IP Library Granted Patent US 10,357,033
Granted Patent B2
US 10,357,033 · App. 14/601,400 · Granted Jul 23, 2019

Mat structure with insecticide

Inventors: Fabio Marchetti (Trento, IT); Cedric Morhain (Barcelona, ES)
Assignee: Thermacell Repellents, Inc.
A01N25/34A01M1/2061
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Patent No.
US 10,357,033
App. No.
14/601,400
Granted
Jul 23, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A long life mat impregnated with insect repellant is provided which has greater concentration that prior art mats in the area above a heated sole plate in prior art volatilizable insecticide repellant devices.

Claims (12)

1. An insecticide dispensing apparatus having a heated sole plate and a mat impregnated with insecticide to be dispensed when said mat sits flat on and is heated by said heated sole plate,

said sole plate having a width,

said mat having a rectangular shape and being made of a porous cellulose material and comprising:

i.) a central area sized to conform to the width of said sole plate;

ii.) said insecticide being impregnated solely in said central area of the mat;

iii.) two side areas integrally formed with said central area being of the same material as said central area to increase the total length and size of said mat, wherein said side areas are located on both sides of said central area, and the length of each side area comprises about 20% of the length of the entire mat; and

iv.) barriers formed on both sides of said central area blocking migration of insecticide in said central area from reaching said side areas, wherein each barrier comprises a boundary structure extending from top to bottom of said mat, and wherein said boundary structure comprises highly compressed cellulose material;

and wherein said mat length is approximately equal to the width of said sole plate plus the width of said barriers plus the length of said side areas.

2. The insecticide dispensing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said central area is approximately five centimeters in length.

3. The insecticide dispensing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein said side areas are equal in length to each other.

4. The insecticide dispensing apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein said side areas are each approximately two centimeters in length.

5. The insecticide dispensing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein each of said barriers comprises two adjacent parallel boundary structures extending from top to bottom of said mat.

Assignments (5)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Dec 16, 2020
From: U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
To: THERMACELL REPELLENTS, INC.
Reel/Frame 054674/0236 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Dec 16, 2020
From: THERMACELL REPELLENTS, INC.
To: U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 054663/0388 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 25, 2019
From: THERMACELL REPELLENTS, INC.
To: U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Reel/Frame 050823/0906 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 30, 2019
From: THE SCHAWBEL CORP.
To: THERMACELL REPELLENTS, INC.
Reel/Frame 049323/0199 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 11, 2015
From: MARCHETTI, FABIO; MORHAIN, CEDRIC
To: THE SCHAWBEL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 035141/0467 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 61929612 · Jan 21, 2014
Related Publication 20150201613A1 · Jul 23, 2015
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