Bait station for flying insects

A bait station for flying insects comprising:

• a vertical side wall enclosure, said vertical side wall enclosure having inner and outer surfaces, a bottom end, and a top portion;
• a roof positioned adjacent the top portion of the side wall enclosure;
• an interior defined by and fully surrounded by the inner surface of the vertical side wall enclosure and the roof;
• wherein said bottom end of the vertical side wall enclosure is substantially open causing the interior to be substantially unbounded from below, such that when bait is positioned in the interior, insects may freely fly upward into the bait station through the substantially open bottom end of the vertical side wall enclosure;
• a bait holder for holding bait, said bait holder including a bait container, and
• bait holder holes on opposite sides of the vertical side wall enclosure, wherein said bait holder is sized and configured to fit into and is coupled to, said bait holder holes and extends across the interior;
• wherein said bait station is void of structure directly beneath the bait container.

A bait station for flying insects comprising:

• a vertical side wall enclosure, said vertical side wall enclosure having inner and outer surfaces and a top portion and a bottom end, said vertical side wall enclosure further having a plurality of vent holes extending from the inner surface to the outer surface;
• a roof positioned adjacent the top portion of the side wall enclosure, said roof having an awning extending past the outer surface of the vertical side wall enclosure;
• an interior defined by the inner surface of the vertical side wall enclosure and the roof, said interior intended for holding bait, wherein attractant from such bait being permitted to permeate through said vent holes to attract flying insects, said bottom end of the vertical side wall enclosure being substantially open and substantially void of passageway blocking structure permitting a flying insect to fly directly upward into the interior from beneath the bait station at substantially any region below the interior;
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• a bait holder for holding bait, and bait holder holes on opposite sides of the vertical side wall enclosure, wherein said bait holder is sized to fit into, and is coupled to, said bait holder holes and extends across the interior.

A bait station for flying insects comprising:

• a vertical side wall enclosure, said vertical side wall enclosure including a plurality of curved shell elements each pivotally coupled to an adjacent curved shell element, inner and outer surfaces and having top and bottom portions, said vertical side wall enclosure further having a plurality of vent holes extending from the inner surface to the outer surface;
• a roof positioned adjacent the top portion of the side wall enclosure;
• an interior defined by the inner surface of the vertical side wall enclosure and the roof, said interior intended for holding bait, wherein attractant from such bait being permitted to permeate through said vent holes to attract flying insects;
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• a hinge extending between said pivotally coupled curved shell elements, said hinge including a pivot axis spaced from said vertical side wall surfaces that extends in a direction from the top portion to the bottom portion.

A bait station for flying insects comprising:

• a vertical side wall enclosure, said vertical side wall enclosure having inner and outer surfaces and top and bottom portions, said vertical side wall enclosure further having a plurality of vent holes extending from the inner surface to the outer surface, wherein said vertical side wall enclosure includes a plurality of curved shell elements each pivotally connected to an adjacent curved shell element forming a complete enclosure;
• a roof positioned adjacent the top portion of the side wall enclosure, said roof having an awning extending past the outer surface of the vertical side wall enclosure;
• an interior defined by the inner surface of the vertical side wall enclosure and the roof, said interior intended for holding bait, wherein attractant from such bait being permitted to permeate through said vent holes to attract flying insects;
• further comprising a hinge extending between said pivotally connected sections, said hinge including a pivot axis spaced from said vertical side wall surfaces.

A bait station for flying insects comprising:

• a vertical side wall enclosure, said vertical side wall enclosure including a plurality of curved shell elements each pivotally coupled to an adjacent curved shell element, inner and outer surfaces and having top and bottom portions, said vertical side wall enclosure further having a plurality of vent holes extending from the inner surface to the outer surface;
• a hinge extending between said pivotally coupled shell elements, said hinge including a pivot axis spaced from said vertical side wall surfaces;
• a roof positioned adjacent the top portion of the side wall enclosure;
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• an interior defined by the inner surface of the vertical side wall enclosure and the roof, said interior intended for holding bait, wherein attractant from such bait being permitted to permeate through said vent holes to attract flying insects;
• wherein said bottom portion of the vertical side wall enclosure is substantially open causing the interior to be substantially unbounded from below, such that when bait is positioned in the interior, insects may freely fly upward into the bait station through the substantially open bottom portion of the vertical side wall enclosure, and wherein said roof includes an awning extending laterally past the outer surface of the vertical side wall enclosure.

A bait station for flying insects comprising:

• a vertical side wall enclosure, said vertical side wall enclosure having inner and outer surfaces and top and bottom portions, said vertical side wall enclosure further having a plurality of vent holes extending from the inner surface to the outer surface;
• a roof positioned adjacent the top portion of the side wall enclosure, said roof having an awning extending past the outer surface of the vertical side wall enclosure;
• an interior defined by the inner surface of the vertical side wall enclosure and the roof, said interior intended for holding bait, wherein attractant from such bait being permitted to permeate through said vent holes to attract flying insects;
• wherein said vertical side wall enclosure includes first and second curved shell elements, and an integrally molded hinge member permitting the first and second shell elements to be pivotally attached to each other and move about a preformed hinge axis between a, first open position and second position that forms a complete enclosure;
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• a locking mechanism having first and second interfitting elements, wherein said first curved shell element includes said first element of said locking mechanism and said second curve shell element includes said second element of said locking mechanism.

A bait station for flying insects comprising:

• a vertical side wall enclosure, said vertical side wall enclosure having inner and outer surfaces, a bottom end, and a top portion;
• a roof positioned adjacent the top portion of the side wall enclosure;
• an interior defined by and fully surrounded by the inner surface of the vertical side wall enclosure and the roof;
• wherein said bottom end of the vertical side wall enclosure is substantially open causing the interior to be substantially unbounded from below, such that when bait is positioned in the interior, insects may freely fly upward into the bait station through the substantially open bottom end of the vertical side wall enclosure;
• a bait holder for holding bait, and
• bait holder holes on opposite sides of the vertical side wall enclosure, wherein said bait holder is sized and configured to fit into and is coupled to, said bait holder holes and extends across the interior;
• wherein said vertical side wall enclosure includes a plurality of pivotally connected sections, and further comprising a hinge extending between said pivotally connected sections, said hinge including a pivot axis spaced from said vertical side wall surfaces.

A bait station for flying insects comprising:

• a vertical side wall enclosure, said vertical side wall enclosure including a plurality of shell elements each pivotally coupled to an adjacent shell element, inner and outer surfaces and having top and bottom portions, said vertical side wall enclosure further having a plurality of vent holes extending from the inner surface to the outer surface;
• a hinge extending between said pivotally coupled shell elements, said hinge including a pivot axis spaced from said vertical side wall surfaces;
• a roof positioned adjacent the top portion of the side wall enclosure;
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• an interior defined by the inner surface of the vertical side wall enclosure and the roof, said interior intended for holding bait, wherein attractant from such bait being permitted to permeate through said vent holes to attract flying insects;
• wherein said bottom portion of the vertical side wall enclosure is substantially open causing the interior to be substantially unbounded from below, such that when bait is positioned in the interior, insects may freely fly upward into the bait station through the substantially open bottom portion of the vertical side wall enclosure, and
• a bait holder for holding bait, said bait holder being coupled to said vertical side wall enclosure and extending across the interior, and said bait station further includes bait holder holes on opposite sides of the vertical side wall enclosure, wherein said bait holder is sized to fit into, and is coupled to, said bait holder holes and extends across the interior.