AU720256B2 - Bottle top fly trap - Google Patents

Description

EDITORIAL NOTE FOR APPLICATION 62047/96 THIS SPECIFICATION BEGINS ON PAGE 2 Victor FEDOROW 65 Guanaba Road Mt Tamborine Qld 4272 62047/96 Phone/Fax 07 5545 0995 AUSTRALIA Bottle Top Insect Trap References Cited AU 810/37 EVERYDAY PRODUCTS LTD AU 60010/73 BUDSWORTH AU 23547/77 DIVETT AU 30184/77 SMEELE US 4218842 ANDERSON This invention relates to improvements in and relating to insect traps, particularly for the more common house flies and mosquitoes.

It is an object of this invention to simplify the trap to suit our present day ecological environment and lifestyle.

The object of this invention will be more apparent from the following descriptions.

Many attemps had been made to control flies or flying insects but these methods in most cases required chemical lures or sprays. In cases cited, it is apparent, our most inexpensive method of controlling these pests have been overlooked or ignored having many parts to assemble or manufacture all add to the cost. This invention is made of recycled PVC material and consists of just one piece of item, making assembly a very easy procedure for every consumer.

The Bottle Top Fly Trap is invented for our environment and cost conscious person, the throw away society and the very under privileged such as the third countries It is intended for outdoor use where the problem of flies or mosquitoes is evident. The likely places are near garbage bins, compost heaps, S pet's kennels or stables and barbecues. It is intended to hang the whole assembled plastic bottle with S the bottle top, by means of a thin piece of wire or string around the neck of the plastic bottle, S approximately 1.5 metres from the ground.

All these problems are overcome by this present invention, which provides natural control of flies and flying insects without any harmful chemicals and costly ongoing lures. The bottle top fly trap turns common, empty, plastic soft drink bottles into useful traps instead of litter. This simple action helps our environment tremendously. By using specific natural foodstuffs as bait, flies and mosquitoes are S attracted to the bottle and enter through the holes provided in the bottle top to the natural bait at the bottom of the plastic bottle. After the fly lays its eggs in the bait, the fly and maggots perish through exhaustion and/or the immense heat that is created within the plastic bottle by solar rays from the sun.

The eggs or maggots and dead flies can then be used to feed fish, frogs, chickens or recycled as compost, keeping our environment and eco system healthy. On the other hand, the whole plastic bottle and bottle top can be disposed off into a garbage bin due to its low cost of manufacture and replacement In one form of the invention, the bottle top is used in utilizing a plastic bottle singularly with the help of natural bait as an economical, affective and safe method of fly and/or mosquito control for outdoor use.

other form of the invention, the bottle tops may be used by inserting a number of them into clear '3 Victor FEDOROW 65 Guanaba Road Mt Tamborine Qld 4272 62047/96 Phone/Fax 07 5545 0995 AUSTRALIA perspex or similar lid with a scented yellow coloured material underneath, boxed in a dark container such as a wheelie bin. Flies are attracted to the scented yellow colour and enter through the holes in the bottle tops. Some bottle tops may have plastic bottles attached to them for isolating different flies or insects by using different scents or lures for research purposes. In either case, ants could be introduced to clearing away dead flies and maggots by having a small hole for them to enter through.

To assist with understanding the invention, references will now be made to the accompanying drawings which show five examples of the invention with references made by numbers.

FIGURE. I shows one example of a bottle top fly trap according to this invention.

FIGURE. IA shows the bottle top invention.

FIGURE. 2 shows the side elevation of the invention, part cross sectioned.

FIGURE. 3 shows the plan elevation viewed from the top.

FIGURE. 3A shows view from AA as in FIG. 2 FIGURE. 4 shows the application of such bottle tops, fitted into a box like container.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, the bottle top fly trap I consists of only one simple unit with a straight cylindrical body 12 and 4 from top II which is preferably flat and yellow in colour but can 1. also be any colour, being of same diameter to a slightly smaller diameter 5. At the bottom of 5, a slight 600• chamfer 6 is present so as to enter the neck 9 of the plastic bottle 8 much more readily. The lip 3 is S only a guide for inserting the trap I into the neck 9 so that the trap I does not enter the neck 9 too P. far, however, it may be excluded from the present invention as it has no other function in this invention. The benefit of 5 is to enable entry into slightly smaller in diameter necks 9. Ports or holes 2 are of the same size and preferably three or four in number situated in 12 and enter into 13. A hollow passageway 7 is present through to 13 of equal diameter. The bait 10 is of natural foodstuffs preferably, however, it can be just as affective with synthetic bait if so desired, placed at the bottom of S the plastic bottle 8 through the throat opening 9 before the bottle top I invention is inserted into 9.

When the trap I is used in conjunction with Fig.4, multiple traps I are inserted into dear sheet of perspex 14 to a depth of 3. The perspex 14 is housed by a dark wall 16 which can be any given shape such as round, square or rectangular. In this example the square shape is chosen for demonstration purposes only. The dark wall 16 would have a bright yellow, scented plate 15, preferably made of durable and recycled PVC or similar to the apposite wall 16. This plate 15 may be one that can be rotated if desired. Located in the base 18 would be an ant hole 17 if desired for ants to enter the emply space 19 to dear out dead flies or mosquitoes. The flies would be attracted by the yellow scented plate 15 which can be seen through perspex 14 and enter through the holes 2 then 13 and 7.

The immense heat created by the solar rays in the empty space 20 would eventually kill the entered flies or mosquitoes. This part of the invention would not house natural bait.

Claims (6)

1. A bottle top fly trap device for inserting into the open throat of a bottle, the device comprising: a cylindrical body having an upper body with a first outer diameter and a lower body with a second outer diameter, one of the first or second outer diameters being selected to be a close fit within the throat, the lower body including a chamfer at the end remote from the upper body to aid the device to enter the throat, a blind passageway extending longitudinally within the cylindrical body from the chamfered end through the lower and upper bodies to a location near to the end of the upper body remote from the lower body and plurality of holes extending radially through the upper body to allow the blind passageway to communicate with the exterior of the device.

2. The fly trap device of claim 1 further including an external lip located about the upper body in the region between the holes and the lower body, the lip preventing the device from entering the throat too far.

3. The fly trap device of either claim 1 or claim 2 wherein the device is made.a durable, recycled PVC material of any colour, but preferably a dark colour.

4. The fly trap device of any one of claims 1 to 3 wherein the holes are three or four in number.

The fly trap device of any one of claims I to 4 in combination with a bottle wherein solar heat generated within the bottle aids in killing the pests trapped within .the bottle.

6. A bottle top fly trap device substanially as herein described with reference to the accompanying drawings. Victor Fedorow 21 February 2000 too.