CA1260269A - Tamper-proof rodent bait station - Google Patents
Tamper-proof rodent bait stationInfo
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A tamper-proof rodent bait station that is spill proof, tamper-proof and one in which the design and construction provides the user with a highly safe device for the placement of rodent poisons in areas in which they might come in contact with children, pets, wildlife and food products. The bait station may be made of colored plastic to simulate night and dim lighting in the interior, and can be mounted in an independent tray.
A tamper-proof rodent bait station that is spill proof, tamper-proof and one in which the design and construction provides the user with a highly safe device for the placement of rodent poisons in areas in which they might come in contact with children, pets, wildlife and food products. The bait station may be made of colored plastic to simulate night and dim lighting in the interior, and can be mounted in an independent tray.
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01 Rodents have plagued mankind for centuries 02 bringing desease and pestilance into major population 03 centers and competing directly with mankind for food 04 either by direct consumption or by fouling the stored 05 materials with their droppings, dirt, and parasites.
06 There have been many solutions proposed in 07 the past to control or reduce rodent populations, and 08 the most effective to date has been the use of 09 poisoned baits.
The technique employed by users of these 11 baits is to place the bait in an area infested by 12 rodents, particularly along the walls in areas where 13 rodents have been seen traveling in.
14 The rodents passing through the area detect the poisoned bait and perceiving it as a food 16 source, consume the poison causing their dernise.
17 Some of the prior art devices which have 18 been developed to contain and deliver rodenticides are 19 characterized by U.S. patent Nos. 1,561,644 issued 11/1925 to Hanson, 2,480,724 issued 8/1949 to 21 Feussner; 2,568,168 issued 9/1951 to Query; 2,626,089 22 issued 1/1953 to Osfar; 2,690,029 issued 9/1954 to 23 Mullen; 2,725,664 issued 12/1955 to Mullen; 3,352,053 24 issued 11/1967 to ~nderson; 4,026,064 issued 5/1977 to Baker; 4,349,982 issued 9/1982 to Sherman, and Foreign 26 Patent 648419 issued 7/1937 in the Federal Republic of 27 Germany.
28 These devices are defective for the 29 following reasons: they are bulky, cumbersome, fragile, susceptable to rupture and in cases to 31 spillage of their contents and, they present a 32 potential haæard to children and domestic animals.
33 Most of the devices only afford the illusion of 34 protecting the bait from contaminating the environment.
36 On the whole, prior art devices do not 37 advance the state of the art of rodenticide ~æ,~
01 containment and will not fully meet the current laws 02 of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and will 03 in most cases endanger children and pets if placed in 04 areas that are accessible to them.
05 An object of the present invention is to 06 improve the state of the art by improving on the 07 SXERMAN PATENT and provide an even more tamper-proof 08 device that will wi-thstand indoor and outdoor usage 09 and will withstand high traffic and abuse in food processing areas, warehouses, farms, schools, and 11 homes.
12 A further object of the instant invention 13 is the provision of a tamper-proof roden-t bait 14 container that has a system of internal and ex-ternal baffles that will prevent children from reaching into 16 the box to tamper with its contents.
17 Another object of the instant invention is 18 to provide a tamper-proof bait station in which the 19 design of the cover protects the contents from weather and the elements, keeping the bait palatable for a 21 longer period of time.
22 Still another object of the invention is 23 to provide a tamper-proof baiter with a novel hidden 24 method of closure that will foil or inhibi-t the possibility of unauthorized persons from opening the 26 unit and exposing its contents.
27 Still another object of the instant 28 invention is to provide a tamper-proof bait station 29 with internal ba~fles that direct the rodent to the farthest point in which the bait is located, thereby 31 insuring the least possible contact of the bait by 32 unauthorized personnel or non-target species.
33 Yet another object of the invention is to 34 provide a tamper-proof baiter whose floor is designed with a slope that moves the rodent poison to a desired 36 position within the structure, collecting it and 37 securing it, out of the reach of anyone trying to 12~ Z~
01 reach in from the outside.
02 And finally, the invention provides a 03 method of floor mounting, that when the baiter is 04 secured to the floor, will allow easy removal of the 05 unit for cleaning and servicing, but will inhibit or 06 foil movement of the ba:iter due to the tampering of 07 small children, domestic pets, wildlife, or in the 08 normal day to day activities of a commercial 09 establishment.
Rodents, being nocturnal in nature, feed 11 in low or no light environments and require the 12 perception of night in order to feel comfortable 13 feeding. This "security" of night feeding stimulates 14 the rodents natural instincts and insures that they consume more food (or rodenticide) upon coming in 16 contact with the food source.
17 With the introduction of "one feed"
18 rodenticides, bait stations should be replenished more 19 often and a minimum of this powerful poison should be used on each servicing of the device.
21 This insures the most economical use of 22 expensive baits and the least possible exposure to 23 baits by non-target species. It also allows the best 24 possible use of poisoned baits in ridding an area of large numbers of rodents.
26 To practically fulfill the need for more 27 servicing of the baiter and, to provide the rodent 28 with a habitat that imitates night conditions, a bait 29 station, constructed of materials that are translucent, allowing the user to see in and measure 31 visually the amount of bait left, to audit rodent 32 activity and, to provide the rodent that enters the 33 baiter with the illusion of night, would significantly 34 increase the efficasy of the entire bai-ting system.
An embodiment of the invention is a ~z~z~
01 tamper-proof rodent bait station having a base member 02 with first and second compartments divided by a 03 partition, the partition containing openings at each 04 of its ends and forminy a baffle that inhibits 05 spillage of bait from the second compartment, and 06 including a cover member capable of being secured to 07 the base member by means integral with the bait 08 station. The bait station contains apertures which 09 open into the first of the compartments in the interior of the bait station, the apertures marking 11 the ends of an internal passageway extending parallel 12 to the partition and to a wall of the bait station.
13 The bait station contains two tunnel members, each 14 extending outwardly from a respective aperture on the sides to form a pathway parallel with the wall, and in 16 line with the internal passageway, for the rodents to 17 enter and exit the bait station. The base includes 18 deflective baffles, each positioned partially and 19 angularly into the passageway for providing security in relation to poisoned bait in the second 21 compartment, while allowing a rodent to traverse the 22 passageway freely and, to obtain line of sight from 23 one side to the other side prior to entering the bait 24 station. The deflective baffles provide tamper-proof protection in combination with the tunnel members, 26 whereby, access of hands are prevented from reaching 27 around the deflective baffles into the second 28 compartment on the side closest to the respective 29 tunnel member, th~ tunnel members elongating the distance to the second compartment to deny access of 31 hands from reaching through a partition opening 32 located at the opposite side of the bait station.
33 These and other objects, advantages and 34 novel features of the invention will become apparent from the following description of the invention when 36 - 3a -01 considered in conjunction with the accompanying 02 drawings.
03 Figure 1 is a detail drawing of the 04 invention with the cover and base in place and the 05 unit secured to a substrata and against a ver-tical 06 wall. Figure 1 demonstrates no-t only the mechanical 07 configuration of the baiters internal structure but, 08 also that of the material that the baiter is 09 constructed of that provides a translucent quality and that allows the contents of the baiter, the rodent 11 activity and the bait consumption, to be viewed 12 without removal of the baiters cover.
13 Figure 2 appears out of consecutive order 14 following Figure 3 and illustrates a top plan view of the bait station showing the perspective and detail of 16 the construction and interior detail including the 17 internal baffles, the floor mounting feature, the 18 sloped floor collecting bait, and the locking feature.
19 Figure 3 is a cross sectional detail view of the cover and base showing the side detail, the 21 floor mounting detail, the sloped floor, and the 22 hidden locking feature.
23 Figure 4 is an exploded perspective view 24 of the tamper-proof rodent bait station container which comprises the instant invention.
26 Figure 5 shows the floor mounting unit 27 consisting of an independent tray with channels 28 designed to accept the lips formed on the baiter at 29 sides and rear.
Figure 6 is a cross section of the floor 31 mounting unit showing two possible methods of mounting 32 the tray to the floor, double sided tape and screws, 33 both being demonstrated.
34 Figure 7 demonstrates the co-operation between the baiter and the floor mounting unit.
36 As can be seen by reference to Figure 4, 37 the tamper-proof rodent bait station container is ~V;2~i~
01 designed generally as 10 an~ comprises a cover member 02 28 and a base member 26.
03 rrhe cover member 28 is a solid body that 04 includes two entrance holes contained in the tunnel 05 structure 12, three rear slots 24 that co-operate with 06 the base cams 20 and three front embossments 30 that 07 co-operate with the base 18 to lock the unit 08 securely. The entire cover structure 28 is made of 09 solid material and will repel the entrance of water from rain or cleaning operations and foil attempts of 11 children or pets to touch its contents.
12 The elongated tunnel structure 12 provides 13 an opening for the rodent to enter the station and, 14 when fastened to the floor, and against a vertical wall, produces a path that directs the rodent into the 16 container while conforming to proven patterns of 17 rodent behavior.
18 The elongated tunnel entrance 12 also 19 directs a hand or other object towards the shielding baffle 14 and prevents contact with the bait which is 21 contained in the base structure 26 and collected in 22 the recess formed by the sloping floor 22.
23 As seen in Figure 4, the base unit 26 is 24 constructed with three raised members 18 a-t its front and three cams at its rear 20 which co-operate with 26 cover members 30 and 24.
27 Reviewing Figure 3 we see that when the 28 embossment 30 on the cover member 28 are inserted into 29 the raised members on the base 18 and the cover is pressed downward, the slots on the cover 24 are locked 31 into the base cams 20 to complete A solid closure that 32 resists any upward motion to open them.
33 Figure 3 also demonstrates the lip 32, 34 which is formed in base memeber 26, to provide a method of sliding the baiter into a separate channel 36 fixture as shown in Figure 5 that is mounted to the 37 floor for added security of the bait station to a 01 floor surface.
02 Referring to Figure 1 we see the baffle 03 wall 14 in place and reviewing Figure ~ -the baffle n4 wall 14 is shown in perspective as it blocks direct 05 entrance to the area that contains the rodenticide.
06 Figure 2 shows the path of a rodent entering the 07 baiter and demonstrates that because of the angle of 08 the tunnel structure 12 and the corresponding angle of 09 the baffle 14, it becomes impossible for a hand to reach in and contact the posion located at the area it 11 has been collected in by the sloped floor 22. A
12 rodent, because of its size and the fluid s-tructure of 13 its body, will have no difficulty in entering and 14 traversing the baiter.
Figure 3 shows the relationship between 16 the tunnel opening in the tunnel structure 12, the 17 baffle wall 14 and the sloped surface 22.
18 The angular construction of the cover 19 28 deflects blows by brooms and feet and protects the baiter from damage.
21 Figures 3 and 4 also show the co-operation 22 of the cover and the base to form a tight, fitted 23 structure that withstands abuse.
24 As demonstrated in Figures 4 and 3, the unit is mounted to the floor by keyhole slots 16 which 26 provide a method of fastening the unit to the floor 27 and yet allow the unit to be removed for cleaning and 28 servicing.
29 This novel mounting feature protects the baiter from being moved and the dislodging of the bait 31 by children and pets.
32 When mounted to a horizontal strata and 33 against a vertical surface such as a wall, the baiter 34 cannot be opened because its rear wall, which contains the slots 24, cannot be flexed to allow the cams on 36 the base 20 to free themselves.
37 The only way to service the contents then 38 _ ~ _ ~26~ i9 01 becomes to free the baiter from the floor and flex the 02 rear wall to move the slots 24 off the cams 20 and 03 then to lift the rear of the baiter upward which will 04 allow the front 30 to disengage from the base slots 05 18.
06 It should be noted tha-t the cover member 07 28 is construc-ted to overlap the base member 26 and is 08 the dominant structure in the overall configuration of 09 the total rodent baiter.
This configuration provides additional 11 protection to the rodenticide from moisture and 12 assists in keeping the bait fresh when the baiter is 13 placed in proximity to moisture.
14 The base unit 26, contains a lip on two sides which extend past the cover, at floor level, when the top and bottom members are joined together.
17 This lip 32, provides a method of mounting 18 the unit to a separate floor mounted channel as shown 19 in Figure 5 and allows the baiter to be slid out of the floor mounting channel, which is glued or 21 otherwise secured to the floor, for servicing and
01 Rodents have plagued mankind for centuries 02 bringing desease and pestilance into major population 03 centers and competing directly with mankind for food 04 either by direct consumption or by fouling the stored 05 materials with their droppings, dirt, and parasites.
06 There have been many solutions proposed in 07 the past to control or reduce rodent populations, and 08 the most effective to date has been the use of 09 poisoned baits.
The technique employed by users of these 11 baits is to place the bait in an area infested by 12 rodents, particularly along the walls in areas where 13 rodents have been seen traveling in.
14 The rodents passing through the area detect the poisoned bait and perceiving it as a food 16 source, consume the poison causing their dernise.
17 Some of the prior art devices which have 18 been developed to contain and deliver rodenticides are 19 characterized by U.S. patent Nos. 1,561,644 issued 11/1925 to Hanson, 2,480,724 issued 8/1949 to 21 Feussner; 2,568,168 issued 9/1951 to Query; 2,626,089 22 issued 1/1953 to Osfar; 2,690,029 issued 9/1954 to 23 Mullen; 2,725,664 issued 12/1955 to Mullen; 3,352,053 24 issued 11/1967 to ~nderson; 4,026,064 issued 5/1977 to Baker; 4,349,982 issued 9/1982 to Sherman, and Foreign 26 Patent 648419 issued 7/1937 in the Federal Republic of 27 Germany.
28 These devices are defective for the 29 following reasons: they are bulky, cumbersome, fragile, susceptable to rupture and in cases to 31 spillage of their contents and, they present a 32 potential haæard to children and domestic animals.
33 Most of the devices only afford the illusion of 34 protecting the bait from contaminating the environment.
36 On the whole, prior art devices do not 37 advance the state of the art of rodenticide ~æ,~
01 containment and will not fully meet the current laws 02 of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and will 03 in most cases endanger children and pets if placed in 04 areas that are accessible to them.
05 An object of the present invention is to 06 improve the state of the art by improving on the 07 SXERMAN PATENT and provide an even more tamper-proof 08 device that will wi-thstand indoor and outdoor usage 09 and will withstand high traffic and abuse in food processing areas, warehouses, farms, schools, and 11 homes.
12 A further object of the instant invention 13 is the provision of a tamper-proof roden-t bait 14 container that has a system of internal and ex-ternal baffles that will prevent children from reaching into 16 the box to tamper with its contents.
17 Another object of the instant invention is 18 to provide a tamper-proof bait station in which the 19 design of the cover protects the contents from weather and the elements, keeping the bait palatable for a 21 longer period of time.
22 Still another object of the invention is 23 to provide a tamper-proof baiter with a novel hidden 24 method of closure that will foil or inhibi-t the possibility of unauthorized persons from opening the 26 unit and exposing its contents.
27 Still another object of the instant 28 invention is to provide a tamper-proof bait station 29 with internal ba~fles that direct the rodent to the farthest point in which the bait is located, thereby 31 insuring the least possible contact of the bait by 32 unauthorized personnel or non-target species.
33 Yet another object of the invention is to 34 provide a tamper-proof baiter whose floor is designed with a slope that moves the rodent poison to a desired 36 position within the structure, collecting it and 37 securing it, out of the reach of anyone trying to 12~ Z~
01 reach in from the outside.
02 And finally, the invention provides a 03 method of floor mounting, that when the baiter is 04 secured to the floor, will allow easy removal of the 05 unit for cleaning and servicing, but will inhibit or 06 foil movement of the ba:iter due to the tampering of 07 small children, domestic pets, wildlife, or in the 08 normal day to day activities of a commercial 09 establishment.
Rodents, being nocturnal in nature, feed 11 in low or no light environments and require the 12 perception of night in order to feel comfortable 13 feeding. This "security" of night feeding stimulates 14 the rodents natural instincts and insures that they consume more food (or rodenticide) upon coming in 16 contact with the food source.
17 With the introduction of "one feed"
18 rodenticides, bait stations should be replenished more 19 often and a minimum of this powerful poison should be used on each servicing of the device.
21 This insures the most economical use of 22 expensive baits and the least possible exposure to 23 baits by non-target species. It also allows the best 24 possible use of poisoned baits in ridding an area of large numbers of rodents.
26 To practically fulfill the need for more 27 servicing of the baiter and, to provide the rodent 28 with a habitat that imitates night conditions, a bait 29 station, constructed of materials that are translucent, allowing the user to see in and measure 31 visually the amount of bait left, to audit rodent 32 activity and, to provide the rodent that enters the 33 baiter with the illusion of night, would significantly 34 increase the efficasy of the entire bai-ting system.
An embodiment of the invention is a ~z~z~
01 tamper-proof rodent bait station having a base member 02 with first and second compartments divided by a 03 partition, the partition containing openings at each 04 of its ends and forminy a baffle that inhibits 05 spillage of bait from the second compartment, and 06 including a cover member capable of being secured to 07 the base member by means integral with the bait 08 station. The bait station contains apertures which 09 open into the first of the compartments in the interior of the bait station, the apertures marking 11 the ends of an internal passageway extending parallel 12 to the partition and to a wall of the bait station.
13 The bait station contains two tunnel members, each 14 extending outwardly from a respective aperture on the sides to form a pathway parallel with the wall, and in 16 line with the internal passageway, for the rodents to 17 enter and exit the bait station. The base includes 18 deflective baffles, each positioned partially and 19 angularly into the passageway for providing security in relation to poisoned bait in the second 21 compartment, while allowing a rodent to traverse the 22 passageway freely and, to obtain line of sight from 23 one side to the other side prior to entering the bait 24 station. The deflective baffles provide tamper-proof protection in combination with the tunnel members, 26 whereby, access of hands are prevented from reaching 27 around the deflective baffles into the second 28 compartment on the side closest to the respective 29 tunnel member, th~ tunnel members elongating the distance to the second compartment to deny access of 31 hands from reaching through a partition opening 32 located at the opposite side of the bait station.
33 These and other objects, advantages and 34 novel features of the invention will become apparent from the following description of the invention when 36 - 3a -01 considered in conjunction with the accompanying 02 drawings.
03 Figure 1 is a detail drawing of the 04 invention with the cover and base in place and the 05 unit secured to a substrata and against a ver-tical 06 wall. Figure 1 demonstrates no-t only the mechanical 07 configuration of the baiters internal structure but, 08 also that of the material that the baiter is 09 constructed of that provides a translucent quality and that allows the contents of the baiter, the rodent 11 activity and the bait consumption, to be viewed 12 without removal of the baiters cover.
13 Figure 2 appears out of consecutive order 14 following Figure 3 and illustrates a top plan view of the bait station showing the perspective and detail of 16 the construction and interior detail including the 17 internal baffles, the floor mounting feature, the 18 sloped floor collecting bait, and the locking feature.
19 Figure 3 is a cross sectional detail view of the cover and base showing the side detail, the 21 floor mounting detail, the sloped floor, and the 22 hidden locking feature.
23 Figure 4 is an exploded perspective view 24 of the tamper-proof rodent bait station container which comprises the instant invention.
26 Figure 5 shows the floor mounting unit 27 consisting of an independent tray with channels 28 designed to accept the lips formed on the baiter at 29 sides and rear.
Figure 6 is a cross section of the floor 31 mounting unit showing two possible methods of mounting 32 the tray to the floor, double sided tape and screws, 33 both being demonstrated.
34 Figure 7 demonstrates the co-operation between the baiter and the floor mounting unit.
36 As can be seen by reference to Figure 4, 37 the tamper-proof rodent bait station container is ~V;2~i~
01 designed generally as 10 an~ comprises a cover member 02 28 and a base member 26.
03 rrhe cover member 28 is a solid body that 04 includes two entrance holes contained in the tunnel 05 structure 12, three rear slots 24 that co-operate with 06 the base cams 20 and three front embossments 30 that 07 co-operate with the base 18 to lock the unit 08 securely. The entire cover structure 28 is made of 09 solid material and will repel the entrance of water from rain or cleaning operations and foil attempts of 11 children or pets to touch its contents.
12 The elongated tunnel structure 12 provides 13 an opening for the rodent to enter the station and, 14 when fastened to the floor, and against a vertical wall, produces a path that directs the rodent into the 16 container while conforming to proven patterns of 17 rodent behavior.
18 The elongated tunnel entrance 12 also 19 directs a hand or other object towards the shielding baffle 14 and prevents contact with the bait which is 21 contained in the base structure 26 and collected in 22 the recess formed by the sloping floor 22.
23 As seen in Figure 4, the base unit 26 is 24 constructed with three raised members 18 a-t its front and three cams at its rear 20 which co-operate with 26 cover members 30 and 24.
27 Reviewing Figure 3 we see that when the 28 embossment 30 on the cover member 28 are inserted into 29 the raised members on the base 18 and the cover is pressed downward, the slots on the cover 24 are locked 31 into the base cams 20 to complete A solid closure that 32 resists any upward motion to open them.
33 Figure 3 also demonstrates the lip 32, 34 which is formed in base memeber 26, to provide a method of sliding the baiter into a separate channel 36 fixture as shown in Figure 5 that is mounted to the 37 floor for added security of the bait station to a 01 floor surface.
02 Referring to Figure 1 we see the baffle 03 wall 14 in place and reviewing Figure ~ -the baffle n4 wall 14 is shown in perspective as it blocks direct 05 entrance to the area that contains the rodenticide.
06 Figure 2 shows the path of a rodent entering the 07 baiter and demonstrates that because of the angle of 08 the tunnel structure 12 and the corresponding angle of 09 the baffle 14, it becomes impossible for a hand to reach in and contact the posion located at the area it 11 has been collected in by the sloped floor 22. A
12 rodent, because of its size and the fluid s-tructure of 13 its body, will have no difficulty in entering and 14 traversing the baiter.
Figure 3 shows the relationship between 16 the tunnel opening in the tunnel structure 12, the 17 baffle wall 14 and the sloped surface 22.
18 The angular construction of the cover 19 28 deflects blows by brooms and feet and protects the baiter from damage.
21 Figures 3 and 4 also show the co-operation 22 of the cover and the base to form a tight, fitted 23 structure that withstands abuse.
24 As demonstrated in Figures 4 and 3, the unit is mounted to the floor by keyhole slots 16 which 26 provide a method of fastening the unit to the floor 27 and yet allow the unit to be removed for cleaning and 28 servicing.
29 This novel mounting feature protects the baiter from being moved and the dislodging of the bait 31 by children and pets.
32 When mounted to a horizontal strata and 33 against a vertical surface such as a wall, the baiter 34 cannot be opened because its rear wall, which contains the slots 24, cannot be flexed to allow the cams on 36 the base 20 to free themselves.
37 The only way to service the contents then 38 _ ~ _ ~26~ i9 01 becomes to free the baiter from the floor and flex the 02 rear wall to move the slots 24 off the cams 20 and 03 then to lift the rear of the baiter upward which will 04 allow the front 30 to disengage from the base slots 05 18.
06 It should be noted tha-t the cover member 07 28 is construc-ted to overlap the base member 26 and is 08 the dominant structure in the overall configuration of 09 the total rodent baiter.
This configuration provides additional 11 protection to the rodenticide from moisture and 12 assists in keeping the bait fresh when the baiter is 13 placed in proximity to moisture.
14 The base unit 26, contains a lip on two sides which extend past the cover, at floor level, when the top and bottom members are joined together.
17 This lip 32, provides a method of mounting 18 the unit to a separate floor mounted channel as shown 19 in Figure 5 and allows the baiter to be slid out of the floor mounting channel, which is glued or 21 otherwise secured to the floor, for servicing and
2~ cleaning.
23 Figure 1 showing the material construction 24 of the baiter also demonstrates the use of a translucent material that will provide the interior o~
26 the baiter with a spectrum of light in the night 27 shades. This coloring of the interior light is 28 accomplished by utilizing a plastic or other material, 29 of translucent quality, that converts natural or artificial light in the surrounding environment to 31 shades of red, blue, green or other colors that will 32 simulate night and dim lighting in the baiters 33 interior.
34 Figure 5 depicts the floor mounting unit 96 that can be secured to a substrata by alternate 36 means such as screws 90 and double sided tape 92. As 37 shown in Figure 5, the floor mounting unit consists of 38 ~ 7 -01 an independent tray, with channels 94, formed in -the 02 side and rear of the unit to hold the baiter in place 03 when the tips o the baiter have been slid into the 04 channels.
05 Also depicted in Figure 5 is the use of 06 raised bosses 98 to hold the inserted baiter 10 07 tightly in place when fully inserted into the mounting 08 unit. Figure 7 shows the bait station in co-operation 09 with the floor mounting unit 96. We clearly see the lips 32 of the baiter 10 being slid into the channels 11 94 of the mounting unit 96. The mounting unit 96 has 12 been secured to the floor through the use of double 13 sided tape 92 or as an alternate screws gO. The 14 entire unit fits together to form an integrated rodent bait that is securely mounted to the floor and resists 16 the efforts to tamper with its contents or to remove 17 it from the area in which it has been installed.
23 Figure 1 showing the material construction 24 of the baiter also demonstrates the use of a translucent material that will provide the interior o~
26 the baiter with a spectrum of light in the night 27 shades. This coloring of the interior light is 28 accomplished by utilizing a plastic or other material, 29 of translucent quality, that converts natural or artificial light in the surrounding environment to 31 shades of red, blue, green or other colors that will 32 simulate night and dim lighting in the baiters 33 interior.
34 Figure 5 depicts the floor mounting unit 96 that can be secured to a substrata by alternate 36 means such as screws 90 and double sided tape 92. As 37 shown in Figure 5, the floor mounting unit consists of 38 ~ 7 -01 an independent tray, with channels 94, formed in -the 02 side and rear of the unit to hold the baiter in place 03 when the tips o the baiter have been slid into the 04 channels.
05 Also depicted in Figure 5 is the use of 06 raised bosses 98 to hold the inserted baiter 10 07 tightly in place when fully inserted into the mounting 08 unit. Figure 7 shows the bait station in co-operation 09 with the floor mounting unit 96. We clearly see the lips 32 of the baiter 10 being slid into the channels 11 94 of the mounting unit 96. The mounting unit 96 has 12 been secured to the floor through the use of double 13 sided tape 92 or as an alternate screws gO. The 14 entire unit fits together to form an integrated rodent bait that is securely mounted to the floor and resists 16 the efforts to tamper with its contents or to remove 17 it from the area in which it has been installed.
Claims (12)
1. A tamper-proof rodent bait station having a base member with first and second compartments divided by a partition, said partition containing openings at each of its ends and forming a baffle that inhibits spillage of bait from the second compartment;
cover member capable of being secured to said base member by means integral with said bait station;
said bait station containing apertures which open into the first of said compartments in the interior of the bait station, the apertures marking the ends of an internal passageway extending parallel to said partition and to a wall of the bait station, the improvement comprising:
the bait station containing two tunnel members, each extending outwardly from a respective aperture on the sides to form a pathway parallel with said wall, and in line with the internal passageway, for the rodents to enter and exit the bait station;
said base including deflective baffles, each positioned partially and angularly into the passageway for providing security in relation to poisoned bait in the second compartment, while allowing a rodent to traverse the passageway freely and, to obtain line of sight from one side to the other side prior to entering the bait station; said deflective baffles providing tamper-proof protection in combination with the tunnel members, whereby, access of hands are prevented from reaching around the deflective baffles into the second compartment on the side closest to the respective tunnel member, and said tunnel members elongating the distance to the second compartment to deny access of hands from reaching through a partition opening located at the opposite side of the bait station.
cover member capable of being secured to said base member by means integral with said bait station;
said bait station containing apertures which open into the first of said compartments in the interior of the bait station, the apertures marking the ends of an internal passageway extending parallel to said partition and to a wall of the bait station, the improvement comprising:
the bait station containing two tunnel members, each extending outwardly from a respective aperture on the sides to form a pathway parallel with said wall, and in line with the internal passageway, for the rodents to enter and exit the bait station;
said base including deflective baffles, each positioned partially and angularly into the passageway for providing security in relation to poisoned bait in the second compartment, while allowing a rodent to traverse the passageway freely and, to obtain line of sight from one side to the other side prior to entering the bait station; said deflective baffles providing tamper-proof protection in combination with the tunnel members, whereby, access of hands are prevented from reaching around the deflective baffles into the second compartment on the side closest to the respective tunnel member, and said tunnel members elongating the distance to the second compartment to deny access of hands from reaching through a partition opening located at the opposite side of the bait station.
2. A tamper-proof rodent bait station as in claim 1, said cover contains a plurality of locking bosses and recesses that co-operate with its base to form a secure tamper-proof closure.
3. A tamper-proof rodent bait station as in claim 2, said base having a plurality of keyhold slots to mount the unit to a substrata for quick removal.
4. A tamper-proof rodent bait station as in claim 3, whose base is constructed with sloping floors to collect the bait in desired areas away from possible tampering and for ease of rodent feeding.
5. A tamper-proof bait station as in claim 4, said deflective baffles being independent and protect the bait compartment from access by prying hands and larger domestic animals or wildlife.
6. A tamper-proof rodent bait station as in claim 5, whose cover is the dominant structure, made of material impervious to weather and when used in conjunction with its base, will form a tamper-proof bait containment device.
7. A tamper-proof rodent bait station as in claim 6, having angular construction which deflects blows from feet and brooms, protecting its contents from dislodging and contaminating the environment.
8. A tamper-proof rodent bait station as in claim 7, wherein said cover contains the apertures for the entrance and egress of the target species and which overlaps the base.
9. A tamper-proof rodent bait station as in claim 1, said base contains a lip that protrudes from its side when the cover member is in place and, which can be slid into a separate mounting device having an independent channel that is glued or otherwise fastened to the floor.
10. A tamper-proof rodent bait station as in claim 1, constructed of a translucent material that converts ambient light night shades of color and dim lighting to the interior of the bait station and a bait station that will allow the contents of the bait station to be viewed through these "colored"
translucent walls without removal of any portion of the bait station.
translucent walls without removal of any portion of the bait station.
11. A tamper-proof rodent bait station as in claim 1, having an independent tray for mounting the bait station securely to the floor which will allow the bait station to be removed for cleaning and servicing after the tray has been secured to the floor.
12. A tamper-proof rodent bait station as in claim 1, wherein said station contains adhesive strips to mount the bait station to the floor in order to resist tampering or movement of the bait station.
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| US06/668,167 US4541198A (en) | 1983-06-30 | 1984-11-02 | Tamper-proof rodent bait station |
| US668,167 | 1996-06-21 |
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| CA1260269A true CA1260269A (en) | 1989-09-26 |
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