US Patent Issued to VALPAS ENTERPRISES on July 28 for "Bed bug monitoring furniture leg" (Finnish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,690,678, issued on July 28, was assigned to VALPAS ENTERPRISES OY (Helsinki).

"Bed bug monitoring furniture leg" was invented by Vertti Sarimaa (Helsinki), Aku Viskari (Helsinki) and Martim Gois (Helsinki).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A monitoring device for insects such as bed bugs comprising: an elongated member constituting a furniture leg, wherein said elongated member comprises: a space inside the elongated member comprising a trap for insects, at least one opening in the leg wherein insects may enter the trap, the opening being connected to the trap by pathway that is inclined and slippery such that the bed bugs entering the openi...