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US 8,984,801 B2Granted
Tamper resistant weighted rodent and insect bait station
AssigneeVM Products, Inc.
InventorEthan Vickery
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Abstract
The present invention provides a bait station and method for securing it using a receptacle for holding a weight to weight a bait enclosure and by stakes formed as a unitary part of the enclosure for securing the enclosure.
Claims24
A method of using a bait station, comprising:
- placing bait designed to kill rodents in a bait station, the bait station comprising a lid and a base that define an interior when the lid is closed, the base having a bottom and a doorway that leads to the interior;
- securing the bait station to a receptacle in which weighted material has been placed such that a portion of the receptacle and a portion of the weighted material are underneath the bottom of the base of the bait station;
- and
- positioning the receptacle on a surface, the portion of the receptacle being underneath the portion of the weighted material and above the surface, and no portion of the weighted material being below the receptacle.
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A method of using a bait station, comprising:
- placing bait designed to kill rodents in a bait station that is secured to a receptacle in which weighted material has been placed;
- wherein the bait station comprises a lid and a base, the base and lid define an interior when the lid is closed, the base has a doorway that leads to the interior, and the base has a bottom in which one or more openings are positioned;
- wherein the receptacle has one or more protrusions extending through the one or more openings in the bottom of the base of the bait station;
- and
- positioning the receptacle on a surface, a portion of the receptacle being underneath a portion of the weighted material and above the surface, the portion of the receptacle and the portion of the weighted material being underneath the bottom of the base of the bait station, and no portion of the weighted material being below the receptacle.
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A method of using a bait station, comprising:
- placing bait designed to kill rodents in a bait station;
- removably securing the bait station to a receptacle in which weighted material has been placed, wherein the bait station can be unsecured from the receptacle and removably secured to the receptacle again;
- wherein the bait station comprises a lid and a base, the base and lid define an interior when the lid is closed, the base has a bottom and a doorway that leads to the interior;
- wherein the receptacle has one or more openings;
- wherein the base of the bait station has one or more protrusions extending through the one or more openings in the receptacle;
- and
- positioning the receptacle on a surface, a portion of the receptacle being underneath a portion of the weighted material and above the surface, the portion of the receptacle and the portion of the weighted material being underneath the bottom of the base of the bait station, and no portion of the weighted material being below the receptacle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.