Toxic mosquito aerial release system

• US 8,967,029 B1
• Filed: 11/20/2014
• Issued: 03/03/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 11/20/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Toxic Mosquito Aerial Release System Crt Trust
• Original Assignee: Toxic Mosquito Aerial Release System Crt Trust
• Inventors: Calvert, S. Mill
• Primary Examiner(s): HAYES, BRET C
• Application Number:
  US14/549,305
• Time in Patent Office: 103 Days
• Field of Search: 89/11.1, 89/11, 244/136, 119/650, 119/651, 239/8, 239/171, 239/172
• US Class Current: 89/1.11
• CPC Class Codes: A01K 67/033 Rearing or breeding invertebrates; New breeds of invertebrates
• CPC Class Codes: B64D 1/02 Dropping, ejecting, or releasing articles jettisonable fuel reservoirs B64D37/12
• CPC Class Codes: B64U 10/10 Rotorcrafts
• CPC Class Codes: B64U 10/13 Flying platforms
• CPC Class Codes: B64U 2101/60 for transporting passengers; for transporting goods other than weapons
• CPC Class Codes: F41H 13/00 Means of attack or defence not otherwise provided for details of radar or sonar systems G01S7/00

Abstract

A device for the aerial release of mosquitoes includes an unmanned aerial vehicle operable by remote control. It carries a container holding a central processing unit and a mosquito breeding bin, which is a self-contained volume housing mosquitoes and a mosquito food having a toxin suitable to be transmitted by mosquito bite after the mosquito consumes the mosquito food. A release tube is connected to the mosquito breeding bin and sized to release mosquitoes from the mosquito breeding bin. A valve is connected to the release tube and is operable by remote control so that when opened, the mosquitoes have an open pathway out of the container through the release tube.

Claims

1. A device for aerial release of mosquitoes comprising:

an unmanned aerial vehicle operable by remote control, the unmanned aerial vehicle comprising a motor;

a container connected to the unmanned aerial vehicle;

a central processing unit held by the container;

a mosquito breeding bin held by the container, the mosquito breeding bin defining a self-contained volume housing mosquitoes;

a mosquito food housed within the mosquito breeding bin;

a toxin within the mosquito food, the toxin suitable to be transmitted by mosquito bite after the mosquito consumes the mosquito food;

a release tube connected to the mosquito breeding bin and sized to release mosquitoes from the mosquito breeding bin; and

a valve connected to the release tube, the valve controlled by the central processing unit and operable by remote control so that when opened, the mosquitoes have an open pathway out of the container through the release tube.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein the unmanned aerial vehicle comprises a lifting blade that rotates to cause a downdraft when lifting the unmanned aerial vehicle;

and wherein the release tube has a length such that the mosquitoes released therefrom avoid the downdraft from the lifting blade.

3. The device of claim 1, further comprising a compressed gas source within the container and piped to release compressed gas within the mosquito breeding bin.