Roach Motel - Wikipedia Roach Motel From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigation Jump to search For other uses, see Roach motel. Roach Motel Product type Insect trap Owner Black Flag Country United States Introduced 1976; 45 years ago (1976) Registered as a trademark in United States Tagline Roaches check in, but they don't check out! Roach Motel is a brand of a roach bait device designed to catch cockroaches. Although the term is the subject of a trademark registration by the insect control brand Black Flag, the phrase roach motel has come to be used as a reference to all traps that use a scent or other form of bait to lure cockroaches into a compartment in which a sticky substance causes them to become trapped. Introduced in late 1976 in response to the success of d-CON's roach trap, the Roach Motel quickly became a successful entrant in the industry. By 1979, New York magazine reported, "On the strength of its whimsical packaging and an aggressive ad campaign, the Roach Motel now dominates the market, outselling the closest competition by as much as three to one in some cities."[1] Early versions of the Roach Motels used food-based bait, but later designs incorporated pheromones. The widely known tagline of the Roach Motel was, "Roaches check in, but they don't check out!" This phrase has also been applied to information technology systems such as enterprise resource planning, which readily capture transactions data but make it difficult for organizations to access, report and analyze the data stored in the system.[2] Black Flag also marketed a related insect trap, the "Flyport," designed to deal with unwanted flying insects like houseflies, with the tagline, "Lots of arrivals, but no departures!" It was less successful than the Roach Motel. "Roach Motel" is United States federal trademark No. 1,059,314, for which Black Flag claims a date of earliest use of May 7, 1976.[3][4] References[edit] ^ Scot Haller, "Checkout Time at the Roach Motel," New York (Jul 9-16, 1979), v. 12, no. 28, p. 71. ^ Vizard, Michael (24 August 1998). "Are ERP Apps Really Worth All the Trouble?". IDG. Retrieved 22 November 2016. ^ "Am. Home Products v. Johnson Chemical Co., 589 F. 2d 103, 104 (2nd Cir., 1978)". Google Scholar. Retrieved 2015-04-19. ^ U.S. Trademark 73,087,941 External links[edit] Look up roach motel in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Information at Black Flag website This product article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. v t e Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Roach_Motel&oldid=1038194481" Categories: Insecticide brands Products introduced in 1976 Trademarks American brands Brand name products stubs Hidden categories: All stub articles Navigation menu Personal tools Not logged in Talk Contributions Create account Log in Namespaces Article Talk Variants Views Read Edit View history More Search Navigation Main page Contents Current events Random article About Wikipedia Contact us Donate Contribute Help Learn to edit Community portal Recent changes Upload file Tools What links here Related changes Upload file Special pages Permanent link Page information Cite this page Wikidata item Print/export Download as PDF Printable version Languages 日本語 粵語 中文 Edit links This page was last edited on 11 August 2021, at 02:34 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization. Privacy policy About Wikipedia Disclaimers Contact Wikipedia Mobile view Developers Statistics Cookie statement