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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2024
Woodstream Corporation, Lancaster, PA (US);
Matthew Kauffman, Lancaster, PA (US);
Woodstream Corporation, Lancaster, PA (US);
Abstract
A rodent bait station comprises a housing defining at least one entrance, a bait holding area arranged within the housing for storing a quantity of rodent bait for consumption, and an electronics assembly. The electronics assembly includes a capacitor arranged proximate the bait holding area and having a characteristic capacitance indicative of the quantity of bait in the bait holding area, and a controller for measuring the characteristic capacitance of the capacitor. A processor of the electronics assembly estimates a quantity of bait in the bait holding area according to the measured characteristic capacitance, and transmits via a transmitter a wireless signal indicative of one of the measured characteristic capacitance or the estimated quantity of bait in the bait holding area.