Patent ID: 7987629

Claim:
A bait station comprising: a base having a bait storage compartment and a bait delivery passageway, the bait delivery passageway configured to be accessible to rodents through an entry portion, the entry portion having at least one hole big enough for a rodent to fit through, a plurality of walls fixed within the bait storage compartment defining a plurality of bait storage sections, one of said plurality of bait storage sections being accessible to the bait delivery passageway, a lid connected to a top of the bait storage compartment of the base and configured to hold portions of bait, the lid being configured so that removal, rotation and repositioning of the lid moves the bait portions into different sections of said plurality of bait storage sections, the lid cooperating with the plurality of walls within the bait storage compartment to form substantially air tight bait storage sections except for the one of said plurality of bait storage sections accessible to the bait deliver passageway, the lid having an upper portion and an underside portion to which a plurality of bait portions are coupled such that a number of bait portions corresponds to a number of bait storage sections, each of said plurality of bait portions extending away from the underside portion of the lid, the lid and the bait storage compartment cooperating such that removal, rotation and repositioning of the lid causes each of said plurality of bait portions to pass into an adjacent bait storage section of said plurality of bait storage sections, an attachment portion on the upper portion of the lid configured to be attached to an extension pole; and a visual indicator on the upper portion of the lid indicating when the bait portions should be rotated or replaced.