Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Discriminatory insect sampling device and method for use
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Application No.: US15732530Application Date: 2017-11-22
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Publication No.: US10433534B2Publication Date: 2019-10-08
- Inventor: Emily Nicole Bick
- Applicant: Emily Nicole Bick
- Main IPC: A01M1/10
- IPC: A01M1/10 ; A01M1/20 ; A01M13/00 ; G01N1/02

Abstract:
Present invention is a device and a method for collecting targeted insects or targeted insect communities on plants. It can be used to non-destructively collect insect communities from a single plant. Alternatively, it can be used to collect a targeted insect from a plant. Present invention consists of the following elements: a first hose; an extended air nozzle; a thumb lever push valve; a brass barb; a second hose; a knapsack; a pneumatic mini timer; a carbon dioxide flow regulator; a carbon dioxide tank; a bag; a drawstring; and a glass vial. The present invention can be used as follows: consulting a chart; setting carbon dioxide flow regulator; setting pneumatic mini timer; deploying a bag over a plant; cinching said bag; depressing thumb lever; shaking bag to relocate targeted insects from bag into the glass vial; detaching glass vial; and capping glass vial.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180146656A1 Discriminatory insect sampling device and method for use Public/Granted day:2018-05-31
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