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US 2010/0132244 A1Published application
Rodent Trap
OwnerEdward J. Ridgeinventor
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Abstract
A rodent trap comprises a pail having an upright side wall extending upwardly from a bottom wall to an open top end of the pail. A rotating body is supported for rotation at the open top end of the pail. Typically a ramp provides rodent access to bait on the rotating body. In a preferred embodiment, a pair of integrally moulded mounting grooves on an inner surface of the side wall retain opposing ends of a shaft of the rotating body such that the shaft is slidably removable from the grooves through the open top end of the pail, and the outer surface of the rotating body includes at least one groove formed therein so as to be arranged to receive and retain bait therein.
Claims20
A rodent trap comprising:
- a pail comprising:
- a bottom wall;
- an upright side wall extending upwardly from a periphery of the bottom wall to an open top end of the pail;
- a rim extending about the open top end which includes a depending portion extending downwardly from the top end of the pail to a lower free edge spaced radially outward from the upright side wall;
- and
- a pair of mounting apertures formed at diametrically opposed locations in the upright side wall above the lower free edge of the rim;
- a shaft supported at opposing ends in the pair of mounting apertures respectively;
- and
- a rotating body supported on the shaft for rotation relative to the pail at a location spaced above the bottom wall of the pail adjacent the open top end of the pail;
- and
- a ramp engageable with the rim of the pail and arranged to provide rodent access to the rotating body.
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A rodent trap comprising:
- a pail having a bottom wall and an upright side wall extending upwardly from a periphery of the bottom wall to an open top end of the pail;
- a rotating body supported for rotation relative to the pail at a location spaced above the bottom wall of the pail adjacent the open top end of the pail;
- and
- a ladder structure supported along an external surface of the side wall of the pail from the bottom wall to the open top end so as to be arranged to provide rodent access to the rotating body by climbing the ladder structure.
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A rodent trap comprising:
- a pail having a bottom wall and an upright side wall extending upwardly from a periphery of the bottom wall to an open top end of the pail;
- a rotating body supported for rotation relative to the pail at a location spaced above the bottom wall of the pail adjacent the open top end of the pail;
- and
- a climbing structure arranged to extend between a supporting surface receiving the bottom wall of the pail thereon and the top end of the pail so as to be arranged to provide rodent access to the rotating body by climbing the climbing structure;
- the rotating body having a generally cylindrical outer surface supported for rotation about a generally horizontal axis of rotation adjacent the open top end of the pail, the outer surface of the rotating body including at least one groove formed therein so as to be arranged to receive bait therein.
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A rodent trap comprising:
- a pail having a bottom wall and an upright side wall extending upwardly from a periphery of the bottom wall to an open top end of the pail;
- a rotating body supported for rotation relative to the pail at a location spaced above the bottom wall of the pail adjacent the open top end of the pail;
- a pair of mounting grooves integrally formed at diametrically opposed locations on an inner surface of the upright side wall, each groove extending generally vertically downward from the open top end of the pail to a terminal bottom end of the groove in proximity to the open top end of the pail;
- an axle spanning diametrically across the open top end of the pail between opposing ends which are received in respective ones of the mounting grooves, the axle supporting the rotating body centrally thereon for rotation about a generally horizontal axis of the axle;
- the opposing ends of the axle being supported on the bottom ends of the respective grooves such that the axle is slidably removable from the mounting grooves through the open top end of the pail;
- each of the grooves being enclosed along an outer side of the upright side wall so as to be arranged to retain the opposing ends of the axle in a direction of the axis of the axle;
- and
- a climbing structure arranged to extend between a supporting surface receiving the bottom wall of the pail thereon and the top end of the pail so as to be arranged to provide rodent access to the rotating body by climbing the climbing structure.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.