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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 2004
Filed:
Jul. 09, 2003
Tyler D. Duston, Evanston, IL (US);
David O. Brower, Racine, WI (US);
Scott W. Demarest, Caledonia, WI (US);
Steven B. Mineau, Waterford, WI (US);
S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc., Racine, WI (US);
Abstract
A bait station for offering a bait to a target insect comprising an open top base, a cap enclosing the open top base and a spike extending downwardly from the base. The base includes a floor, an outer wall that extends upwardly from the floor to an outer rim, and an inner wall that extends upwardly from the floor to an inner rim. The inner wall is spaced inwardly from the outer wall and defines a central bait well for containing insect bait. The base further includes an insect climbable tapered wall extending downwardly and outwardly from the inner wall that cooperates with the outer wall to define a moat that surrounds the bait well, and at least one doorway formed in the outer wall of a size sufficient to permit a target insect ingress to an egress from the bait well.