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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 04, 2008
Thomas Alfred Plato, Houston, TX (US);
Timothy Bruce Johnson, Danville, PA (US);
James Scott Plato, League City, TX (US);
Stacy Elizabeth Plato, Houston, TX (US);
Thomas Alfred Plato, Houston, TX (US);
Timothy Bruce Johnson, Danville, PA (US);
James Scott Plato, League City, TX (US);
Stacy Elizabeth Plato, Houston, TX (US);
Plato Industries Ltd, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a device coated with a friable composition comprising an insect toxicant wherein the geometry of the device, the presence of openings in the device, the presence of a highly volatile attractant independently located inside the device, and the composition comprising an insect toxicant function together to release an effective concentration of the highly volatile attractant vapor into the environment at a rate that maintains attractancy and at the same time kills the insect as soon as the insect comes into contact with the vapors of the insecticide or the composition impregnated on the surface of the device.