Granted Patent B2

US 12,284,997 · App. 18/583,133 · Granted Apr 29, 2025

Inventor: Nick Suteerawanit (Laguna Woods, CA)

A01M1/14A01M1/103

Abstract

Claims (28)

1. A German cockroach glue trap, comprising:

a base;

a base floor of the base;

side walls of the base;

a base top opposite to the base floor;

a base interior between the side walls, the base floor and the base top;

a glue layer on the base floor;

a lid configured to attach to the base top of the base, the lid providing a ceiling of the base interior;

a plurality of openings in the side walls, all of the openings have an opening width OW between 3.5 mm and 4.5 mm, an opening height OH between 3.5 mm and 12 4.5 mm, and an opening depth OD between 0.25 mm and 3 mm;

a lowest center height of a lowest of the openings is between 6 mm and 10 mm above the base floor;

the ceiling is between 7 mm and 30 mm above a center height of a highest of the openings; and

a base top rim surrounding the base top, the base top rim is about 5 mm out from the base interior.

2. The glue trap of claim 1 , further including a second glue layer on the ceiling.

3. The glue trap of claim 1 , wherein the trap is made of a dark plastic between 0.25 mm and 0.89 mm thick and the opening depths are between 0.25 mm and 0.89 mm.

4. A German cockroach glue trap, comprising:

a base;

a base floor of the base;

side walls of the base;

a base top opposite to the base floor;

a base interior between the base floor and the base top;

a base thickness between 0.25 mm and 3 mm;

a glue layer on the base floor;

a lid configured to attach to the base top of the base, the lid providing a ceiling of the base interior;

a plurality of openings in the side walls, all of the openings have an opening width OW of about 4 mm, an opening height OH of about 4 mm and an opening depth 12 OD equal to the base thickness;

a lowest center height of a lowest of the openings about 8 mm above the base floor;

a highest center height of a highest of the openings about 10 mm below the ceiling;

a second glue layer on the ceiling;

a base top rim surrounding the base top, the base top rim is between 3 mm and 7 mm out from the base interior.

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