Patent ID: 8134468
Filing Date: 2012-03-13
Classification: A01M

Abstract:
1. A pest control system, comprising a pest detection device including: a housing structured for installation at least partially below ground, the housing defining one or more openings in communication with material under the ground surface when the housing is installed in the ground; one or more bait members positioned in the housing and being structured for consumption or displacement by one or more pests; and a sensor positioned in the housing in close proximity to the one or more bait members, the sensor including a substrate and an electrically conductive ink trace extending from two contacts at a first end portion of the substrate to a second end portion of the substrate, the ink trace following a pathway defining a turn that reverses direction on the second end portion to connect the contacts together, the turn defining a corner subtending an acute angle between respective adjoined line segments of the ink trace.