Patent ID: 6865844
Filing Date: 2005-03-15
Classification: A01M

Abstract:
1. A sealant for sealing around one or more conduits extending through an opening into an above ground electrical housing capable of providing a protected environment for insects, where such housing is selected from the group consisting of secondary pedestal boxes of street lights, secondary distribution pedestal boxes, telecommunication junction cabinets and pedestals, and electrical distribution pad mounted switches and circuit breakers, the sealant comprising: a flexible foam sealing material which expands in an unset state and which is flexible in a final set state, the foam being positioned in the housing opening and sealing around a perimeter of the housing opening and around the conduits extending through the opening into the housing; wherein the insecticide is selected from the group consisting of acephate, carbaryl, pyrenone, aldicarb and azinphos-methyl; wherein the insecticide is a contact poison; and wherein the set foam substantially seals around the conduits extending through the opening into the housing as well as around the perimeter of the housing opening.