Patent ID: 8966812
Filing Date: 2015-03-03
Classification: A01M,A01N,Y02A

Abstract:
1. A climbable pitfall trap for bed bugs and the like, the trap comprising: a rough exterior surface sloping upwardly and outwardly from a bottom of the exterior surface to a to of the exterior surface, the exterior surface serving as a climbing wall, which extends continuously around an outside of the trap and defines an edge at the to of the exterior surface, wherein the exterior surface is climbable by crawling arthropods with hooked tarsal claws; a precipice lining the edge of the exterior surface; a smooth interior surface connected to the precipice and sloping downward and inward from the precipice to form a first pitfall, the smooth interior surface having a surface roughness preventing bed bugs and the like passing over the precipice from resisting a fall down into the trap and from climbing up the interior surface to escape from the trap; and a smooth sloped retaining surface located inwardly of and opposed to the interior surface and forming a second pitfall; wherein the interior surface defines an outer portion of a receptacle and the opposed retaining surface defines an inner portion of the receptacle.