Illustrative embodiments of the disclosure generally relate to pesticides and pesticide methods. More particularly, illustrative embodiments of the disclosure relate natural pesticide structures and methods of fabricating natural pesticide structures.
The background description provided herein is solely for the purpose of generally presenting the context of the illustrative embodiments of the disclosure. Aspects of the background description are neither expressly nor impliedly admitted as prior art against the claimed subject matter.
Insecticides are substances used in agriculture, medicine and industry and by consumers to kill insects. Insecticides played a role in increasing agricultural productivity in the 20th century.
The use of conventional insecticides and other pesticides may have several drawbacks. For example, many pesticides are toxic to humans, pets and other animals. Inorganic compounds of arsenic, such as lead arsenate, have long been used against insect pests. These materials, however, are highly toxic to non-target organisms and may remain in the environment long after their application.
In the United States, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is responsible for regulating pesticides to ensure that these products do not pose adverse effects to humans or the environment. Prior to approval, studies may be conducted to establish the conditions under which the proposed pesticide is safe to use and its effectiveness against the intended pest(s). Some natural pesticides such as organic pesticides may be exempt from regulation.
Illustrative embodiments of the disclosure are generally directed to methods of fabricating a natural pesticide structure. An illustrative embodiment of the methods includes obtaining at least one raw material; forming at least one natural pesticide building material from the at least one raw material by applying at least one natural pesticide substance to the at least one raw material, the at least one natural pesticide substance having intrinsic pesticide properties and including any combination of the following: garlic, lavender, gardenia, peppermint, wintergreen and lemon grass; and fabricating a natural pesticide structure from the at least one natural pesticide building material.
Another illustrative embodiment of the methods includes obtaining at least one raw material; forming at least one treated pesticide raw material from the at least one raw material by applying at least one natural pesticide substance to the at least one raw material, the at least one natural pesticide substance having intrinsic pesticide properties and including any combination of the following: garlic, lavender, gardenia, peppermint, wintergreen and lemon grass; producing at least one natural pesticide building material from the at least one treated pesticide raw material; and fabricating a natural pesticide structure from the at least one natural pesticide building material.
Illustrative embodiments of the disclosure are generally directed to a natural pesticide structure. An illustrative embodiment of the natural pesticide structure includes a base structure fabricated from at least one natural pesticide building material, the at least one natural pesticide building material fabricated by applying at least one natural pesticide substance to at least one raw material, the at least one natural pesticide substance having intrinsic pesticide properties and including any combination of the following: garlic, lavender, gardenia, peppermint, wintergreen and lemon grass.
Illustrative embodiments of the disclosure will now be described, by way of example, with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:
The following detailed description is merely exemplary in nature and is not intended to limit the described embodiments or the application and uses of the described embodiments. As used herein, the word “exemplary” or “illustrative” means “serving as an example, instance, or illustration.” Any implementation described herein as “exemplary” or “illustrative” is not necessarily to be construed as preferred or advantageous over other implementations. All of the implementations described below are exemplary implementations provided to enable persons skilled in the art to make or use the embodiments of the disclosure and are not intended to limit the scope of the disclosure, which is defined by the claims. For purposes of description herein, the terms “upper”, “lower”, “left”, “rear”, “right”, “front”, “vertical”, “horizontal”, and derivatives thereof shall relate to the invention as oriented in
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At Step 804a, a building material may be produced from the at least one raw material. This may be accomplished, for example and without limitation, by cutting and processing the raw material using conventional wood cutting, harvesting and processing techniques known by those skilled in the art. In some non-limiting embodiments, the building material may be fabricated by combining two or more raw materials according to the knowledge of those skilled in the art.
At Step 806a, the natural pesticide building material may be formed by applying at least one natural pesticide substance having intrinsic pesticide properties to the building material produced at Step 804a. In some non-limiting embodiments, the natural pesticide substance may include garlic, lavender, gardenia, peppermint, wintergreen, lemon grass, or any combination thereof. In some non-limiting embodiments, the natural pesticide substance may be provided in the form of chips, particles and/or powder, for example and without limitation. The natural pesticide substance may remain physically separate from the building material after application thereto, or alternatively, may be pressed into or otherwise applied or adhered to the building material as a solid according to techniques which are described herein and/or otherwise according to the knowledge of those skilled in the art. In some non-limiting embodiments, the natural pesticide substance may be applied to the building material as an oil or aqueous extract. Liquid forms of the natural pesticide substance may be infused into or applied to the building material by spraying, dipping and/or soaking, for example and without limitation. As a non-limiting example, in some embodiments, garlic in the natural pesticide substance may be obtained as a liquid from Garlic Research Labs, Inc. of Glendale, Calif. Generally, the ratio of the natural pesticide substance to the building material may be about 5%˜80% natural pesticide substance to about 95%˜20% building material by weight. At Step 808a, the base structure 108 of the natural pesticide structure 100 (
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At Step 804b, a treated pesticide raw material may be formed by applying at least one natural pesticide substance having intrinsic pesticide properties to the raw material obtained at Step 802b. In some non-limiting embodiments, the natural pesticide substance may include garlic, lavender, gardenia, peppermint, wintergreen, lemon grass, or any combination thereof. In some non-limiting embodiments, the natural pesticide substance may be provided in the form of chips, particles and/or powder, for example and without limitation. The natural pesticide substance may remain physical separate from the raw material after application thereto, or alternatively, may be pressed or otherwise applied or adhered to or infused into the raw material as a solid according to techniques which are described herein and/or otherwise according to the knowledge of those skilled in the art. In some non-limiting embodiments, the natural pesticide substance may be applied to the raw material as an oil or aqueous extract. Liquid forms of the natural pesticide substance may be applied to or infused into the raw material by spraying, dipping and/or soaking, for example and without limitation. As a non-limiting example, in some embodiments, garlic in the natural pesticide substance may be obtained as a liquid from Garlic Research Labs, Inc. of Glendale, Calif. Generally, the ratio of the natural pesticide substance to the raw material may be about 5%˜80% natural pesticide substance to about 95%˜20% raw material by weight.
At Step 806b, the natural pesticide building material 106 may be produced from the treated pesticide raw material formed at Step 804b. This may be accomplished, for example and without limitation, by cutting and processing the treated pesticide raw material using conventional wood cutting, harvesting and processing techniques known by those skilled in the art. In some non-limiting embodiments, the natural pesticide building material may be produced by combining two or more treated pesticide raw materials or by combining one or more treated pesticide materials with one or more natural pesticide raw materials having intrinsic pesticide properties according to the knowledge of those skilled in the art. At Step 808b, the base structure 108 of the natural pesticide structure 100 (
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At Step 906, the animal feed containers 112 may eventually be transported from the warehouse 118. This may be accomplished typically by lifting the transport pallets 110 from the respective natural pesticide pallets 100. The transport pallets 110 with the feed containers 112 thereon may be placed onto a transport vehicle (not illustrated) which transports the transport pallets 110 and animal feed containers 112 to the destination. The natural pesticide pallets 100 may remain in place on the floor 116 of the feed container warehouse 118 as additional transport pallets 110 on which animal feed containers 112 are supported are subsequently placed on the natural pesticide pallets 100 to repel pests from the animal feed containers 112 in like manner.
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In typical application, the natural pesticide fence 300 may be erected to enclose or partition a residential yard or other area (not illustrated). In some embodiments, the lower ends 304 of the fence boards 301 may extend beneath the surface of the ground 308. Accordingly, the natural pesticide building material 306 of which the fence boards 301 and fence board connecting members 302 are fabricated may repel and prevent mice, rats, snakes, weevils, ants, roaches and other pests from approaching and breaching the boundary defined by the natural pesticide fence 300 and entering the enclosed yard or other area (not illustrated). Additionally, the natural pesticide building material 306 may repel and prevent termites from feeding on the fence boards 301 and fence board connecting members 302.
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The base structure 408 of the natural pesticide baseboard 400 may be fabricated in the manner which was heretofore described with respect to the flow diagram 800a in
While certain illustrative embodiments of the disclosure have been described above, it will be recognized and understood that various modifications can be made to the embodiments and the appended claims are intended to cover all such modifications which may fall within the spirit and scope of the disclosure.
This application claims the benefit of U.S. provisional application No. 62/286,514, filed Jan. 25, 2016 and entitled NATURAL PESTICIDES AND NATURAL PESTICIDE FABRICATION AND APPLICATION METHODS, and is related to U.S. non-provisional application Ser. No. 15/401,254, filed Jan. 9, 2017 and entitled NATURAL PESTICIDES AND NATURAL PESTICIDE FABRICATION AND APPLICATION METHODS, each of which provisional application and non-provisional application is hereby incorporated by reference herein in its entirety.
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