US 12,433,288 B2
Systems, devices, and/or methods for managing pest control
Stephen G Hauser, Tarzana, CA (US); Glenn W Willoughby, Richmond, VA (US); Matt Wallace, Monroe, NC (US); Jim Jernigan, Henrico, VA (US); Rodger Thomason, Santa Monica, CA (US); and Paul Maguire, Goochland, VA (US)
Filed by Glenn W Willoughby, Richmond, VA (US); Matt Wallace, Monroe, NC (US); Jim Jernigan, Henrico, VA (US); Rodger Thomason, Santa Monica, CA (US); Paul Maguire, Goochland, VA (US); and Laurie Weddington, Pebble Beach, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 15, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/121,758.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/372,284, filed on Mar. 2, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0276785 A1, Sep. 7, 2023
Int. Cl. A01M 29/12 (2011.01)
CPC A01M 29/12 (2013.01) 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
a tub, the tub defining a cavity, the tub constructed to hold a liquid in the cavity, the tub comprising a top ring;
a cover, the cover having a generally cylindrical body with an outer rim at a first end thereof, a breakaway membrane at a second end thereof and multiple slots on an interior perimeter thereof, the cover further defining a first aperture, the cover constructed to be coupled to the top ring of the tub at a first end thereof, wherein the outer rim is fitted to the top ring of the tub and the generally cylindrical body, including the breakaway membrane, of the cover is fitted into the tub to further define the cavity;
a diffuser cap, the diffuser cap comprising a central stem having a pointed end at a first end thereof, the diffuser cap defining a second aperture at a second end thereof, wherein the central stem of the diffuser cap is constructed to slidably engage with the first aperture of the cover;
a wick, the wick constructed to convey the liquid via diffusion, the wick constructed to slidably engage with the second aperture of the diffuser cap;
wherein:
the central stem is constructed to engage with the wick and further wherein, when the diffuser cap is engaged with the first aperture of the cover, the pointed end of the central stem punctures the breakaway membrane thereby introducing the liquid from the cavity to the wick; and
the diffuser cap constructed to vent vapor conveyed to the diffuser cap via the wick.