Patent ID: 7076916
Filing Date: 2006-07-18
Classification: A01M,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A device for exterminating insects with a chemical substance released from a pressurized canister and, further, for removing the insects and insect nests from a structure to which the nests are attached; said device comprising: an elongate pole having a distal end portion and an opposite proximal end portion; a basket secured to said distal end portion, said basket including sides formed of a mesh material and surrounding an interior basket chamber, an open top surrounded by a rim with a rubber seal for sealed engagement with a surface of the structure surrounding the insect nest, a frame structure which includes a plurality of brace members extending between said distal end portion of said pole and said rim, and wherein said mesh material both extends between and is positioned within said plurality of brace members; at least one canister holder fitting on said distal end portion of said pole for releasably holding the pressurized canister in a position which causes the chemical substance to be directed into said interior chamber of said basket and towards said open to of said basket when the chemical substance is released from the pressurized canister, and said at least one canister holder fitting both extending transversely from said pole at a location below said basket and which holds the pressurized canister by engaging opposite sides of a circumference of the canister; an actuator mechanism operable to release the chemical substance from the pressurized canister; and a trigger mechanism at said proximal end portion of said pole for operating said actuator mechanism to selectively release the chemical substance from the pressurized canister.