Patent ID: 7905047
Filing Date: 2011-03-15
Classification: A01M

Abstract:
1. A disposable flying insect trap comprising: an insect entry plate with a plastic bag secured to and hanging from a plate periphery, said entry plate including an upper surface and a lower surface that meet one another at an outer peripheral edge, said plastic bag adapted to contain insect attractant, said entry plate including at least one entry port extending through said upper and lower surfaces for guiding flying insects into said plastic bag for capture therein and a continuous channel that encircles said entry port and is spaced between said entry port and said outer peripheral edge; a lid having a downwardly projecting continuous lip shaped to fit into said continuous channel with a friction fit to connect said lid to said plate in a first position to form a liquid-tight seal that prevents leakage of liquid from the bag through the entry port to the surrounding environment, said lid also being configured to connect to said entry plate in a second position in which the lid and the projecting lip are spaced from said entry plate and said continuous channel to open the entry port to the surrounding environment; and said lid being held in said first position by pins on one of said lid or said plate, said pins being configured to be received in corresponding sockets in the other of said lid or said plate and said pins fitting within the sockets in frictional engagement therewith when said lid is in said first position.