ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,285,001, issued on April 29.
"Insect repellent light assembly and method of use" was invented by George C Nash (Temple, Ga.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is an insect repellent assembly comprising of a light source, a transparent container having a quantity of liquid, typically water, inside the container, where the light source is positioned so as to be approximately centered in relation to a surface of the liquid so that about half the light source is below the surface and the remaining half is above the surface. The amount of liquid is less than a volume of the container. The container surrounds the light source ...