Patent ID: 6393759
Filing Date: 2002-05-28
Classification: A01M

Abstract:
An electronic fly trap apparatus, comprising:a) a housing having a bottom, a first side, a second side, a third side, a fourth side, and a top, with an external lip provided on at least one of the sides of the housing, adjacent to the top of the housing; b) a cover sized to substantially cover the top of the housing, said cover having a raised top portion with spaced, depending side portions forming an enclosed space beneath the cover, at least one of the depending side portions includes an upwardly curved access aperture sized to provide access, by flying insects, into the enclosed space provided beneath the cover; c) an electrical ballast mounted within the housing, said ballast to stabilize the electric current passing through the ballast; d) an electrical transformer mounted within the housing, said transformer to convert the stabilized current from the ballast into a selected Hertz frequency; e) a light source located in the housing, the light source in electrical communication with said electrical transformer; f) a disposable sheet positioned above the light source, the disposable sheet having a plurality of apertures extending therethrough, each of the plurality of apertures sized to restrict passage of a fly therethrough, the plurality of apertures positioned on the disposable sheet to allow light and heat from the light source to pass therethrough into the enclosed space provided beneath the cover; g) a sticky adhesive disposed upon an upper surface of the disposable sheet; h) a reflective panel positioned within the housing beneath the light source to redirect light from said light source, through said plurality of apertures in said disposable sheet, into the space provided beneath the cover to attract flying insects in the vicinity of the electronic fly trap apparatus.