US Patent Issued on April 21 for "Self-tapping in-ground termite bait station and method therefore" (South Carolina Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,604,878, issued on April 21.

"Self-tapping in-ground termite bait station and method therefore" was invented by Howard Lee Gatch III (Charleston, S.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The termite bait station is screwed into earth via external screw threads. A cylinder chamber holds a bait stick and slots expose the bait to the earth. The cylinder has external outboard threads. The cylinder's top has a ring with an interlock system which is complementary to an interlock system on a collar region of a detachable handle. The detachable handle and lateral handle hold permits the user, upon handle rotation in one direction to be implanted in ...