Fly catcher

A fly catcher includes a housing having an orifice formed in an upper peripheral portion and communicating with an inner chamber of the housing, and a cover includes a lower peripheral portion rotatably engaged with the upper peripheral portion of the housing, the cover includes an opening for selectively aligning with the orifice of the housing when the cover is rotated relative to the housing, and the cover includes a casing extended from an upper portion into the cover, and the casing includes an aperture for guiding a fly or mosquito into the cover and the housing. The cover includes a key slidably engaged with a channel of the housing for guiding and limiting the cover to rotate relative to the housing.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the Invention

The present invention relates to a fly catcher, and more particularly to a fly catcher including an improved and simplified structure or configuration that may be easily and quickly made or manufactured by the workers with a simplified making or manufacturing procedure and with a decreased manufacturing cost.

2. Description of the Prior Art

Various kinds of typical fly catchers or mosquito lamps have been developed and provided for catching and removing flies and/or mosquitos, and normally comprise a housing for attracting and receiving the flies and/or the mosquitos, in which the typical mosquito lamps are required to be energized with electric power or energy. The other typical fly catchers have been developed and provided for catching and removing flies and/or mosquitos without electric power or energy.

For example, U.S. Pat. No. 4,141,173 to Welmert et al., U.S. Pat. No. 4,217,723 to Hrebec, U.S. Pat. No. 5,363,589 to Flynn, and U.S. Pat. No. 5,461,822 to Green et al. disclose several of the typical fly catchers each also comprising a housing for attracting and receiving the flies and/or the mosquitos.

However, the typical fly catchers includes a complicated structure or configuration that may not be easily and quickly made or manufactured by the workers, and that may include a complicated making or manufacturing procedure, and that may include a greatly increased manufacturing cost.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The primary objective of the present invention is to provide a fly catcher including an improved and simplified structure or configuration that may be easily and quickly made or manufactured by the workers with a simplified making or manufacturing procedure and with a decreased manufacturing cost.

In accordance with one aspect of the invention, there is provided a fly catcher comprising a housing including a base portion for engaging with a support surface, and including a chamber formed in the housing, and the housing including an upper peripheral portion, and including an orifice formed in the upper peripheral portion of the housing and communicating with the chamber of the housing, and a cover including a compartment formed therein, and including a lower peripheral portion engaged with the upper peripheral portion of the housing for guiding the cover to rotate relative to the housing, the cover including an opening formed therein for selectively aligning with the orifice of the housing when the cover is rotated relative to the housing, and the cover including a casing extended from an upper portion of the casing into the compartment of the cover, and the casing includes a space formed therein and spaced from the compartment of the cover by the casing, the casing includes an aperture formed therein and communicating with the space of the casing and communicating with the compartment of the cover for guiding a fly or mosquito into the cover and the housing and for preventing the fly or the mosquito from flying out of the casing and of the cover.

The housing includes a serrated pattern provided thereon, and/or the cover includes a serrated pattern provided thereon for attracting and confusing the flies and/or the mosquitos into the housing and the cover.

The housing includes a peripheral recess formed in the upper peripheral portion of the housing, and the cover includes a peripheral flange extended downwardly from the lower peripheral portion of the cover for slidably engaging with the peripheral recess of the housing and for guiding the cover to rotate relative to the housing.

The opening of the cover is formed in the peripheral flange of the cover. The housing includes a channel formed therein, and the cover includes a key extended from the peripheral flange for slidably engaging with the channel of the housing and for guiding and limiting the cover to rotate relative to the housing.

The housing includes at least one notch formed in the upper peripheral portion of the housing and communicating with the channel of the housing. The casing includes at least one slot formed in the casing and communicating with the compartment of the cover and communicating with the space of the casing also for guiding a fly or mosquito into the cover and the housing and for preventing the fly or the mosquito from flying out of the casing and of the cover.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

Referring to the drawings, and initially toFIGS. 1-3, a fly catcher in accordance with the present invention comprises an outer receptacle1including a lower or base housing10and an upper casing or cover30to be contacted or engaged with each other, for example, the housing10includes a lower or bottom or base portion11having a planar or slightly and upwardly curved structure or configuration (FIGS. 3-5) for allowing the housing10to be solidly and stably engaged with and supported on a support ground or surface90(FIG. 3). The housing10includes a simultaneously semi-spherical structure or configuration having a compartment or chamber12formed therein, and includes an inner peripheral shoulder or recess13formed or provided in the inner peripheral portion at the upper peripheral portion15of the peripheral wall14or of the housing10, best shown inFIGS. 3-5.

The housing10includes a groove or channel16also formed or provided in the inner peripheral portion at the upper peripheral portion15of the housing10and communicating with the inner peripheral recess13and/or the chamber12of the housing10, and the channel16of the housing10includes a limited length, such as one half of the upper peripheral portion15of the housing10, and includes one or more (such as two) notches17,18also formed or provided in the inner peripheral portion at the upper peripheral portion15of the housing10and communicating with the inner peripheral recess13of the housing10and also communicating with the channel16of the housing10, and includes a circular-shaped orifice19formed or provided in the upper peripheral portion15of the housing10and communicating with the chamber12of the housing10.

The cover30also includes a simultaneously semi-spherical structure or configuration having a chamber or compartment31formed therein, and includes a peripheral flange32extended downwardly from the lower peripheral portion33thereof for slidably engaging into or with the inner peripheral recess13of the housing10and for guiding the cover30to pivot or rotate relative to the housing10and for preventing the cover30from being disengaged or separated from the housing10, and includes a projection or key34extended radially and outwardly from the peripheral flange32for selectively engaging into or with either of the notches17,18of the housing10and for slidably engaging into the channel16of the housing10and thus for guiding and limiting the cover30to pivot or rotate relative to the housing10and for preventing the cover30from being disengaged or separated from the housing10.

The cover30further includes a square or rectangular notch or opening35for selectively aligning with the orifice19of the housing10(FIGS. 4, 5) or for being selectively offset or spaced or disengaged or separated from the orifice19of the housing10(FIG. 3) by pivoting or rotating the cover30relative to the housing10, for example, the opening35of the cover30may be selectively positioned to and aligned with the orifice19of the housing10(FIGS. 4, 5) when the key34is engaged with one end of the channel16of the housing10. The cover30further includes a cone-shaped casing36extended from the upper portion37of the casing30into the compartment31of the cover30, and the casing36includes a space38formed therein and offset or spaced or separated from the compartment31of the cover30by the cone-shaped casing36.

The cover30further includes one or more slots39formed in the casing36and communicating with the compartment31of the cover30and also communicating with the space38of the casing36, and further includes one or more apertures40formed in the lower or bottom portion41of the casing36and also communicating with the space38of the casing36and also communicating with the compartment31of the cover30, and the slots39and/or the apertures40of the casing36and arranged for allowing the flies and/or the mosquitos to easily fly into the compartment31of the cover30, but for preventing the flies and/or the mosquitos from flying out of the casing36and of the cover30. As shown inFIGS. 1 and 2, the housing10may include a number of ribs or a spatial or serrated pattern20formed or provided thereon, and/or the cover30may also include a spatial or serrated pattern42formed or provided thereon for attracting and confusing the flies and/or the mosquitos80.

In operation, as shown inFIG. 3, when the opening35of the cover30is offset or spaced or disengaged or separated from the orifice19of the housing10, when some attracting materials80, such as fruit or meat or fish or the like, are disposed or engaged into the chamber12of the housing10, the flies and/or the mosquitos81may be attracted and may fly through the slots39and/or the apertures40of the casing36and into the compartment31of the cover30, and may be prevented from flying out of the casing36and of the cover30. As shown inFIG. 4, the cover30may be selectively pivoted or rotated relative to the housing10in order to selectively align the opening35of the cover30with the orifice19of the housing10, and a hose82(FIG. 5) may be selectively engaged through the opening35of the cover30with the orifice19of the housing10and into the compartment31of the cover30for introducing water or fluid83or the like into the chamber12of the housing10.

Alternatively, as shown inFIGS. 6-10, the housing100includes a peripheral shoulder or recess21formed or provided in the upper peripheral portion15of the peripheral wall14or of the housing100(FIG. 6), instead of in the inner portion, for slidably or pivotally or rotatably engaging with the lower peripheral portion33of the cover300, the housing100includes one or more (such as two) keys or projections22,23extended radially and outwardly from the upper peripheral portion15of the peripheral wall14or of the housing100, and includes a square or rectangular opening or notch24formed in the upper peripheral portion15of the peripheral wall14or of the housing100for selectively aligning with the circular opening44of the cover300, and the cover300may include a projection or stop or key43extended radially and inwardly from the lower peripheral portion33of the cover300for selectively engaging with either of the projections22,23of the housing100and for guiding and limiting the cover300to pivot or rotate relative to the housing100.

Accordingly, the fly catcher in accordance with the present invention includes an improved and simplified structure or configuration that may be easily and quickly made or manufactured by the workers with a simplified making or manufacturing procedure and with a decreased manufacturing cost.