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US 11,895,999 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.
Claims9
A method of placing a pest control device at a tree branch, the method comprising:
- providing a pest control device capable of being projected toward the tree branch and held at the tree branch by a tether, the device comprising:
- two segments connected by a tether, the first segment and the second segment being capable of being assembled in a deployable state, and the first segment and the second segment being capable of being separated in a manner such that the first segment separates from the second segment while the first segment remains connected to the second segment by the tether,
- attractant, or
- poison, or
- attractant and poison;
- and
- propelling the pest control device through a tubular barrel of a launcher, wherein,
- the pest control device is in the deployable state when propelled through the tubular barrel, and
- the first segment and the second segment separate and remain connected by the tether, after the pest control device is propelled through the tubular barrel.
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