US 12,250,939 B2
Pest control barrier
Bryan Rose, Woodhaven, MI (US); and Nazih Hussein, II, St. Clair, MI (US)
Filed by Bryan Rose, Woodhaven, MI (US); and Nazih Hussein, II, St. Clair, MI (US)
Filed on Dec. 8, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/545,761.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/125,730, filed on Dec. 15, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0183264 A1, Jun. 16, 2022
Int. Cl. A01M 1/14 (2006.01); A01M 23/00 (2006.01)
CPC A01M 1/14 (2013.01) [A01M 23/005 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A pest control barrier comprising:
a predefined perimeter disposed on a surface, the predefined perimeter defining a boundary between an interior space defined by the surface and an exterior space defined by the surface, such that the predefined perimeter is disposed along an entirety of a periphery of the interior space, and wherein the surface is disposed in a first plane;
a continuous barrier track positioned about the periphery of the interior space and along an entirety of the predefined perimeter, wherein the continuous barrier track comprises:
a topical catch layer comprising a first adhesive material, the first adhesive material comprising a quantity of pressure sensitive adhesive disposed throughout the topical catch layer; and
a substrate layer comprising a plurality of barrier track sections aligned in a second plane and interlocked with each other to form a linkage, wherein each of the plurality of barrier track sections comprises at least a first barrier track section and a second barrier track section, each of the first barrier track section and the second barrier track section defining a body having a first side, a second side, a third side, and a fourth side, wherein at least one extension portion extends outwardly from the first side of the body, and a plurality of voids extending into the body, such that at least one void extends into the body at each of the second side, the third side, and the fourth side of the body of the respective barrier track section, wherein each void is disposed on only one of the second side, the third side, and the fourth side of the body of the respective barrier track section and each of the voids is configured to receive the at least one extension portion of another barrier track section of the plurality of barrier track sections;
wherein the continuous barrier track has a thickness of from about 0.010 inches to about 0.313 inches, and wherein the continuous barrier track has a width of from about 1.0 inches to about 8.0 inches;
wherein the first plane is parallel to the second plane, and wherein the second plane is spaced apart from the first plane by only the thickness of the continuous barrier track; and
wherein the continuous barrier track is adapted for use as a pest capture apparatus, such that the quantity of pressure sensitive adhesive dispersed throughout the topical catch layer is sufficient to restrain a pest disposed thereon from free movement between the interior space and the exterior space.