Patent ID: 6082042
Filing Date: 2000-07-04
Classification: A01M,E05B,E05C,Y10T

Abstract:
A bait station for containing poison bait for rats, said bait station comprisinga housing comprising a base, opposed walls upstanding from the base, and a cover over said walls defining an enclosure, said housing additionally comprising a first portion in said enclosure a rat bait position located in said first portion and a second portion in enclosure and a second portion in said enclosure laterally spaced from said first portions,first and second openings in respective opposed walls in the second portion of the housing, said openings extending upwardly from said base, said first and second openings having a substantially unobstructed line of view therebetween and providing entrance and exit passages to or from the exterior of the housing for a rat into and out of said second portion of said housing,a divider comprising a wall upstanding from said base to said cover between said first and second portions, said divider having opposed ends;a pair of spaces between the opposed ends of the divider and the respective opposed walls of the housing, said divider in said enclosure defining first and second separate generally parallel passageways for a rat in said first and second portions, respectively, and said pair of opposed spaces defining entrance and exit passages between said first and second passageways to provide multiple paths of entrance and escape for a rat to and from the bait position, said first passageway leading from said spaces to said bait and said second passageway extending between said openings and leading to said first passageway by way of said first and second openings; andupstanding walls along said first passageway and spaced laterally from said divider wall to define a feeding area spaced laterally from said first passageway and accessible only from said first passage.