Rodent Trap Having A Pivoting Platform
OwnerPhilip Nathan, Matthew L. Phillips +3inventors
InventorsPhilip Nathan, Matthew L. Phillips, Lynn Briggs, Thomas Paul Danniger, Richard Gene Foster
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Abstract
A trap having a housing and an entrance, a platform pivotally coupled to the housing, and a trigger that, when triggered by an animal, triggers the platform to pivot towards the housing to thereby trap the animal against the housing. The trap may further include a retention element for retaining the platform in the latched position and a biasing element biasing the platform towards the back wall when the trigger is triggered. The trap may further include one or more numbing fingers extending from the back wall. When the trap is triggered, an animal may be trapped between the platform and the numbing fingers.
Claims20
A trap comprising:
- a housing having at least one entrance formed therein to allow a rodent to pass into the housing;
- a platform pivotally coupled to the housing;
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- a trigger that, when triggered by a rodent, triggers the platform to pivot towards the housing, thereby trapping the rodent against the housing.
A trap comprising:
- a housing having a plurality of walls and at least one entrance providing a passageway into the housing;
- a platform pivotally coupled to the housing;
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- a trigger operatively coupled to the platform, the trigger having a latched position in which the platform is adjacent to the entrance and a triggered position in which the platform is biased towards a wall.
A trap comprising:
- a housing having a top, a bottom, a first side wall, a second side wall, a back wall, and an entrance providing a passageway into the housing;
- at least one numbing finger coupled to the housing with each numbing finger extending laterally towards the entrance;
- a platform pivotally coupled to the housing and residing above the bottom of the housing and adjacent to the entrance in a set position;
- a biasing element biasing the platform towards the back wall;
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- a trigger that, when triggered by a rodent, releases the platform to pivot from the set position towards the rear wall due to the biasing element, and thereby traps the rodent between the platform and at least one numbing finger.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.