Patent ID: 8127488
Filing Date: 2012-03-06
Classification: A01M

Abstract:
1. A flyswatter for killing an insect of a predetermined height and lateral size, comprising: a stiff handle; an elastically deformable, molded plastic swatting member having at least one striking surface for striking an insect when the insect is resting on an object, said swatting member attached to said handle; and said at least one striking surface having disposed thereon a plurality of spaced-apart non-filament protrusions integrally molded with the striking surface, said plurality of protrusions occupying about ten percent, or less, of an area of said at least one striking surface, said protrusions being relatively hard so as not to bend, compress or deform substantially when the at least one swatting surface is struck against the object, and having shapes that are wider at the bottom than at the top, said protrusions also being spaced apart sufficiently over the at least one striking surface of said swatting member so that the insect can be between said protrusions without being squeezed between said protrusions, and deformable portions of said swatting member between said protrusions adapted for killing an insect resting on the object without smearing the insect on the object; wherein each of said plurality of protrusions is laterally separated from adjacent ones by a distance greater than a height of the protrusions so that, when the swatting member is struck against the object on which the insect rests, portions of the elastically deformable swatting member located between adjacent protrusions deform sufficiently so that one of said portions of said elastically deformable swatting member contacts the insect, and each of said plurality of protrusions do not substantially deform when struck against the object on which the insect rests.