ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,302,890, issued on May 20.
"Reusable non-lethal insect trap" was invented by Justin Huang (Irvine, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A non-lethal insect trap, comprising a shaft connected to a two-axis gimbal, a transparent receptacle connected to the gimbal configured to surround an insect, a lid connected to the receptacle and means to rotatably cover and uncover the opening of the receptacle with the lid. Regarding the gimbal, a first axis is configured to automatically return the receptacle to an initial position while a second axis is configured to allow for manual adjustment without returning to an initial position. The trap fu...