# US 2008/0187564 A1 · Pest-Control Member > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2008/0187564 A1 - Document ID: US20080187564A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 11/885,910 - Filed: 2006-03-07 - Published: 2008-08-07 - Earliest claimed: 2005-03-07 - Inventors: Hidekazu Momiyama; Toru Sako; Hitoshi Kobayashi - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20080187564A1 ## CPC - A01M 29/34: specially adapted for insects - A01M: CATCHING, TRAPPING OR SCARING OF ANIMALS (appliances for catching swarms or drone-catching A01K57/00; fishing A01K69/00 - {A01K99/00}; biocides, pest repellants or attractants A01N); APPARATUS FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF NOXIOUS ANIMALS OR NOXIOUS PLANTS ## Abstract A pest-control member used to prevent equipment from pest damage by being attached to a target that becomes a migration path for pests entering the equipment, the pest-control member being configured so that it is entirely made of resin, its diameter is located perpendicular to the target when attached to the target, and it is formed in a shape to become an obstacle to the pests migrating along the target; the pest-control member including a target-receiving space for receiving the target and an opening for allowing the target to be placed in the target-receiving space; wherein when the target is placed via the opening into the target-receiving space, the pest-control member elastically changes its shape to close the opening and keeps its closed shape. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A pest-control member used to prevent equipment from pest damage by being attached to a target that becomes a migration path for pests entering the equipment, the pest-control member being configured so that it is entirely made of resin, its diameter is located perpendicular to the target when attached to the target, and it is formed in a shape to become an obstacle to the pests migrating along the target; the pest-control member comprising: a target-receiving space for receiving the target; and an opening for allowing the target to be placed in the target-receiving space; wherein when the target is placed via the opening into the target-receiving space, the pest-control member elastically changes its shape to close the opening and keeps its closed shape. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The pest-control member according to claim 1, wherein a locking mechanism for keeping the closed shape is provided. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The pest-control member according to claim 2, wherein before the target is placed in the target-receiving space, the locking mechanism is in an unlocked state and the shape of the pest-control member is maintained so that the opening connected to the target-receiving space exists; and in the process of placing the target in the target-receiving space, the pest-control member elastically changes its shape described above and the locking mechanism comes into a locked state, thereby completing the placement of the target in the target-receiving space. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The pest-control member according to claim 1, wherein the resin contains a pest-control compound. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The pest-control member according to claim 1, wherein the pest-control member is divided into a plurality of areas, the respective areas are connected via hinges to each other, the target-receiving space and the opening are formed between a first area and a second area, and the hinges elastically change their shapes to close an opening between the first area and the second area. ### Claim 6 (depends on 2) The pest-control member according to claim 2, wherein the locking mechanism is composed of a first element and a second element that engage with each other; the first element and the second element are separated from each other before the target is placed in the target-receiving space; and when the first element and the second element are moved closer to each other in the process of placing the target in the target-receiving space, and when the placement of the target in the target-receiving space is then completed, the first element and the second element engage with each other to keep the opening closed. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The pest-control member according to any one of claim 1, further comprising an outside wall extending radially from the outside surface of the pest-control member so that the outside wall forms an angle with the outside surface. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The pest-control member according to claim 7, wherein an open end of the outside wall has a diameter equal to or larger than that of a base end of the outside wall. ### Claim 9 (depends on 5) The pest-control member according to any one of claim 5, further comprising flanges extending respectively from edges of the first area and the second area that form the opening; and when the opening is closed, the flanges overlap each other tightly with no space between them in order to block pest infestation. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The pest-control member according to any one of claim 1, comprising a positioning protrusion for positioning the target in an area defining the target-receiving space. ### Claim 11 (depends on 6) The pest-control member according to any one of claim 6, wherein the locking mechanism further includes a release part for releasing the engagement between the first element and the second element to make them disengaged. ### Claim 12 (depends on 6) The pest-control member according to any one of claim 6, wherein the locking mechanism includes a guide mechanism for accurately guiding the first element to the second element. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The pest-control member according to any one of claim 1, comprising an elastic member along the inside surface of the pest-control member that constitutes the target-receiving space. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) The pest-control member according to claim 12, wherein the elastic member contains a pest-control compound.