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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2019
Applicant:
Bell Laboratories, Inc., Madison, WI (US);
Inventors:
James R. Walsh, Wauwatosa, WI (US);
Patrick J. Lynch, Fort Lauderdale, FL (US);
Assignee:
Bell Laboratories, Inc., Madison, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01M 31/00 (2006.01); A01M 23/16 (2006.01); H01Q 9/16 (2006.01); H04Q 9/00 (2006.01); G01V 3/08 (2006.01); A01M 25/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01M 31/002 (2013.01); A01M 23/16 (2013.01); G01V 3/08 (2013.01); H01Q 9/16 (2013.01); H04Q 9/00 (2013.01); A01M 25/004 (2013.01); H04Q 2209/40 (2013.01); H04Q 2209/75 (2013.01); H04Q 2209/88 (2013.01);
Abstract
A rodent bait station has an electronic sensor module protected within a sealed receptacle beneath a tray bottom wall. A threshold is defined by walls on the upper side of the tray. A rodent must pass over the threshold to reading a feeding portion of the tray which supports rodent bait. The sensor module has a capacitance sensor urged against the bottom wall of the tray and which detects the passing of a rodent into the feeding area. The incidence of the rodent is logged and made available to a device exterior of the tray.