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A01M 23/00 (2006.01) A01M 23/18 (2006.01) A01M 23/20 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 1260268
RODENT TRAP ABSTRACT An animal trap especially suited for trapping rodents such as mice and other small animals, one embodiment of which comprises a disposable, elongated container having two contiguous bottom surfaces forming an obtuse angle therebetween and a hinged door for selectively enclosing the container after the animal has entered and sprung the trap. When set, the trap rests on a first of the two bottom surfaces with the door held elevated from the container to permit an animal to enter the trap. The second of the two bottom surfaces is elevated from the underlying support surface. When the animal enters the portion of the container where the bait is positioned, the animal's weight lowers the second bottom surface and elevates the first bottom surface releasing the door and closing the container trapping the animal. The door is sealed by magnetic force and/or a latch which hooks into an aperture in the first bottom surface. This embodiment of the trap is well suited for catching mice and is especially configured as an integral unit for low cost manufacture by means of molding or extruding various plastics. A second embodiment, well suited for trapping such rodents as gophers and rats, uses a stationary exterior housing having a uniquely configured and positioned tilt plate which is similar to the bottom surfaces of the first embodiment, but which permits the trap housing to remain in a fixed and stable configuration. A trap plate, hinged to the tilt plate, blocks the rodent's exit when its weight activates the trap. An alternative two-piece container configuration of the second embodiment is also disclosed.
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Kirby Eades Gale Baker
Melton Melvin M.
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