Bait station system
OwnerKim LYKKENinventor
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Abstract
A tamper-proof bait station system that is capable of being weighted down to prevent an animal from removing the bait station from a desired location being treated for rodent or pest infestation. The tamper-proof bait station also includes a locking cap or cover used to secure a cover and base together.
Claims20
A tamper-resistant bait station for holding a poison used to eliminate a pest, the bait station comprising:
- a tank having a top, bottom and a side wall defining a tank interior adapted to receive a material, the tank having at least one access opening that permits entry of the pest into an interior of the bait station, the side wall having an externally threaded first latch portion extending outwardly therefrom;
- a cover having a top and a side wall, the cover being selectively positionable between an open and closed position to permit access to the interior of the bait station, the side wall of the cover having a second externally threaded latch portion extending outwardly therefrom that is matable with the first latch portion when the cover is in the closed position;
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- a cap being threadedly matable to the first and second latch portions, the cap being adapted to resist unthreading absent application of a force axial to a rotational movement of the cap.
A tamper-resistant bait station for holding a poison used to eliminate a pest, the bait station comprising:
- a base having a top wall, a bottom wall, and a side wall defining an enclosed interior adapted to retain a weighted material, the side wall and top wall each having at least one access opening connected by a ramp portion that permits entry of the pest onto the top wall, the side wall having an outwardly extending externally threaded first latch portion;
- a cover having a top and a side wall, the cover being selectively positionable between an open and a closed position to permit access to the top wall of the base, the side wall of the cover having an outwardly extending externally threaded second latch portion that is matable with the first latch portion when the cover is in the closed position;
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- a cap being threadedly matable to the first and second latch portions, the cap being adapted to resist unthreading absent application of a force axial to a rotational movement of the cap.
A method of restricting access to an interior of a bait station that holds a poison used to eliminate a pest, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing a tank having a top, bottom and a side wall defining an interior for receiving a material, the top wall of the tank dividing the bait station into a bait station interior and a tank interior, the tank having at least one access opening that permits entry of the pest into the bait station interior, the side wall having an externally threaded first latch portion extending outwardly therefrom;
- providing a cover having a top and a side wall, the cover being selectively positionable between an open and closed position to permit access to the bait station interior, the side wall of the cover having a second externally threaded latch portion extending outwardly therefrom that is matable with the first latch portion when the cover is in the closed position;
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- providing a cap having a threaded skirt that is threadedly matable to the first and second externally threaded latch portions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.