Patent ID: 7748159

Claim:
A device for trapping flies, which comprises: a) an elongated housing; b) means for mounting said housing horizontally on an inside lower portion of a window pane adjacent to a window sill; c) means for holding flies carried within said housing, wherein the flies, when attracted to light coming through the window pane, will hit the window pane and drop down to stick to said holding means; d) a cover on said housing to conceal the flies stuck to said holding means; wherein said housing comprises and L-shaped member having a back wall and a bottom wall; and e) a hinge located between a forward end of said bottom wall of said L-shaped member and a bottom edge of said cover, wherein said hinge will allow said cover to pivot between a first up position and a second down position; wherein said holding means comprises a stack of peelable fly paper sitting between said back wall and said bottom wall of said L-shaped member; and wherein said stack of peelable fly paper has a cross section which is smoothly and vertically concave along an entire length of said stack of fly paper.