Patent ID: 7089702

Claim:
For use with a container formed with an open top surrounded by a rim and normally having a removable lid, a clamp for affixing a pliable bag to a container and for controlling crawling insect populations, the clamp comprising; a grabbing device selectively capable of an open position and a closed position, said grabbing device comprising; spaced opposing arms interconnected by a bridge element which extends between said arms, said arms each having a distal edge extending from said bridge element, said arms having spaced confronting faces which are normally about parallel to each other in the closed position; and at least one of said arms having an extended lip on the distal edge thereof to accommodate manual deformation of the clamp to slightly, selectively spread the distal edges of the arms apart in an open position; and an insect bait station positioned on the outer top surface of the bridge element, said bait station comprising: a well configured to house bait material; and a cover positioned over said bait station on the outer top surface of the bridge element, said cover shaped and configured to protect the bait well from undesired access and permitting access to the bait by crawling insects, said grabbing device being shaped and configured to affix the bag against a container rim when in the normal closed position, to release the bag from a container rim when in the open position, and said bait station, when armed with bait material, controls the crawling insect population at or near the container.