Article for preventing pests from entering a building structure

• US 6,824,850 B2
• Filed: 03/29/2002
• Issued: 11/30/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 03/29/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Robert M. Nourigat
• Original Assignee: Robert M. Nourigat
• Inventors: Nourigat, Robert M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Cole, Elizabeth M.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Pierce, Jeremy R
• Application Number:
  US10/112,384
• Publication Number:
  US 20030186604A1
• Time in Patent Office: 977 Days
• Field of Search: 442/123, 442/125, 442/324, 428/41.8, 428/114, 428/202, 428/343, 431/18, 431/321
• US Class Current: 428/41.8
• CPC Class Codes: A01M 1/04 Attracting insects by using illumination or colours A01M1/08 and A01M1/145 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A01M 1/2011 for crawling insects
• CPC Class Codes: A01M 1/24 Arrangements connected with buildings, doors, windows, or the like
• CPC Class Codes: A01M 2200/011 Crawling insects
• CPC Class Codes: A01M 29/34 specially adapted for insects
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 1/72 Pest control by keeping dry E04B1/70; impregnation of wood or like materials B27K
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/1476 Release layer
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/24132 including grain, strips, or filamentary elements in different layers or components parallel
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/2486 with outer strippable or release layer
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/28 Web or sheet containing structurally defined element or component and having an adhesive outermost layer
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 442/2098 At least two coatings or impregnations of different chemical composition
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 442/2525 Coating or impregnation functions biologically [e.g., insect repellent, antiseptic, insecticide, bactericide, etc.]
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 442/2541 Insect repellent
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 442/2861 Coated or impregnated synthetic organic fiber fabric
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 442/56 From synthetic organic fiber

Abstract

The present invention discloses an article for preventing pests from gaining entrance to a building structure. The article comprises a length of fibrous fabric and a plurality of adhesive strips. The fabric is designed for adhesive attachment to a dwelling or building structure adjacent points of entry and the adhesive strips are designed for adhesively attaching the fabric in snug adjacency to the outfitted building structure. The fabric is impregnated with at least one pesticide composition and has outwardly extending fibers for entangling the legs of pests attempting to gain entrance to the building structure by maneuvering across the fabric to points of entry. These outwardly extending fibers thus directly deposit pesticide composition on the pests for preventing them from gaining entrance to the building structure. Importantly, the fabric is brilliantly colored or has highly light reflective coloration for attracting the pests to the pesticide-impregnated fabric for contact treatment.

Claims

1. An article of manufacture for preventing Asian lady beetles and habitually similar pests from gaining entrance to a building structure, the article of manufacture comprising:

a length of fibrous felt fabric for adhesive attachment to the building structure adjacent points of entry, the fibrous felt fabric being saturated with a pesticide composition, the pesticide composition comprising an active ingredient and inactive ingredients, the active ingredient comprising Lambda-cyhalothrin, the fibrous felt fabric having outwardly extending fibers for entangling the legs of Asian lady beetles or habitually similar pests attempting to gain entrance to the building structure by maneuvering across the fibrous felt fabric to points of entry, the outwardly extending fibers thus directly depositing pesticide composition on Asian lady beetles or habitually similar pests for preventing Asian lady beetles or habitually similar pests from gaining entrance to the building structure, the fibrous felt fabric further comprising a felt width, a felt length, a superior felt surface, an inferior felt surface, and a felt thickness, the superior felt surface having light reflective, pest-attracting coloration for attracting Asian lady beetles or habitually similar pests, the inferior felt surface for receiving evenly spaced adhesive strips, the felt thickness measuring about {fraction (1/16)} inch for retaining an effective amount of the pesticide composition; and

a plurality of evenly spaced adhesive strips for adhesively attaching the fibrous felt fabric to the building structure, the adhesive strips each further comprising a superior adhesive surface, an inferior adhesive surface, a strip length, and a strip thickness, the superior adhesive surfaces each having exposed adhesive for attachment to the inferior felt surface, the superior adhesive surfaces being adhesively attached to the inferior felt surface, the inferior adhesive surfaces each further comprising selectively removable adhesive covering means, the adhesive covering means for selectively exposing the inferior adhesive surfaces for adhesive attachment to the building structure, the strip thickness measuring about {fraction (1/32)} inch for attaching the fibrous felt fabric in snug adjacency to the building structure, the snugly adjacent fibrous felt fabric for physically contacting Asian lady beetles or habitually similar pests attempting to gain entrance to the building structure by maneuvering intermediate the fibrous felt fabric and the building structure, the Asian lady beetles or habitually similar pests each having a pest height, the pest height being greater in magnitude than the strip thickness, the snugly adjacent fibrous felt fabric thus directly depositing pesticide composition on Asian lady beetles or habitually similar pests attempting to gain entrance to the building structure, the snugly adjacent fibrous felt fabric thus further preventing Asian lady beetles and habitually similar pests from gaining entrance to the building structure.

2. The article of manufacture of claim 1 wherein the fibrous felt fabric comprises polyester felt fabric.

3. The article of manufacture of claim 2 wherein the evenly spaced adhesive strips are aligned laterally across the felt width, the adhesive strips being spaced to assist in maintaining the length of fibrous felt fabric in snug adjacency to the building structure, the strip lengths each being substantially equal in dimension to the felt width.

4. The article of manufacture of claim 2 wherein two evenly spaced adhesive strips are aligned longitudinally along the felt length, the adhesive strips being spaced apart to assist in maintaining the length of fibrous felt fabric in snug adjacency to the building structure, the strip lengths each being substantially equal in dimension to the felt length.