US Patent Issued to Woodstream on July 8 for "Insect control device including alignment and spacing members for supporting a substrate" (Pennsylvania Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,349,669, issued on July 8, was assigned to Woodstream Corp. (Lancaster, Pa.).

"Insect control device including alignment and spacing members for supporting a substrate" was invented by Chad Mateer (Manheim, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An insect control device is provided for controlling insects in a household garbage receptacle used in an outdoor or semi-outdoor environment. The insect control device includes an outer housing with gas-flow apertures therein, a quantity of a gas-releasing insect poison contained within the housing, and an adhesive attaching element for securing the housing to an inner surface of a closed or lidded h...