Bait station

Abstract

A rodent bait station for placing on a ground surface, and optionally also up against a wall surface, is disclosed. An enclosure has a pair of side walls that each have a rodent aperture therein, a bottom wall, at last one top wall, a rear wall, and an open front side. The bottom wall includes a plurality of drain apertures therein. A front cover is adapted for sealing the open front side of the enclosure and is fixed to the bottom wall of the enclosure with a living hinge. A rigid bait platform is contained within the enclosure and comprises a pair of risers supporting a mezzanine and defining an anchor space therebetween for receiving a brick or other suitably weighted object. The mezzanine includes a bait receptacle thereon. A pair of insecticide trays and snail bait trays may be included.

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[0001] CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS [0002] This application claims priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application 61 / 438,941, filed February 2, 2011, and U.S. Nonprovisional Utility Model Application 13 / 356,279, filed January 23, 2012, both of which are incorporated by reference at this. technical field [0003] The present invention relates to rodent traps, and more particularly, to a rodent poison bait station. Background technique [0004] Prior art rodent bait stations suffer from several important drawbacks. [0005] That is, many of these prior art bait stations allow water to enter the housing to contact the bait, thereby destroying the bait. Such prior art bait stations do not facilitate the drainage of such water from said bait stations. Furthermore, prior art bait stations do not take steps to eliminate rodent bait until snails, slugs, crickets, and other insects contaminate the rodent bait to reduce its attractiveness to rodents. Prior art bait s...

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Problems solved by technology

Such prior art bait stations do not facilitate the drainage of such water from said bait stations

Furthermore, prior art bait stations do not take steps to eliminate rodent bait until snails, slugs, crickets, and other insects contaminate the rodent bait to reduce its attractiveness to rodents.

Prior art bait stations are not easily anchored in place and, in use, do not provide sufficient dominance points for the adhesive

Such prior art bait stations are not insulated to prevent rodent baits from drying out and peeling off the booms that hold such baits in a position that attracts rodents

Also, such prior art bait stations have covers that utilize living hinges to secure to the housing, which become worn and unusable after repeated use.

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