Patent ID: 7469501
Filing Date: 2008-12-30
Classification: A01M

Abstract:
1. A remote device for engaging an insect on a surface, and disposing of the insect while the hands of the user are spaced away from the insect, the remote device comprising: a handle portion; an actuator at the handle portion disposed so as to be operable by a hand holding the handle portion; an elongate spacer portion having a proximal portion attached to the handle portion and a distal portion spaced away from the handle portion by a distance of at least 25 centimeters; at least one adhesive sheet having a planar adhesive surface exposed for adhesively engaging an insect; a support member affixed to the distal portion, the support member having holding means for releasably holding the at least one adhesive sheet thereon; and an elongate operator having a first end operatively connected to the actuator and a second end which passes through the support member to engage the at least one adhesive sheet and to remotely release the at least one adhesive sheet from the support member after the insect is engaged by the at least one adhesive sheet by operation of the actuator, the elongate operator movable between a first position wherein the second end is spaced above the at least one adhesive sheet and a second position wherein the second end is below the holding means and engages the at least one adhesive sheet to release it from the holding means such that the at least one adhesive sheet is completely free from the holding means.