Patents
US 11229197 B2: Arthropod repellent or attractant liquid reservoir with fill indicator
- Granted
- 2022-01-25
- Filed
- 2017-03-24 application 16086430
- Type
- Utility · 18 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
A progressive liquid fill capacity indicator located inside a vapor diffusion membrane liquid reservoir that utilizes index refraction matching of liquid contact to components, dyes, and surface tension gradients. This fill capacity indicator is low cost and reliable. It enables users to visually assess readiness and remaining liquid capacity to deliver attraction, masking, and repulsion scent vapors from wearable and stationary devices to repel or attract mosquitos and arthropods.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg220125.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Energy Related Devices, Inc. 4 patents | US company or organization | Tucumcari, NM | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert G. Hockaday | Los Alamos, NM | 13 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| A01M | Catching, trapping or scaring of animals ; apparatus for the destruction of noxious animals or noxious plants | A01M1/02 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| A61L | Methods or apparatus for sterilising materials or objects in general; disinfection, sterilisation or deodorisation of air; chemical aspects of bandages, dressings, absorbent pads or surgical articles; materials for bandages, dressings, absorbent pads or surgical articles | A61L9/042 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| G01F | Measuring volume, volume flow, mass flow or liquid level; metering by volume | G01F23/22 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-09-19 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | HOCKADAY, ROBERT G. signed 2018-09-18 | ENERGY RELATED DEVICES, INC. TUCUMCARI, NM | 47527/348 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
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