Patent ID: 9743658
Date: 2017-08-29
CPC Classifications: A01M,B65D,F16M

Claim:
1. A ballasted bait station comprising: a base, having a floor; a cover hingedly connected to the base and which closes over the base, and is lockable to the base to define an interior volume; wherein the base has an upwardly extending side wall, portions of which define at least one rodent access opening; a ballast weight of between 3 and 24 pounds having a corresponding volume positioned within the base and within the interior volume, and biasing the floor to engage a support surface, the ballast weight having a center of gravity, and substantially filling the interior volume from the floor up along the side wall to an upper surface of the ballast weight, but so as not to constrict a path from the at least one rodent access opening to the upper surface; wherein the center of gravity of the ballast weight is positioned as close to the floor as possible consistent with not constricting the path from the at least one rodent access opening to the upper surface; a tray overlying the ballast weight upper surface and retained within the interior volume; a bait or a rodent trap positioned within the interior volume on the tray, and above the ballast weight; and wherein the at least one rodent access opening allows a rodent to pass into a portion of the interior volume above the upper surface, wherein the bait or the rodent trap is positioned on the tray such that a rodent can access the bait or rodent trap.