Patent Application
20240324574
Flies are found almost everywhere people live and are a known nuisance when it comes to enjoying outdoor activities and/or indoor dwellings. Finding a way to effectively control and expel flies, however, can be a tedious and troublesome task especially if one elects not to utilize harsh random chemicals to address the problem. There have been no products available as original equipment or as an aftermarket to address this problem.
An apparatus that simplifies the process of expelling flies without having to use harsh chemicals, is not being met by any known device or system at present. There have been no products available as original equipment or as an aftermarket to address this problem either.
The main purpose of the outdoor fly trap is to provide users with an effective method of capturing flies naturally and safely as a form of pest control.
Throughout the description, similar reference numbers may be used to identify similar elements depicted in multiple embodiments. Although specific embodiments of the invention have been described and illustrated, the invention is not to be limited to the specific forms or arrangements of parts so described and illustrated. The scope of the invention is to be defined by the claims appended hereto and their equivalents.
Reference will now be made to exemplary embodiments illustrated in the drawings and specific language will be used herein to describe the same. It will nevertheless be understood that no limitation of the scope of the disclosure is thereby intended. Alterations and further modifications of the inventive features illustrated herein and additional applications of the principles of the inventions as illustrated herein, which would occur to one skilled in the relevant art and having possession of this disclosure, are to be considered within the scope of the invention.
The fly trap is made in several sizes including a 12 ounce to 58 ounces and larger and in between sizes. The holes in the lid are ¼ inch round and eight each with one in the center for the hanger F. The wings W are connected with a wire circle that fits over the container threads. The lid is screwed down tight to hold the wings in place.
The presently disclosed outdoor fly trap also known as “The Fly Graveyard”, offers a modern accessory that attracts flies into a trap to ensure users are able to efficiently prevent and get rid of these pesky insects, at all times. Expanding on the initial design of the average fly trap function, the Fly Graveyard introduces a novel non-poisonous liquid fly bait that is housed within a glass container, designed to mimic the look of a fly, possessing a perforated/punctured screw-on lid. Users simply place the bait into the fly trap and can then either hang the trap with use of its attached hanger or place it on a flat surface, positioned either indoors or outdoors, based on users preferences. Instead of performing the physical labor of whacking flies with a fly swatter, the Fly Graveyard guarantees users are able to passively capture and remove flies hassle-free.
Embodiments of the disclosure include holes poked in the lid to allow fruit flies to enter but not to exit. The smell of rotting fish helps entice flies into the container trap. A spoiled fish and sugar (2 tablespoons) mixture are dissolved into 2 cups of water to entice and trap the flies. The flies enter the trap and fly crazy and end up coated with sugar water. They can't fly at that point and try to climb to the perforated/punctured openings but fall back into the container grave and die. Once there is a half inch of flies in the mixture, a white milky solution is formed at the bottom of the container trap made up of the mixture and the dead flies. The container trap continues to fill up with thousands of dead flies.
Although the operations of the method(s) herein are shown and described in a particular order, the order of the operations of each method may be altered so that certain operations may be performed in an inverse order or so that certain operations may be performed, at least in part, concurrently with other 80 operations. In another embodiment, instructions or sub-operations of distinct operations may be implemented in an intermittent and/or alternating manner.
