Classifications

• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
  • A01M—CATCHING, TRAPPING OR SCARING OF ANIMALS; APPARATUS FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF NOXIOUS ANIMALS OR NOXIOUS PLANTS
  • A01M29/00—Scaring or repelling devices, e.g. bird-scaring apparatus
  • A01M29/30—Scaring or repelling devices, e.g. bird-scaring apparatus preventing or obstructing access or passage, e.g. by means of barriers, spikes, cords, obstacles or sprinkled water
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
  • A01M—CATCHING, TRAPPING OR SCARING OF ANIMALS; APPARATUS FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF NOXIOUS ANIMALS OR NOXIOUS PLANTS
  • A01M23/00—Traps for animals
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
  • A01M—CATCHING, TRAPPING OR SCARING OF ANIMALS; APPARATUS FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF NOXIOUS ANIMALS OR NOXIOUS PLANTS
  • A01M23/00—Traps for animals
  • A01M23/02—Collecting-traps
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
  • A01M—CATCHING, TRAPPING OR SCARING OF ANIMALS; APPARATUS FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF NOXIOUS ANIMALS OR NOXIOUS PLANTS
  • A01M23/00—Traps for animals
  • A01M23/02—Collecting-traps
  • A01M23/12—Collecting-traps with devices for throwing the animal to a collecting chamber
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
  • A01M—CATCHING, TRAPPING OR SCARING OF ANIMALS; APPARATUS FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF NOXIOUS ANIMALS OR NOXIOUS PLANTS
  • A01M25/00—Devices for dispensing poison for animals
  • A01M25/002—Bait holders, i.e. stationary devices for holding poisonous bait at the disposal of the animal
  • A01M25/004—Bait stations, i.e. boxes completely enclosing the bait and provided with animal entrances

Definitions

• prior art bait stations allow water entering the enclosure to contact the bait, thereby ruining the bait. Such prior art bait stations do not facilitate the draining of such water therefrom. Further, prior art bait stations make no provision for eliminating snails, slugs, crickets, and other insects before such can soil the rodent bait, making it less attractive to rodents.
• Prior art bait stations are not easily anchored in place, and do not provide sufficient gripping points for adhesives when used therewith. Such prior art stations are not thermally insulated to keep rodent bait from drying out and flaking off of suspension rods that hold such bait in an attractive position for rodents. Further, such prior art stations have covers fixed with a living hinge to an enclosure that, after repeated use, become worn and fail.
• a pair of insecticide trays may be formed on the mezzanine on opposing sides of the bait receptacle for filling with a suitable insecticide for keeping crickets and other insects from accessing and spoiling the rodent bait.
• a pair of snail bait trays may be formed on the bottom wall between each side wall and riser for filling with a suitable mollusk poison for keeping snails and slugs from accessing and spoiling the rodent bait.
• a rodent may enter the enclosure through one of the side walls thereof, climb up one of the risers and onto the mezzanine to access the rodent bait. The poisoned rodent may then crawl down the other side of the mezzanine and riser to exit the enclosure at the opposing side rodent aperture.
• FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a rodent bait station of the invention, illustrated with a door in a partially opened position;
• FIG. 2 is a top view of FIG. 1 ;
• FIG. 3 is a bottom view of FIG. 1;
• FIG. 4 is a front view of FIG. 1 ;
• FIG. 5 is a side elevation view of FIG. 1 ;
• FIG. 6 is a rear elevation view of FIG. 1 ;
• FIG. 1 1 is a perspective view of a protective cover, taken generally along path 1 1—1 1 of FIG. 7;
• FIG. 12 is a front elevation view of a second preferred embodiment rodent bait station illustrated with the front cover removed for clarity of illustration;
• FIG. 15 is a front elevation view of a rodent bait station illustrated with a cement board attached to a ground surface using mortar.
• FIGS. 1 and 7 illustrate a rodent bait station 10 for placing on a ground surface 15, and optionally also up against a wall surface 16 (FIG. 13).
• An enclosure 20 has a pair of side walls 230 that each have a rodent aperture 40 therein (FIGS. 1 and 5), a bottom wall 50, at last one top wall 20, a rear wall 240, and an open front side 250 (FIG. 7).
• the bottom wall 50 includes a plurality of drain apertures 100 (FIG. 7) therein so that water entering the enclosure 20 may drain therethrough.
• the rear wall 240 may include a rodent attractant tray 150 (FIG. 10) projecting into the enclosure 20 for retaining a rodent attractant (not shown) therein.
• An anchor aperture 1 10 may be further included through the bottom wall 50 of the enclosure 20, the anchor aperture 1 10 being of a larger diameter than any of the drain apertures 100 for receiving a mechanical anchor (not shown) for anchoring the bait station 10 onto a dirt or grass ground surface 15.
• the bottom wall 50 and rear wall 240 may each include a plurality of T-shaped standoffs 170 projecting away therefrom outside of the enclosure 20, such that adhesive applied to the bottom wall 50 and side wall 240 may form strong, permanent bonds therewith (FIGS. 7, 12, and 13). Also, the plurality of T-shaped standoffs 170 acts to keep adhesive applied to the bottom wall 50 from occluding each drain aperture 100. Furthermore, the plurality of T-shaped standoffs 170 also acts to keep adhesive applied to side walls 230 from occluding ventilation apertures 160.
• the rodent bait station 10 may further include a cement board 400 (FIG. 15) attached to the bottom wall 50 outside of the enclosure 20.
• the cement board 400 has the approximate same width and length of the bottom wall 50.
• the cement board 400 may be attached to the enclosure 20 using at least one screw and nut set 405 (FIG. 15) via the anchor aperture 1 10, though other appropriate attachment methods may be used.
• the cement board 400 may be secured to the ground surface 15 using mortar 410 (FIG. 15), thought other suitable materials may be used.
• a thinset mortar is used to secure the rodent bait station 10 to the ground surface 15.
• the side walls 230 may further include ventilation apertures 160 (FIGS. 12—13) to allow hot air inside the enclosure 20 to escape therethrough.
• each of the at least one top wall 20 includes a pair of opposing insulator panel slots 350, such that an insulator panel 70 may be slidably retained therein to insulate the inside of the enclosure 20 from ambient heat, such as caused by sunlight exposure on the at least one top wall 20.
• a front cover 30 is adapted for sealing the open front side 250 of the enclosure 20.
• the front cover 30 is fixed at a lower edge 31 (FIG. 5) thereof to the bottom wall 50 of the enclosure 20 with a living hinge 340 (FIG. 14), and preferably a double living hinge 342 (FIG. 14).
• the cover 30 includes an outside surface 34 and an inside surface 32 (FIGS. 2—5).
• the enclosure 20 and cover 30 are integrally formed from injection molded plastic materials, for example.
• the enclosure 20 includes at least one cover locking mechanism 220 cooperative with the cover 30 to secure the cover 30 over the open front side 250 of the enclosure 20.
• a portion 200 (FIG. 1) of the cover 30 interlocks with a front edge 255 (FIG. 1) of the enclosure 20 to create a water resistant seal.
• Each cover locking mechanism 220 preferably includes an aperture 120 (FIGS. 1 and 4) through which a key or other particularly-shaped object (not shown) may be inserted to release the cover locking mechanism 220 to free the cover 30 from the enclosure 20.
• a cover 130 on a pivot screw 140 (FIGS. 7 and 8) may be included to cover each aperture 120 to prevent rain from entering the enclosure therethrough.
• a rigid bait platform 60 is contained within the enclosure 20 and comprises a pair of risers 260 supporting a mezzanine 270 and defining an anchor space 275 therebetween for receiving a brick 210 or other suitable weighty object, such as a concrete block or metal ingot.
• the risers 260 and the mezzanine 270 extend from the rear wall 240 to the open front side 250 so as to isolate the anchor space 275 from the rest of the space within the enclosure 20 when the cover 30 is sealed over the front side 250 of the enclosure 20.
• the mezzanine includes a bait receptacle 280 (FIG. 7) thereon.
• the bait platform 60 may be made from a rigid plastic material, and is preferably integrally formed with the enclosure 20 and the cover 30.
• a bait hanging mechanism 290 (FIG. 12) comprises a first bracket 155 (FIG. 10) fixed to the rear wall 240 between the mezzanine 270 and the at least one top wall 20.
• the bait hanging mechanism 290 further includes a second bracket 90 (FIG. 9) fixed to the front cover 30, and at least one bait hanging rod 300 (FIG. 9) selectively positionable on the first and second brackets 155,90, whereby bait 18 dropping from the bait hanging rod 300 falls into the bait receptacle 280.
• a bait 18 may be similar to that sold under the brand name Contrac Blox, manufactured by Bell Laboratories, Inc. of Madison, Wisconsin, for example.
• the bait receptacle 280 may also be filled partially with a suitable tracking powder (not shown), such as that sold by Bell Laboratories, Inc. of Madison, Wisconsin, under the brand name Ditrac.
• a pair of insecticide trays 310 may be formed on the mezzanine 270 on opposing sides of the bait receptacle 280.
• Such insecticide trays 310 may be filled with a suitable insecticide (not shown) for keeping crickets and other insects from accessing and spoiling the rodent bait 18.
• a pair of snail bait trays 320 (FIG. 12) may be formed on the bottom wall 50 between each side wall 230 and riser 260.
• Such snail bait trays 320 may be filled with a suitable mollusk poison for keeping snails and slugs from accessing and spoiling the rodent bait 18.
• a copper ring 330 (FIG. 13) may further be included, fixed around each rodent aperture 40 to inhibit snails and slugs from entering the enclosure 20.
• a rodent may enter the enclosure 20 through one of the side walls 230 thereof, climb up one of the risers 260 and onto the mezzanine 27 to access the rodent bait 18. The rodent may then crawl down the other side of the mezzanine 270 and riser 260 to exit the enclosure 20 at the opposing side rodent aperture 40.
• a rodent may enter the enclosure 20 through one of the side walls 230 thereof, climb up one of the risers 260 and onto the mezzanine 27 to access the rodent bait 18. The rodent may then crawl down the other side of the mezzanine 270 and riser 260 to exit the enclosure 20 at the opposing side rodent aperture 40.

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