The present methods, devices, and systems relate generally to the field of rodent bait stations.
Some embodiments of the present rodent bait station assemblies have a bait station integrally fixed to an anchoring base. The anchoring base may include a base weight component contained within a base outer component.
In of these embodiments, the base weight component comprises a weight material, the base outer component comprises a base outer material, and the weight material and the base outer material are not the same.
In some embodiments of the present rodent bait station assemblies, the base outer material is plastic. In some embodiments, the bait station comprises a bait station material that is the same as the base outer material, which may be, for example, plastic.
Some embodiments of the rodent bait station assembly have a base weight component that is not removable from the anchoring base. In some embodiments, the base weight component is entirely encased within the base outer component such that the base weight is not exposed.
In some embodiments, the anchoring base is integrally fixed to the bait station without the use of attaching hardware or adhesives.
In some embodiments of the present rodent bait station assemblies, the anchoring base weight may comprise ceramic, concrete, iron, gravel, sand, or water. Some embodiments include bait stations that are configured with a lid. Some of these embodiments include a removable key, and are configured such that the lid can be unlocked from the bait station using the key.
Some embodiments of the present rodent bait station assemblies have a base portion and a lid that is integrally attached to the base portion. Some of these embodiments include a removable key, and are configured such that the lid can be unlocked from the bait station using the key.
Some embodiments of the present rodent bait station assemblies contain bait located within the bait station. Some of these embodiments also include bait-holding rods that couple the bait to the bait station.
In some embodiments of the present rodent bait station assemblies, projecting the outer perimeter of the anchoring base onto the plane of the lower surface of the anchoring base circumscribes an area that is about 110% or less than the area circumscribed by projecting the outer perimeter of the bait station onto the same plane.
In some embodiments of the present rodent bait station assemblies, the shape resulting from projecting the outer perimeter of the anchoring base onto the plane of the lower surface of the anchoring base is substantially the same as the shape resulting from projecting the outer perimeter of the bait station onto the same plane. The term “substantially the same” in this respect means that the two shapes can be aligned such that the offset between the two shapes (e.g., for any given point on either shape, the shortest distance to a point on the other shape) does not deviate by more then 10% from the median offset between the two shapes.
Embodiments of the present rodent bait station packaged bundle contain a packaging container and a bait station assembly having a bait station fixed to an anchoring base. In these embodiments, the bait station assembly may be within the packaging container.
Some embodiments of the present rodent bait station packaged bundle include bait located within the bait station. In some of these embodiments, the bait is coupled to the bait station using bait-holding rods.
In some embodiments of the present rodent bait station packaged bundle, the packaging container is paper. Some embodiments of the packaging container are paperboard, corrugated fiberboard, or plastic.
Embodiments of the present shipping bundles include a transport pallet, rodent bait station assemblies, and a plastic film wrapped around a portion of the plurality of rodent bait station assemblies to secure the rodent bait station assemblies to the transport pallet and restrict movement of rodent bait station assemblies relative to each other.
Some embodiments of the present shipping bundles include bait located within the bait station. In some of these embodiments, bait-holding rods couple the bait to the bait station.
Some embodiments of the present shipping bundles include a strap securing the rodent bait station assemblies to the transport pallet.
Embodiments of the present methods for bundling a plurality of rodent bait station assemblies includes the steps of placing a plurality of rodent bait station assemblies on a transport pallet, and wrapping a plastic film around a portion of the plurality of rodent bait station assemblies to secure the rodent bait station assemblies to the transport pallet and restrict movement of rodent bait station assemblies relative to each other. In these embodiments each rodent bait station assembly may include a bait station fixed to an anchoring base.
Any embodiment of any of the present methods, devices, and systems may consist of or consist essentially of—rather than comprise/include/contain/have—the described functions, steps and/or features. Thus, in any of the claims, the term “consisting of” or “consisting essentially of” may be substituted for any of the open-ended linking verbs recited above, in order to change the scope of a given claim from what it would otherwise be using the open-ended linking verb.
The following drawings illustrate by way of example and not limitation. Identical reference numerals do not necessarily indicate an identical structure, system, or display. Rather, the same reference numeral may be used to indicate a similar feature or a feature with similar functionality. Every feature of each embodiment is not always labeled in every figure in which that embodiment appears, in order to keep the figures clear.
The terms “comprise” (and any form of comprise, such as “comprises” and “comprising”), “have” (and any form of have, such as “has” and “having”), “include” (and any form of include, such as “includes” and “including”) and “contain” (and any form of contain, such as “contains” and “containing”) are open-ended linking verbs. Thus, a method comprising certain steps is a method that includes at least the recited steps, but is not limited to only possessing the recited steps. Likewise, a device or system comprising certain elements includes at least the recited elements, but is not limited to only possessing the recited elements.
The terms “a” and “an” are defined as one or more than one, unless this disclosure expressly requires otherwise. The term “another” is defined as at least a second or more.
In one aspect, the present disclosure provides embodiments that are rodent bait station assemblies. In another aspect, the present disclosure provides embodiments that are rodent bait station packaged bundles that include embodiments of the rodent bait station assemblies. Another aspect of the present disclosure provides shipping bundles that include a plurality of embodiments of the rodent bait station assemblies. Yet another aspect of the present disclosure provides methods for bundling rodent bait station assemblies.
Embodiments of the present rodent bait station assemblies are depicted in
Base weight component 220 may be fabricated from materials such as concrete. The concrete may be formed using a vertical mixer that drops a shot of concrete into a form that is then shaken to achieve the desired shape, after which multiple bases weight components can be cured together using any suitable technique. An example of suitable concrete for making base weight component 220 can be created using a 5 sack mix that yields about 4000 psi (pounds per square inch) concrete; the amount of water in the mix can be minimized and any resulting slump also kept to a minimum. Soap in the form of an admixture may also be added, such as those that are available from Grace Construction Products. Base weight components formed from such concrete may be cured by enclosing them, such as with a tarp (e.g., a 3 millimeter thick plastic sheet), and allowing the cure temperature in or around the bases to reach about 105 to about 135 degrees F. (Fahrenheit).
Other embodiments of base weight component 220 may be fabricated from ceramic, rubber, plastic, wood, stone, metal (e.g., iron), or another suitable material or combination of materials. The additional weight provided by base weight component 220 of base 200 reduces the likelihood that rodent bait station assembly 10 will be unintentionally moved or tipped, compared to a bait station alone.
Anchoring base 200 may be configured with base weight component 220 that is not removable from base outer component 210. In some embodiments, base weight component 220 may be entirely encased within base outer component 210, such that base weight component 220 is not exposed. These embodiments may be formed using a fabrication process such as, for example, overmolding.
In some other embodiments, anchoring base 200 may be configured to be filled with base weight component 220 after anchoring base 200 is formed. Some of these embodiments may include base weight component 220 that is economical and suitable for filling through an orifice, such as, for example, water, sand, or gravel.
Bait station 100 may include lid 110 and base 120. The lid and base may be integral with each other, and include a “living” hinge, or they may be separate pieces that can be coupled together. Some embodiments include key 160, and are configured to lock lid 110 to base 120 in a closed position to restrict access to bait 140 within bait station 100. Some embodiments are configured such that lid 110 can be unlocked from bait station 100 using the key.
Referring to
In some embodiments, projecting the outer perimeter of anchoring base 200 onto the plane of the bottom surface of anchoring base 200 circumscribes an area that is about 150% or less of the area circumscribed by projecting the outer perimeter of bait station 200 onto the same plane. For example, the projection of the perimeter of anchoring base 200 onto the plane of the bottom surface of anchoring base 200 may circumscribe an area that is equal or less than 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 120, 125, 130, 135, 140, 145, or 150 percent of the area circumscribed by the projection of the perimeter of bait station 100 onto the same plane.
Referring to
An embodiment of the present rodent bait station packaged bundles is depicted in
An embodiment of the present shipping bundle 30 is depicted in
Descriptions of well known assembly techniques, components, and equipment have been omitted so as not to unnecessarily obscure the present methods, apparatuses, an systems in unnecessary detail. The descriptions of the present methods and apparatuses are exemplary and non-limiting. Certain substitutions, modifications, additions and/or rearrangements falling within the scope of the claims, but not explicitly listed in this disclosure, may become apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art based on this disclosure. For example, some embodiments may use base weight component 220 that is not entirely en cased within base outer component 210. Some embodiments may include bait station 100 that is integrally fixed to anchoring base 200 by use of permanent attaching hardware of adhesives.
The appended claims are not to be interpreted as including means-plus-function limitations, unless such a limitation is explicitly recited in a given claim using the phrase(s) “means for” and/or “step for,” respectively.
This application is a national phase application under 35 U.S.C. §371 of International Application No. PCT/US2009/056246 filed Sep. 8, 2009, which claims priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 61/095,251, filed Sep. 8, 2008 both of which are incorporated by reference in their entireties.
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