(under the class definition) Devices and processes the primary object of which is to destroy or kill vermin without trapping them.
(1) Note. By "vermin" is meant all noxious or troublesome animals, including insects which are injurious to game, to vegetation or to domestic animals, and obnoxious or parasitic to man. Burrowing animals, such as gophers, and insect pests such as the cotton-boll weevil, are examples of vermin which are destroyed rather than trapped. Vermin-destroyers, unlike traps, as a rule seek out the pest, usually where it feeds or lives, and forces the same to its destruction without making any attempt to lure or attract it. Any device which first attracts the animal and then destroys it is classified as a trap, except as noted below. Poison-distributors are classified as vermin-destroyers. Mere holders for poison are also included as more properly vermin-destroyers than traps, even though the vermin are necessarily attracted to the poison.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
75, 77+, 84, 85+, and 98+, for animal-traps which cause the destruction of their victims almost invariably. Many other animal traps, especially of the self and ever set and the victim-reset types, frequently kill their victims by drowning.
107, 108, 109, 110, 112, 113, and 114+, for insect traps which destroy the caught insects. Other types of insect traps may also be searched for victim-destroying features.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS 47, Plant Husbandry,
23, for insect-destroying in connection with treatment of trees and plants.
52, Static Structures (e.g., Buildings),
101, for a building construction combined with an animal (insect) blocking structure.
102, Ammunition and Explosives,
334, for smoke generating for smoke screens or general use.
106, Compositions: Coating or Plastic,
15.05+, for insecticidal paints.
111, Planting,
130+, for apparatus somewhat similar to poison-distributors and subclasses 118+, for devices for impregnating the earth with a liquid or gas and subclass 92 for manually operated dibbles.
116, Signals and Indicators,
22, for devices for repelling animals, fish and insects by means of sound waves. 149, Explosive and Thermic Compositions or Charges, appropriate subclasses.
422, Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting, Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing,
1+, for processes and 243+ for apparatus, not elsewhere provided, for disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing.
424, Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions, appropriate subclasses for a biocidal composition for killing or disabling vermin.
