Method amd device for attracting and baiting termites
OwnerIon Leslie Stauntoninventor
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Abstract
A kit of termite detector units may be used by a homeowner or a business owner in a commercial environment to form an effective protective barrier or boundary around the property with the “X”s illustrating typical placement positions detector units. The units are placed in locations where termites might be anticipated and typically the units can be placed at two to five meter spacings, although in some cases they may be spaced even further apart. This is because these units are on a large concrete area and they are placed at construction joints since the termites are more likely to travel along the joint as the line of least resistance they will be intercepted by the detector. Bait units may then be applied to infested detectors in an effort to kill the termite colony.
Claims20
Termite detectors comprising a packaged kit of detector units, each unit comprising a container having a base, a side wall and a top and defining within the container, a termite occupation zone, the detectors being equipped with attractant and being adapted to provide an environment for the undisturbed infestation by feeding termites entering the container through openings in the container, the openings being in the base and sides of the container for entry of termites from underneath or entry of termites from the side and there being provided an observation opening for visual detection of the occupation of the unit by termites.
The kit according to claim 4 wherein each bait delivery unit has a matching dock to automatically align the passage means between the units, the bait delivery unit passage means, being aligned with the observation opening.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.