ARRANGEMENT FOR AN INSECT TRAP

Abstract: The invention relates to an arrangement (1) for an insect trap (2) which is provided with a surface (3) with adhesive (4) for retaining flies and similar winged insects upon it, and that said surface (3) has a pattern (6) for attracting insects to fly into the trap (2). According to the invention, the pattern (6) includes images (7) performed in 3D.

Description: Arrangement for an insect trap The present invention relates to an arrangement for an insect trap which is provided with a surface with adhesive for retaining flies and similar winged insects upon it, and that said surface has a pattern for attracting insects to fly to the trap. It is previously known that flies and other flying insects often land in the area of an edge of the object that they land upon. Known insect traps are provided with a catch surface upon which insects are intended to be caught upon and therefore is coated with a suitable strong sticky adhesive of non-polluting kind. Those insect traps are preferably formed by cardboard strips, plastic pieces or other materials which are provided with adhesive or other means for retaining the trap at the intended catch location, e.g. at a windowpane, a wall or for arrangement or suspension of the trap in question, e.g. in stables, shops, windowsills, among flowers etc. A plurality of flies have been printed upon the trap in order to thereby try to attract flies etc. to be drawn to the trap and this has been effective even if not so many edges have been located on the trap. The main object of the present invention is now in the first hand to try to increase the catch efficiency in some way, which is acceptable costwise and without the trap for this cause being considered to be complicated to use. Said object is achieved by means of an arrangement according to the present invention, which is substantially characterized in that the pattern includes images performed in The invention will be described in the following as a number of preferred embodiments, wherein is referred to the drawings on which Fig 1-3 shows different examples of traps with pattern according to the invention, Fig 4-5 shows examples of suitable pattern images that may be used for an insect trap, and Fig 6-7 shows additional examples of how traps may be designed with reference to the pattern image. An arrangement 1 for an insect trap 2 which is provided with at least one surface 3 that has been coated with adhesive 4 of a suitable kind in order to be able to retain flies 5 and similar winged insects upon it, and which surface has a pattern 6 for attracting insects to fly to the trap 2 and land upon it has the pattern arranged in a special way. More exactly, the pattern includes images 7 performed in 3D so that you get an experience of three-dimensional seeing of the flat sheet etc. which the trap is made up of . For example, the pattern may be performed in the manner of a number of string shaped objects 8 which cover said catch surface 3 of the trap. Said objects 8 are preferably parallel to each other, so that a large surface 3 may be covered by such images of objects 8. In Fig 7 is shown an example of a trap where a plurality of circular objects 9 of different configurations are distributed along the catch surface 3 of the trap, for example holes or buttons. The mentioned objects 9 may vary in size as seen along the catch surface 3 of the trap, for example as is shown in Fig 7. The mentioned objects 8, 9 may be formed by a main image 8A, 9A with an adjacent shadow image 8B, 9B, at which the main image 8A, 9A suitably is coloured. Also the surrounding catch surface 3A of the trap 2 is provided with a coloured surface and which differs from the colour of the main image 8A, 9A and the shadow image 8B, 9B . Preferably, said main image 8A, 9A is provided with a marked contour 10 in order to further increase the sense of edge for the images . The catch surface 3, 3A, and thus also the images 8, 9, suitably exhibit so called luminous paint, formed by deep printing with fluorescent or phosphorescent deep printing colour wherein the luminescence is arranged to considerably increase the effective visibility of the trap at reduced access to light, i.e. in the morning and the evening. For example that red-, yellow- or orange colour is applied by deep printing before the adhesive 4 in question is applied to the catch surface 3. So when insects 5 see the trap 2 they by preference land upon the distinctly visualized edges of the objects 8, 9 in question, whereby a lot more insects are drawn to the trap 2 and are caught in the adhesive 4 than at known traps of similar size. However, the invention is not limited to the shown and described embodiments, but may be varied within the scope of the claims without departing from the inventive concept.

Claims: C l a i m s 1. Arrangement (1) for an insect trap (2) which is provided with a surface (3) with adhesive (4) for retaining flies (5) and similar winged insects upon it, and that said surface (3) has a pattern (6) for attracting insects (5) to fly to the trap (2) , characterized in that the pattern (6) includes images (7) performed in 3D. 2. Arrangement according to claim 1, characterized in that the pattern (6) covers the catch surface (3) of the trap with a number of string shaped objects (8) 3. Arrangement according to claim 2, characterized in that the objects (8) are parallel to each other. 4. Arrangement according to claim 1, characterized in that a number of circular objects (9) are distributed along the catch surface (3) . 5. Arrangement according to claim 4, characterized in that the objects (9) vary in size. 6. Arrangement according to any one of claims 1-5, characterized in that the objects (8, 9) are formed by a main image (8A, 9A) with an adjacent shadow image (8A, 9B) . 7. Arrangement according to claim 6, characterized in that the main image (8A, 9A) is coloured. 8. Arrangement according to claim 7, characterized in that the catch surface (3, 3A) is provided with a coloured surface. 9. Arrangement according to any one of claims 6-8, characterized in that the main image (8A, 9A) is provided with a marked contour (10) . 10. Arrangement according to any one of claims 1-9, characterized in that the catch surface (3) exhibits luminous paint, i.e. so called fluorescent or luminous paint.

Inventors: SILVANDERSSON KENNETH, SILVANDERSSON KJELL, SILVANDERSSON, KENNETH, SILVANDERSSON, KJELL
Applicants: SILVANDERSSON KENNETH, SILVANDERSSON KJELL, SILVANDERSSON MILJOE AB, SILVANDERSSON, KENNETH, SILVANDERSSON, KJELL
Application year: 1998
Main classification: A01M1
IPC codes: A01M1