Patent ID: 6493988
Filing Date: 2002-12-17
Classification: A01M

Abstract:
A rodent bait station comprising:an upwardly opening base having at least one rodent opening providing access to a bait containment compartment defined within the base; a lid connected to the base and having an upper wall and opposed side walls which extend from the upper wall, wherein the lid is movable between a first position which covers the base, and a second position which reveals the base, wherein the lid upper wall has an inside surface which faces the base in the first position, and which is readily accessible in the second position; a flexible service record card, having indicia thereon; a first side rail which projects from the upper wall inside surface; a second side rail spaced sidewardly from the first side rail and projecting from the upper wall inside surface; at least one tab extending from the first side rail toward the second side rail, and at least one tab extending from the second side rail towards the first side rail, wherein each tab has portions spaced from the upper wall inside surface to define a recess between the tab portions and the upper wall inside surface; at least one rear member protruding from the upper wall inside surface at a position between the first side rail and the second side rail; and at least one front member spaced from the rear member and positioned between the first side rail and the second side rail, wherein the at least one front member is spaced from the lid side walls to permit the insertion of the service record card, the at least one front member protruding from the upper wall inside surface, wherein the service record card is received between the first side rail and the second side rail, the service record card extending into the recesses, the service record card being removably retained between the at least one rear member and the at least one front member, such that the service record card is retained on the lid while the lid is moved between the first position and the second position, and wherein the service record card may be flexed to be extracted over the at least one front member for removal from attachment to the lid.