Bait stations
AssigneeS. C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
InventorsPaul E. Furner, Greg Perkolup, Jerome Matter, Paul Diehl, Adriana Bueti
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Abstract
Bait stations are disclosed that include a housing having a lower casing including a base with a first surface. The base includes an inner wall extending upward from the base toward a top edge and an outer wall extending downward from the top edge toward the base. The bait station includes an upper casing with a dome having a top surface. The dome includes an upper ramped front surface including a plurality of apertures arranged in a side-by-side arrangement. Wherein, the upper casing is coupled to the lower casing, and the plurality of apertures are spaced apart from the first surface of the base.
Claims20
A bait station, comprising:
- a lower casing including a base wall and a flange, the lower casing including an inner wall extending upward from the base wall toward a top wall, and an outer wall extending downward from the top wall toward the flange;
- and
- an upper casing including a dome having a top surface, the dome having an upper ramped front surface including a plurality of apertures arranged in a side-by-side arrangement, wherein the upper casing is coupled to the lower casing, and
- wherein the plurality of apertures is disposed above the top wall.
A bait station, comprising:
- a housing that includes an upper casing and a lower casing coupled to form an interior cavity;
- and
- a pad disposed within the interior cavity, wherein the lower casing includes a base having an outer wall that is spaced from an outer edge and extends upward from the base to a top edge, an inner wall that extends downward from the top edge to a receiving space, the receiving space having a tapered post, and an inner ramped surface spaced from the tapered post by a gap and extending toward the top edge,
- wherein the upper casing includes a front ramped surface,
- wherein the front ramped surface of the upper casing is configured to guide insects through a plurality of apertures into the interior cavity, wherein the inner ramped surface of the lower casing is configured to guide insects down toward the gap,
- wherein the gap disposed between an outer perimeter of the pad enables insects to walk freely around from a first side of the housing toward a second side of the housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.