Wall plate with pest abatement circuitry
AssigneeBig Bug Solutions, LLC
InventorsThomas Satagaj, Daniel Jacobson
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Abstract
A wall plate with pest abatement circuitry includes a wall plate portion structured to cover an electrical box. The wall plate portion is formed substantially from a plastic material, and it has an inner surface and an outer surface. The inner surface is adjacent to an inside volume of the electrical box when the wall plate with pest abatement circuitry is deployed. The wall plate also includes a hosting platform proximate the inner surface of the wall plate. The hosting platform is arranged to stage the pest abatement circuitry.
Claims20
A wall plate with pest abatement circuitry, comprising:
- a wall plate portion structured to cover an electrical box, the wall plate portion being formed substantially from a plastic material and having an inner surface and an outer surface, wherein the inner surface is adjacent to an inside volume of the electrical box when the wall plate with pest abatement circuitry is deployed;
- and
- a hosting platform proximate the inner surface of the wall plate, the hosting platform arranged to stage the pest abatement circuitry.
A wall plate with pest abatement circuitry method, comprising:
- providing a wall plate structured to cover an electrical box, the wall plate being formed substantially from a plastic material and having an inner surface and an outer surface, wherein the inner surface is adjacent to an inside volume of the electrical box, the wall plate having integrated therewith a hosting platform, the hosting platform staging the pest abatement circuitry and the pest abatement circuitry including a processor circuit and a memory circuit, the memory circuit storing software instructions, which, when executed by the processor, cause the pest abatement circuitry to:
- detect a suspected presence of at least one pest within the inside volume of the electrical box.
A system, comprising:
- a plurality of wall plates, each wall plate structured to cover a respective electrical box, each wall plate being formed substantially from a plastic material and having an inner surface and an outer surface, wherein the inner surface is adjacent to an inside volume of its respective electrical box, each wall plate having a hosting platform proximate the inner surface of the wall plate, the hosting platform arranged to stage pest abatement circuitry, said pest abatement circuitry including:
- a detection circuit;
- a power supply;
- a processor circuit;
- and
- at least one memory circuit, the memory circuit including software instructions, which, when executed by the processor circuit, carry out operations to detect a suspected presence of at least one pest within the inside volume of the respective electrical box.
The system of 17, wherein each wall plate further comprises:
- a pest detection circuit that is based on motion, sound, vibration, electrical resistance, or a change in electrical capacitance attributable to a presence of a pest.
The system of 17, wherein each wall plate further comprises:
- a pest reporting circuit, which, after the suspected presence of at least one pest is detected, provides a report indicating the suspected presence of at least one pest.
The system of 17 wherein the pest reporting circuit of each wall plate includes a wireless communications circuit arranged to communicate pest detection information to a remote computing system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.