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US 7,743,551 B2Granted
Pest control apparatus and systems
OwnerDennis Siebertinventor
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Abstract
Apparatus and systems to control pest populations are described herein. In one example, the apparatus may include an enclosure comprising two sides and a top having an opening is configured to receive a transparent panel. In another example, a pest trap system includes an enclosure which defines a pest traversal path, an adhesive on a portion of that path, and an aerial travel blocker to prevent a pest from traveling above the adhesive.
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A pest control system comprising:
- an adhesive substrate including an exposed glue surface having a width and a length, the glue surface operable to ensnare a rodent;
- an essentially transparent panel having a vertical planar cross-section that is perpendicular to and over the glue surface at approximately a middle of the glue surface relative to a longitudinal axis of the adhesive substrate, and having a panel lateral dimension parallel to the width of the glue surface that is substantially as great as the width of the glue surface, the essentially transparent panel extending from the glue surface to a height, a majority of the essentially transparent panel being both substantially solid throughout and without any openings therethrough, the essentially transparent panel operable as an impenetrable barrier to the rodent.
An apparatus providing pest control, the apparatus comprising:
- an adhesive substrate including an exposed glue surface having a width and a length, the glue surface operable to ensnare a rodent;
- an essentially transparent panel having a vertical planar cross-section that is perpendicular to and over the glue surface at approximately a middle of the glue surface relative to a longitudinal axis of the adhesive substrate, and having a panel lateral dimension parallel to the width of the glue surface that is substantially as great as the width of the glue surface, the essentially transparent panel extending from the glue surface to a height, a majority of the essentially transparent panel being both substantially solid throughout and without any openings therethrough, the essentially transparent panel operable as an impenetrable barrier to the rodent;
- an enclosure adapted to be placed over the adhesive substrate, the enclosure comprising:
- two sides with similar height and length dimensions;
- a top with a top length dimension similar to the side length dimensions and a top width dimension, wherein the top has an opening disposed intermediately along and oriented perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the top;
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- the essentially transparent panel removably disposed intermediately within the enclosure and oriented perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the enclosure, wherein the panel lateral dimension is similar to that of the top width dimension, and is configured to fill an internal width dimension of the enclosure, and the essentially transparent panel having a height dimension for the height that is similar to the height dimensions of the two sides and is configured to fill an internal height dimension of the enclosure.
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A method comprising:
- providing an adhesive substrate including an exposed glue surface having a width and a length, the glue surface operable to ensnare a rodent;
- providing an essentially transparent panel having a vertical planar cross-section that is perpendicular to and over the glue surface at approximately a middle of the glue surface relative to a longitudinal axis of the adhesive substrate, and having a panel lateral dimension parallel to the width of the glue surface that is substantially as great as the width of the glue surface, the essentially transparent panel extending from the glue surface to a height, and a majority of the essentially transparent panel being both substantially solid throughout and without any openings therethrough, the essentially transparent panel operable as an impenetrable barrier to the rodent;
- placing the adhesive substrate and the associated essentially transparent panel along a path used by the rodent;
- stunning the rodent attempting to jump over the adhesive substrate due to the rodent impacting the essentially transparent panel;
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- ensnaring the stunned rodent on the glue surface of the adhesive substrate.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.