Patent ID: 6421952
Filing Date: 2002-07-23
Classification: A01M

Abstract:
An insect attracting and exterminating apparatus comprising:an upper housing, the upper housing having a plurality of clamps for attaching the apparatus to a security light source; a lower housing having an insect receiving opening; a rim which hangs over said lower housing to shelter the lower said housing from weather; an inner electrical wire mesh for killing insects admitted into said lower housing connected to said lower housing; an outer electrical wire mesh for killing insects admitted into said lower housing connected to said lower housing, wherein said outer electrical wire mesh is grounded; a light source mounted in a light holder for attracting insects to the vicinity of said lower housing having a manual on-off switch associated therewith; means for establishing electrical and mechanical connections between a source of 120 VAC electrical power, said light source, said inner electrical wire grid and said outer electrical wire grid; an AC-DC converter for converting AC voltage into DC voltage and providing positive DC power to said inner electrical wire mesh and negative DC power to said outer electrical wire mesh; and, means for switching the operation of said light source, said electrical inner wire mesh, and said electrical outer wire mesh between automatic and manual control.