Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Ant bait stations with attractant vector compartment and easy opening
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Application No.: US15443896Application Date: 2017-02-27
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Publication No.: US10264777B2Publication Date: 2019-04-23
- Inventor: Qing-He Zhang , Rodney G. Schneidmiller
- Applicant: Sterling International Inc.
- Applicant Address: US WA Spokane
- Assignee: Sterling International Inc.
- Current Assignee: Sterling International Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US WA Spokane
- Agency: Christensen O'Connor Johnson Kindness, PLLC
- Agent Ryan E. Dodge, Jr.
- Main IPC: A01M1/20
- IPC: A01M1/20 ; A01M1/02 ; A23K50/90 ; A23K20/163 ; A23K20/147 ; A23K20/10

Abstract:
An ant bait station is formed as a stick pack having multiple compartments, wherein each of the compartments contain a bait for a target ant species, and includes a plurality of apertures to the respective compartments. Some or all of the baits may contain a pesticide, for example a borate. In at least one of the compartments containing a pesticide, the apertures are large enough to permit the target ants to enter and exit. In some embodiment a compartment contains a bait without a pesticide. This may improve performance if the non-pesticidal bait attracts ants to the trap, and the lack of pesticidal component extends the life of the attractant. The compartment containing the bait without a pesticide may have apertures that are too small to permit the ants from entering and exiting.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170245488A1 ANT BAIT STATIONS WITH ATTRACTANT VECTOR COMPARTMENT AND EASY OPENING Public/Granted day:2017-08-31
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