Insect feeding station

• US 4,563,836 A
• Filed: 11/02/1983
• Issued: 01/14/1986
• Est. Priority Date: 04/06/1981
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Aventis Environmental Science SA (Bayer AG)
• Original Assignee: American Cyanamid Co (Pfizer Inc.)
• Inventors: Woodruff, Keith, Brandli, Eugene
• Primary Examiner(s): Godici, Nicholas P.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Cuda, Carmine
• Application Number:
  US06/548,027
• Time in Patent Office: 804 Days
• Field of Search: 43/131, 43/114, 43/132, 43/107, 43/121
• US Class Current: 43/131
• CPC Class Codes: A01M 1/2011 for crawling insects
• CPC Class Codes: A01M 1/2016 for flying insects
• CPC Class Codes: A01M 2200/011 Crawling insects
• CPC Class Codes: A01M 2200/012 Flying insects

Abstract

An insect feeding station having a unitary base portion formed from a deformable material such as a plastic material, the base portion having a poison at the central area and ridges forming guide and baffle means to guide insects from the periphery of the station to the central poison area and to prevent probing of the poison from outside the station, and optionally, a partially or totally transparent cover. The station may have also a contrasting color under the poison to make removal of the poison easily detectable when at least a part of the cover is transparent.

Claims

1. An insect feeding station for administering poison to insects comprising a base portion and a cover, said base portion comprising a floor, an outer wall having a plurality of openings, an inner wall spaced apart from said outer wall and having a plurality of openings, said inner wall openings being offset in a horizontal plane from said outer wall openings, said inner wall forming an inner compartment for said poison, and means on the interior of said outer walls for guiding insects toward said openings in said inner walls, said base portion being formed as a unitary piece from a flat deformable sheet of material.

2. The insect feeding station of claim 1 wherein at least a part of said cover is transparent for viewing said poison.

3. The insect feeding station of claim 1 comprising means to affix said station to a vertical surface.

4. An insect feeding station for administering poison to insects comprising a base portion and a cover, said base portion being formed as a unitary piece, said base portion having a center area containing a poison, and a plurality of walls leading from the periphery of said base portion to said center area, said walls being spaced apart to define passageways from said periphery to said center area, each of said walls comprising an outer circumferential portion and an inwardly curved portion defining said passageways such that a direct line into said passageway from the periphery will abut said inner wall portion preventing direct line passage to said center area, said base portion being formed from a flat deformable sheet of material.

5. The insect feeding station of claim 4 comprising means to affix said station to a vertical surface.

6. The insect feeding station of claim 4 wherein said sheet of material is a plastic material.

7. The insect feeding station of claim 4 wherein said poison is a bait mixture of food and poison.

8. The insect feeding station of claim 7 wherein said bait mixture is a solid mixture affixed to the floor of said inner compartment.

9. The insect feeding station of claim 8 comprising a contrasting color beneath said bait.

10. The insect feeding station of claim 4 wherein at least a portion of said cover is transparent for viewing said poison.

11. The insect feeding station of claim 10 comprising a contrasting color beneath said poison.

12. The insect feeding station of claim 11 wherein said base portion and cover are transparent plastic and said contrasting color is provided by a backing sheet affixed to the lower side of said base portion.

13. The insect feeding station of claim 8 wherein said base is formed from a plastic having a color which contrasts with the color of the poison.