Rodent snap trap with sticky area outside kill zone
OwnerDylan Michael Kerrinventor
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Abstract
A sticky area is strategically located on a snap trap which allows for a rodent to get stuck at the right distance from the bait for the rodent's wriggling to trigger the hammer bar to snap down and kill it instantly. The hammer bar has a first arm, a cross bar, a second arm and a pivot arm which define a kill zone on an attached base when the trap is in its unarmed state. A bait pedal is in the kill zone. The pivot arm is disposed in a coil spring, and a hold-down bar biases the spring and hammer bar in the armed position. A sticky area is disposed outside the kill zone and on at least three sides of the kill zone. The sticky area is on the surface of the base or on a sheet below the top surface of the base.
Claims16
A rodent trap having an armed state and an unarmed state, the rodent trap comprising:
- a) a base having a top surface and a bottom surface;
- b) a hammer bar having a first arm, a cross bar, a second arm and a pivot arm, wherein the first arm, the cross bar, the second arm and the pivot arm define a kill zone therewithin on the top surface of the base when the rodent trap is in the unarmed state;
- c) a spring;
- d) a hold-down bar that biases the spring and hammer bar in the armed state;
- e) a bait pedal in the kill zone;
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- f) a sticky area outside the kill zone and on at least three sides of the kill zone wherein the sticky area is accessible to a rodent on the at least three sides of the kill zone while the rodent trap is in the armed state and wherein the kill zone is not sticky.
A rodent trap having an armed state and an unarmed state, the rodent trap comprising:
- a) a base having a top surface and a bottom surface;
- b) a hammer bar having a first arm, a cross bar, a second arm and a pivot arm, wherein the first arm, the cross bar, the second arm and the pivot arm define a kill zone therewithin on the top surface of the base when the rodent trap is in an unarmed state;
- c) a spring;
- d) a bait pedal in the kill zone;
- e) a hold-down bar that biases the spring and hammer bar in the armed state;
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- f) a sheet having a sticky face, the sticky sheet attached at the sticky face to the bottom surface of the base wherein the sticky face is outside the kill zone and accessible to a rodent on at least three sides of the kill zone while the rodent trap is in the armed state and wherein the kill zone is not sticky.
A rodent trap having an armed state and an unarmed state, the rodent trap comprising:
- a) a base having a top surface and a bottom surface;
- b) a hammer bar having a first arm, a cross bar, a second arm and a pivot arm, wherein the first arm, the cross bar, the second arm and the pivot arm define a kill zone therewithin on the top surface of the base when the rodent trap is in an unarmed state;
- c) a spring;
- d) a hold-down bar that biases the spring and hammer bar in the armed state;
- e) a bait pedal in the kill zone;
- f) a sticky area outside the kill zone and on at least three sides of the kill zone wherein the sticky area is accessible to a rodent on the at least three sides of the kill zone while the rodent trap is in the armed state and wherein the kill zone is not sticky;
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- g) a lift lever disposed on the pivot arm.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.