Patent ID: 6216383
Filing Date: 2001-04-17
Classification: A01M

Abstract:
An insect trap kit for use indoors and outdoors, the insect trap kit comprising:a. a lid having at least one access port formed therethrough, the at least one access port being formed through a vertical wall of the lid, the lid also having a generally truncated cone-shaped access ramp extending from an outer periphery of the lid to the at least one access port;b. a receptacle configured to retain the lid thereon and adapted to contain an insect attractant therein, an upper portion of the receptacle being connected to a lower portion of the lid when the lid is retained on the receptacle;c. a generally truncated cone-shaped base for use indoors, the base having first and second ends and a cavity extending into the base from the first end, the base being smaller at the first end than at the second end, the second end adapted to rest on a horizontal surface, the base configured to receive the receptacle through the first end and in the cavity, an outer perimeter of the base at the first end aligning with the outer periphery of the lid when the receptacle is received within the base and the lid is retained on the receptacle, an outer surface of the base having the same slope as the access ramp when the receptacle is received within the base and the lid is retained on the receptacle and the second end of the base is resting on a horizontal surface;d. a containing sleeve for use outdoors and adapted for burial, the sleeve configured to receive the receptacle therein, the outer periphery of the lid resting on top of the ground when the receptacle is received within the containing sleeve and the lid is retained on the receptacle and the containing sleeve is buried in the ground; andwhereby an insect will be attracted by the insect attractant, the insect thus being led to crawl upward along the base and then upward along the access ramp when the insect trap is used indoors, the insect being led to crawl upward along only the access ramp when the insect trap is used outdoors, the insect then falling through the at least one access port and into the insect attractant within the receptacle.