Mosquito destructor system

• US 10,021,869 B1
• Filed: 05/04/2016
• Issued: 07/17/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 06/05/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Thomas Paul Cogley
• Original Assignee: Thomas Paul Cogley
• Inventors: Cogley, Thomas Paul
• Primary Examiner(s): Ark, Darren W
• Assistant Examiner(s): Barlow, Morgan T
• Application Number:
  US15/146,550
• Time in Patent Office: 804 Days
• Field of Search: 43139, 43140, 43112-114, 43107, 43138
• CPC Class Codes: A01M 1/023 Attracting insects by the simulation of a living being, i.e. emission of carbon dioxide, heat, sound waves or vibrations
• CPC Class Codes: A01M 1/026 combined with devices for monitoring insect presence, e.g. termites bait stations A01M1/2005; detecting other animals in a given area A01M31/002
• CPC Class Codes: A01M 1/04 Attracting insects by using illumination or colours A01M1/08 and A01M1/145 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A01M 1/06 Catching insects by using a suction effect A01M3/00 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A01M 1/08 Attracting and catching insects by using combined illumination or colours and suction effects
• CPC Class Codes: A01M 1/145 Attracting and catching insects using combined illumination or colours and adhesive surfaces
• CPC Class Codes: A01M 1/2016 for flying insects
• CPC Class Codes: A01M 1/223 by using electrocution
• CPC Class Codes: A01M 2200/012 Flying insects
• CPC Class Codes: A01M 5/00 Catching insects in fields, gardens, or forests by movable appliances
• CPC Class Codes: A01M 5/02 Portable appliances
• CPC Class Codes: A01M 5/04 Wheeled machines, with means for stripping-off or brushing-off insects
• CPC Class Codes: Y02A 50/30 Against vector-borne diseases, e.g. mosquito-borne, fly-borne, tick-borne or waterborne diseases whose impact is exacerbated by climate change

Abstract

A moving assembly has a base with a base bottom, a side wall, a rectangular conduit formed in the base bottom, and a fan with a motor mounted on the base bottom, and a collector box for collecting mosquitos. The fan functions to create a vacuum for drawing in mosquitos. A killing assembly has an upper dish and a lower dish. The upper dish has electrically charged wires. A pool in the lower dish constitutes a container for standing water. Air tubes are laterally spaced and vertically oriented. The air tubes have upper ends disposed above the pool to draw in mosquitos entering the vicinity of the upper ends and lower ends received in the rectangular conduit.

Claims

1. A mosquito destructor system comprising:

a moving assembly; and

a killing assembly;

the moving assembly being entirely self-propelled and being entirely beneath the killing assembly, the moving assembly comprising;

a base comprising;

a base bottom and a side wall,

a rectangular conduit located within the base,

a fan motor,

a fan mounted on the base bottom, adapted to create a vacuum for drawing in mosquitos, and

a collector box for collecting mosquitos;

the killing assembly comprising;

an upper dish and

a lower dish;

electrically charged wires in the upper dish,

a pool in the lower dish, the pool constituting a container for standing water,

air tubes laterally spaced and vertically oriented, the air tubes having upper ends and lower ends,

the lower ends of the air tubes received in the rectangular conduit,

the upper ends of the air tubes being disposed above the pool to draw in mosquitos entering the vicinity of the upper ends of the air tubes.

2. The system as set forth in claim 1 and further comprising:

a flapper valve in a lower section of the rectangular conduit adapted to open when the fan is operating for creating an air flow, the flapper valve adapted to close under the influence of gravity when the fan is not operating.

3. The system as set forth in claim 1 wherein:

the base has a forward region and a rearward region and a left side region and a right side region; and

the moving assembly comprises;

two drive wheels depending from the base bottom adjacent to the rearward region,

two drive motors powering the two drive wheels respectively,

a caster wheel depending from the base bottom adjacent to the forward region, the caster wheel being pivotable about a vertical axis to change a direction of movement of the system during use.

4. The system as set forth in claim 1 and further comprising:

an attracting assembly for attracting mosquitos to be killed, the attracting assembly comprising;

an exterior surface,

rectangular side walls,

an open top,

an open bottom,

a string of light emitting diodes,

a plurality of supports comprising clips retaining the light emitting diodes in a spiral configuration,

a battery pack, and

a light remote device,

the string of light emitting diodes comprising;

an exterior end coupled to the battery pack, and,

an interior end having a user-operated control pad communicating with the light remote device for controlling the light emitting diodes.

5. The system as set forth in claim 2 and further comprising:

peripheral components on the exterior surface of the attracting assembly, the peripheral components comprising;

heating elements,

adhesive sheets,

indicia in the form of eye balls creating the appearance of a creature, the eye balls comprising fluorescent material to attract mosquitos to be killed.

6. The system as set forth in claim 1 and further comprising:

a camera positioned over the pool to track the operation of the system.

7. The system as set forth in claim 1 and further comprising:

three downwardly extending legs comprising downwardly facing hook and loop fasteners; and

three associated recesses comprising upwardly facing hook and loop fasteners;

the downwardly extending legs adapted to be removably received in the recesses to allow for proper positioning and removable securement between the moving assembly and the killing assembly.

8. The system as set forth in claim 3 and further comprising:

a control assembly comprising

a remote travel device for providing a user with control of the drive wheels,

a user visible digital universal product code, and

a battery powered percentage indicator comprising;

an ON/OFF button, and

a sound actuated switch.

9. The system as set forth in claim 1 and further comprising a shroud for covering the system when the system is not in use, the shroud being impregnated with a natural insecticide.

10. A mosquito destructor system (10) for attracting and killing mosquitos, for ambulating to maximize mosquitos attracted and killed, the attracting and killing and ambulating being done in a safe, ecological, convenient, and economical manner, the system comprising, in combination:

a moving assembly (14),

a killing assembly (100),

an attracting assembly (200),

a control assembly; and

a shroud (400);

the moving assembly (14) being entirely self-propelled and being entirely beneath the killing assembly, the moving assembly comprising;

a top,

a base (16) comprising;

a circular base bottom (18) and

a cylindrical side wall (20) forming a lower chamber,

a forward region (22)

a rearward region (24)

a left side region (26)

a right side region (28) and

a rectangular conduit (134) located within the base,

two drive wheels (30) depending from the base bottom adjacent to the rearward region,

two drive motors (32) powering the two drive wheels respectively,

a caster wheel (34) depending from the base bottom adjacent to the forward region, the caster wheel being pivotable about a vertical axis to change the direction of movement of the system during use;

a squirrel cage central fan (38) comprising

a central fan motor (40), the central fan motor being mounted centrally on the base bottom,

a filter (44) impregnated with an insecticide,

a handle (72) attached to the filter to facilitate movement and replacement and cleaning of the filter,

the squirrel cage central fan functioning to create a vacuum for drawing in the mosquitos and debris into a collector box (42) for disposal;

a semi-circular bumper (46) recessed in the forward region, the semi-circular bumper extending to the left side region and the right side region, the semi-circular bumper being moved upon contact with a wall whereby rotation of the wheels is reversed and whereby the direction of motion of the system is changed,

a plurality of sensors (48) mounted to the base bottom to facilitate reversal of the drive wheels and reversal of the system to abate tumbling down steps,

a battery pack (60) within the lower chamber, the battery pack having nodes (62) adjacent to the rearward region,

a charger (64) functioning to receive the nodes and recharge the battery pack for powering the drive wheels and the sensors and the central fan motor,

a speaker (66) positioned in the cylindrical side wall of the base to provide verbal messages, and

a button (68) to power the speaker and initiate a verbal message;

the killing assembly (100) comprising;

an upper dish (102)

a lower dish (104) comprising adhesive sheets (120),

the upper dish comprising electrically charged wires (106),

a pool (112) in the lower dish, the pool (112) constituting a container for standing water (126), the water being a natural attractant and breeding ground for mosquitos,

a carbon dioxide generator (128) enhancing the attracting qualities of the water,

the electrically charged wires functioning to kill mosquitos coming into contact with the electrically charged wires,

a grid (108) of un-charged wires in the upper dish spaced above the electrically charged wires to abate human contact with the electrically charged wires,

a plurality of heating elements (118) in the lower dish,

the lower dish comprising adhesive sheets (120),

batteries (122) powering the carbon dioxide generator and the electrically charged wires;

air tubes (124) laterally spaced and vertically oriented, the air tubes having upper ends (136) and lower ends (132),

a rectangular conduit (134) located within the base receiving the lower ends of the air tubes,

the upper ends of the air tubes being disposed above the pool to draw in mosquitos entering the vicinity of the upper end of the air tubes,

panels (138) soaked in pheromones rendering the vicinity of the upper ends of the air tubes more attractive to mosquitos,

a flapper valve (140) in a lower section of the rectangular conduit adapted to open when the fan is operating and creating an air flow, the flapper valve adapted to close under the influence of gravity when the fan is not operating;

the attracting assembly (200) for attracting mosquitos comprising;

an exterior surface,

rectangular side walls (202),

an open top (204),

an open bottom (206),

a string of light emitting diodes (208),

a plurality of supports (210) comprising clips retaining the light emitting diodes in a spiral configuration,

an exterior end (122) of the string of light emitting diodes coupled to the batteries,

an interior end of the string of light emitting diodes comprising a user-operated control pad (212)

a light remote device (303) for controlling the light emitting diodes;

the user-operated control pad communicating with the light remote device;

peripheral components on the exterior surface of the attracting assembly comprising;

heating elements (118),

adhesive sheets (120),

indicia in the form of eye balls (220) creating the appearance of a creature, the eye balls comprising fluorescent material to attract mosquitos to be killed,

a camera (224) positioned over the pool to track the operation of the system;

the killing assembly having three legs (105) extending downwardly from the lower dish comprising downwardly facing hook and loop fasteners,

the moving assembly having three associated recesses in the top comprising upwardly facing hook and loop fasteners,

the legs adapted to be removably received in the recesses to allow for proper positioning and removable securement between the moving assembly and the killing assembly;

the control assembly comprising;

a remote travel device (302) for providing a user with control of the drive wheels, the control assembly also functioning to drive the system,

a user-visible digital universal product code (304),

a battery powered percentage indicator (306) comprising an ON/OFF button (308) and a sound activated switch (310); and

the shroud (400) adapted to cover the system when the system is not in use, the shroud being impregnated with a natural insecticide.

11. The system as set forth in claim 10 and further comprising four upper clips (232) on the killing assembly adapted to couple the attracting assembly to the killing assembly.