Insect-Trap. Metadata
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Title
- Main Title Insect-Trap.
- Added Title Insect Trap.
Creator
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Inventor: Mattingly, Benjamin JosephCreator Type: PersonalCreator Info: Joseph Benjamin Mattingly, of Beeville, Texas. ; B. J. Mattingly.
Contributor
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Witness: Stanley, B. H.Contributor Type: Personal
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Witness: Cox, T. M.Contributor Type: Personal
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Witness: Wade, Samuel E.Contributor Type: PersonalContributor Info: Witness for illustration.
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Witness: Hark, Amos W.Contributor Type: PersonalContributor Info: Witness for illustration.
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Printer: Norris Peters Co.Contributor Type: OrganizationContributor Info: The Norris Peters Co., Washington, D. C.
Publisher
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Name: United States. Patent Office.Place of Publication: [Washington D.C.]
Date
- Creation: 1907-07-16
- Acceptance Date: 1907-07-16
- Submission Date: 1907-05-01
Language
- English
Description
- Content Description: Patent for a trap for bedbugs made of pine wood with many nooks and crannies and springs attached to either side of the wooden block. It can be put on the bed frame and bedbugs hide in its dark recesses during the day, and then the trap can either be hit to close the springs and crush the bugs or put into hot water to drown them.
- Physical Description: [1], 1 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Subject
- Library of Congress Subject Headings: Inventions
- University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Science and Technology
- Keyword: bedbugs
- Keyword: traps
- Keyword: insects
- Keyword: beds
- Keyword: pest controls
Primary Source
- Item is a Primary Source
Coverage
- Place Name: United States - Texas - Bee County - Beeville
Collection
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Name: Texas PatentsCode: TXPT
Institution
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Name: UNT Libraries Government Documents DepartmentCode: UNTGD
Rights
- Rights License: pd
Resource Type
- Patent
Format
- Text
Identifier
- Patent Number: 860491
- Government Documents No.: 02/371216
- Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth511760
Note
- Display Note: "Application filed May 1, 1907. Serial No. 371,216."