Katharine Chisholm Almy

US Patent:

20140047759, Feb 20, 2014

Filed:

Aug 15, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/573026

Inventors:

Charles Almy - Charlottesville VA, US
Katharine C. Almy - Charlottesville VA, US

International Classification:

A01M 3/00

US Classification:

43134

Abstract:

A bug Catching Device with a hollow housing having a sides, a housing lid, one or more thin walled extension tubes and one or more additional thin walled extension tubes. The housing lid has an upwardly directed collar for holding an extension tube and a downwardly directed collar that extends down one inch. The housing lid is screwed onto the housing. A tip member integral with the tube or is a separate member inserted into the end of the extension tube. The user scrapes a bug off a surface with the tip member causing the bug to slide down into the housing and to be unable to escape the housing. Additional extension tubes can be added for reaching high locations.