Patent ID: 6397515
Filing Date: 2002-06-04
Classification: A01M

Abstract:
An electronic fly trap apparatus, comprising:a) a housing having a bottom side, a first side, a top side, a second side, a back side and a front side, the front side having an upper front aperture extending at least half the width of the upper portion of the front side of the electronic fly trap apparatus; b) a front panel sized to substantially cover the upper front aperture located on the front side of the housing, said front panel releasably secured to said front side of said housing, said front panel includes at least one elongated access aperture sized to provide access by a fly into the housing; c) at least one electrical ballast mounted within the housing, said ballast to convert electric current from a remote source into at least one pre-determined Hz frequency; d) at least one electrical transformer mounted within the housing for converting the first pre-determined Hz frequency into a selected Hz frequency comprising at least one of: an alternating Hz frequency, a multiple Hz frequency, a cyclic Hz frequency, and an intermittent Hz frequency; e) at least one light source located in a lower portion of the housing, the first light source in electrical communication with said electrical ballast and said electrical transformer; f) a disposable sheet positioned above said at least one 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 to pass therethrough; g) a sticky adhesive disposed upon the upper surface of the disposable sheet; h) an upper reflective panel positioned within the housing to extend behind and above the disposable sheet, the upper reflective panel positioned to reflect light passing from said light source through said plurality of apertures in said disposable sheet, and to redirect said light out through at least one of said elongated access aperture(s); i) a lower reflective panel positioned within the housing to extend below the at least one light source, said lower reflective panel to redirect light from said at least one light source through said plurality of apertures in said disposable sheet; and j) a control switch positioned between a remote electrical source and said electronic ballast, and said control switch comprises at least three of the following positions: an on position, an off position, an alternating above and below the threshold frequency position, a dual above and below threshold frequency position, a selected below the threshold frequency position, a selected above the threshold frequency position, and a cyclic stop and start frequency position.