Patent ID: 6964124

Claim:
A bait station comprising a housing adapted to receive a bait matrix, wherein the housing comprises: an upper end and a bottom end with a generally cylindrical sidewall between the upper end and the bottom end; openings about the generally cylindrical sidewall, the openings sized to permit termites to pass through to gain access to the bait matrix from a location outside the housing; a ridge spaced apart from and positioned underneath each of the openings, each ridge having a top portion and a lower portion, the top portion extending farther away from the generally cylindrical sidewall than the lower portion such that a surface of the ridge tapers and extends downwardly along an axis of the housing from a laterally outermost portion of the top portion toward the lower portion and eventually meets the cylindrical sidewall, and an axis of each ridge both extending parallel to the axis of the housing and being aligned with each respective opening that the ridge is underneath; a pointed tip on the bottom end; and a strike plate on the upper end.