Patents by Inventor Ed Eades

Ed Eades has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 5876740
    Abstract: A weather resistant, rodenticidal bait comprises sweet corn flour, an effective amount of a rodenticide, and water. Additional preferred ingredients include a glutinous flour, flavoring and salt. Preferred rodenticides include diphacinone, brodifacoum, warfarin, bromadialone, bromethalin and their functional equivalents. A preferred method of manufacturing the weather resistant rodenticidal bait of the present invention utilizes cold extrusion techniques. The most preferred method of manufacturing includes the steps of mixing a sweet corn flour, an effective amount of a rodenticide, and water to produce a rodenticidal mixture. In the preferred method, a glutinous flour is also mixed with the sweet corn flour, with wheat flour the most preferred glutinous flour. The rodenticidal mixture is forced through an extrusion chamber and out a nozzle opening, to produce extruded chunks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 2, 1999
    Assignees: HACCO, Inc., Sweet Corn Products Co.
    Inventors: Lee D. Schwalenberg, Ed Eades, Raymon W. Lush