US 5,341,592 A · Bat elimination and containment device

Abstract

A bat elimination and containment device is provided which facilitates the capture and controlled release of bats from a structure. The main components of the device include a containment housing which is connected to an opening to the interior of a structure by a corrugated entry passage. A movable door seals an exit way of the housing, which encloses a roosting means for bats captured within the housing. Bats follow air currents from the structure through the corrugated entry passage and into the housing, from which they are unable to easily escape. Once so contained, they roost within the housing until they are controllably released via the opening of the door sealing the exit way of the housing.

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Dependent claims

A device for eliminating bats from the interior of a structure having a structural opening through which said bats enter and exit said interior, and containing said eliminated bats, said device comprising:

a containment housing having an entry way and an exit way, said housing divided into a first chamber and a second chamber by an interior wall, said first chamber connected to said second chamber by an aperture in said interior wall;
a tubular-shaped radially corrugated entry passage having a first end and a second end, said first end being mountable to said structure such that it substantially covers said structural opening and allows said bats occupying the interior of said structure to enter said housing, and said second end of said entry passage being secured to said entry way of said housing and providing entry to said housing;
a movable closure means sealing said exit way of said housing;
and
roosting means positioned within said housing.

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Bat elimination and containment device

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