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US 7,814,702 B2Granted
Rodent trap having a pivoting platform
AssigneeSMG Brands, Inc.
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 trigger plate pivotally coupled to the housing, and when triggered by an animal, the trigger plate pivots towards the housing to thereby trap the animal against the housing. The trap may further include a biasing element to bias the trigger plate towards the housing. The trap may further include blunt fingers extending from the back wall. When the trap is triggered, an animal may be trapped between the trigger plate and the blunt fingers.
Claims22
A trap comprising:
- a housing having an entrance, a first wall, and a base extending therebetween, the housing further comprising a notch;
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- a trigger plate pivotally coupled to the housing adjacent a juncture of the base and the first wall of the housing, and comprising a setting tab which engages the notch to set the trigger plate in a set position whereby the trigger plate resides above the base of the housing,
- wherein the trigger plate, when triggered by a rodent, pivots towards the first wall of the housing, thereby moving the rodent toward the first wall of the housing and trapping the rodent between the trigger plate and the first wall of the housing.
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A trap comprising:
- a housing having an entrance, a first wall, and a base extending therebetween, said entrance providing a passageway into the housing;
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- a trigger plate pivotally coupled to the housing adjacent a juncture of the base and the first wall of the housing, the trigger plate having a latched position in which the platform is adjacent to the base and the entrance and a triggered position in which the platform is pivotally biased towards the first wall;
- wherein the trigger plate, when triggered by a rodent, pivots towards the triggered position, thereby moving the rodent toward the first wall of the housing and trapping the rodent between the trigger plate and the first wall of the housing.
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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 plate pivotally coupled to the housing adjacent a juncture of the bottom and the back wall and having a set position in which the platform resides above the bottom of the housing and extends toward the entrance;
- a trigger plate pivotally coupled to the platform plate and having a set position in which the trigger plate is positioned above the platform plate and adjacent to the entrance;
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- a biasing element pivotally biasing the trigger plate and platform plate to a triggered position in which the platform is biased towards the back wall,
- wherein when triggered by a rodent, the trigger plate and platform plate pivot from the set position to the triggered position under the bias of the biasing element, and at least one of the trigger plate and the platform thereby moves the rodent toward the back wall of the housing and traps the rodent against the at least one numbing finger.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.