Clara, CA (US); Jacob Crawford, Berkeley, CA (US); and Mark Desnoyer, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to Verily Life Sciences LLC, South San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed by Verily Life Sciences LLC, South San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on Jan. 24, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/752,171.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/826,842, filed on Mar. 29, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2020/0305406 A1, Oct. 1, 2020
Int. Cl. A01M 1/10 (2006.01); A01M 1/02 (2006.01); A01M 1/04 (2006.01); A01M 1/14 (2006.01); A01M 1/20 (2006.01)
CPC A01M 1/106 (2013.01) [A01M 1/023 (2013.01); A01M 1/026 (2013.01); A01M 1/04 (2013.01); A01M 1/145 (2013.01); A01M 1/2016 (2013.01); A01M 2200/012 (2013.01)] 30 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An insect trapping system, comprising:
a trapping container comprising:
a top;
a bottom;
at least one side wall, which together with the top and the bottom defines an interior volume, wherein an entrance hole is formed in the at least one side wall and allows access to the interior volume, wherein the top is characterized by a planar interior surface that faces the interior volume; and
a diverter wall that extends between the planar interior surface of the top and the bottom and that divides the interior volume to define a first chamber and a second chamber, wherein distal edges of the diverter wall physically contact opposing surfaces of the at least one side wall, wherein the diverter wall is characterized by a length extending between the distal edges and a vertex region, wherein the vertex region is defined along the length, wherein a window is formed in the vertex region and is characterized by an axis that is transverse to the length, wherein the window is defined by a pair of opposing substantially parallel edges and connects the first chamber and the second chamber, and wherein a distal portion of the diverter wall is characterized by an edge profile that is held in physical contact with the planar interior surface;
an acoustic lure device disposed within the first chamber between the entrance hole and the window, the acoustic lure device to output an acoustic tone for an insect population; and
a support stand to physically support the trapping container, the support stand to function as a visual lure for the insect population.