Patent ID: 8240082
Filing Date: 2012-08-14
Classification: A01M

Abstract:
1. An insect trap comprising, in combination: a body member having a body wall defining a generally tubular cylindrical configuration having a preselected inside diameter and a preselected outside diameter, said body wall having an inside surface and an outside surface with a preselected thickness therebetween, a top edge and a bottom edge spaced a preselected axial distance from said top edge; slot walls defining a pair of slots in said body wall having a preselected slot height and a preselected slot width, said pair of slots extending a preselected slot distance from said inside surface of said body wall towards said outside surface of said body wall, and said pair of slots in diametrically opposed relationship in regions adjacent said bottom edge of said body wall; a bridge member positionable in said pair of slots having a top edge and a bottom edge with a bridge height therebetween substantially the same as said slot height and said bottom edge of said bridge member substantially coplanar with said bottom edge of said body wall, said bridge member having a base portion having a first width and a top surface, a mounting portion on said top surface; said mounting portion having a second width less than said first width of said base portion of said bridge member, and a mounting surface on said mounting portion and spaced from said top surface of said base portion of said bridge member; and said first width of said base portion of said bridge member substantially the same as said slot width; screw members extending through said body wall at said slot walls and into said bridge member to removably retain said bridge member in said slots; a flexible flapper member having a peripheral edge, said flexible flapper member mounted on said mounting surface of said mounting portion of said bridge member and said flexible flapper member having a generally oval shape, said oval shape having a minor diameter slightly smaller than said preselected inside diameter of said body wall and a major diameter slightly greater than said minor.