Patent ID: 6990769

Claim:
A method for ergonomic termite ground monitoring comprising the steps of: (a) providing at least a first open ended cylindrical housing having a wall defining an interior space, the wall having a plurality of termite access ports; (b) embedding the at least first open ended cylindrical housing within the ground so that said housing's interior space opens upwardly from the ground; (c) providing at least a first lid, at least a first bait stick, at least a first bait stick cradle, and providing suspending means, the suspending means downwardly extending the at least first bait stick cradle from the at least first lid; (d) inserting the at least first bait stick into the at least first bait stick cradle; (e) inserting the at least first bait stick cradle downwardly into the interior space; (f) providing an extension arm having a lower end, the lower end comprising first attaching means adapted for removably attaching the lower end to the at least first lid, the first attaching means being further adapted for suspending the at least first lid from the extension arm's lower end; (g) downwardly extending the extension arm toward the at least first lid, and operating the first attaching means to connect the lower end of the extension arm to the at least first lid; (h) upwardly retracting the extension arm, the upward retraction of the extension arm upwardly retracting the at least first lid, the upward retraction of the at least first lid upwardly retracting the at least first bait stick cradle, the upward retraction of the at least first bait stick cradle upwardly retracting the at least first bait stick; and (i) inspecting the at least first bait stick.