Patent ID: 6916482
Filing Date: 2005-07-12
Classification: A01M,E04B,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A wall assembly for indicating the presence of termites within the wall assembly, comprising: a wall frame including a plurality of studs and plates, each stud and plate having first and second sides; an internal wall sheeting that is mounted on the first sides of the studs and plates, the internal wall sheeting having a hole therein; a collar inserted into the bole of the internal wall sheeting, the collar defining a plug hole; a termite bait assembly including: whereby when the termite bait assembly is inserted into the plug hole, the probe is pushed all the way through the plug hole and out an inner end thereof and drops onto at least one plate below the hole where the probe lies flat on the plate and the plug is received within the plug hole, and when the probe needs to be withdrawn from within the wall frame for inspection, the plug is pulled out of the plug hole and this in turn pulls the probe and the coupler in a reverse direction up from the plate, back through the plug hole and then out of the wall assembly, the rounded end of the coupler acting to align the coupler relative to the plug hole and guide the coupler and probe through the plug hole, and then once the inspection has been completed the probe is pushed back into the plug hole followed by the plug and this pushes the probe back through the inner end of the plug hole from where the probe drops back onto the plate.