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US 11,304,413 B2Granted
Pest control devices, methods, and apparatus
OwnerBrett E. Bunker, Chandra L. Maleckas-Bunkerinventors
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Abstract
Devices and methods for pest control, including devices useful to place pest control devices at locations of use such as at a crop (e.g., at a branch of a tree), certain embodiments of devices including a capsule and a tether that can become tangled or caught in a tree or other crop location.
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A method of placing a pest control device on a branch of a tree, the method comprising:
- providing a pest control device comprising two segments connected by a tether,
- providing a launcher comprising a barrel and a source of pressurized gas,
- placing the pest control device, in a deployable state wherein the two segments engage to form an enclosed capsule, at one end of the barrel,
- injecting pressurized gas into the barrel to propel the pest control device through the barrel and out an open end of the barrel, wherein the pest control device takes on an attachment state wherein the segments are separated and connected by the tether and attaches by the tether to the branch.
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A method of placing a pest control device on a branch of a tree, the method comprising:
- providing a pest control device comprising two segments connected by a tether,
- providing a launcher adapted to dispense the pest control device,
- placing the pest control device, in a deployable state wherein the two segments engage, in the launcher,
- propelling the pest control device from the launcher, wherein the pest control device takes on an attachment state wherein the segments are separated and connected by the tether and attaches by the tether to the branch.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.