Rodent trap having a pivoting platform

US8490323B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• OMS Investments, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Philip Nathan · Royal Oak, US
• Matthew L. Philips · Litchfield, US
• Lynn Briggs · Bristol, US
• Thomas Paul Danniger · Ostrander, US
• Richard Gene Foster · Powell, US
• Kenneth E. Schlack · Powell, US
• MOU-LI LIN · Tainan, TW
• Di Jun Yan · Hanyang, CN

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 14, 2010
• Grant date: Jul 23, 2013
• Expiry date: Aug 16, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A01M23/36
• WIPO field: Other special machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A trap with a housing having a first wall, an entrance, and a base; a latch mechanism coupled with the base; a pivoting platform pivotally coupled with the housing adjacent a juncture of the base and first wall and adapted to releasably engage with the latch mechanism; and a trigger plate assembly including a first trigger plate and a second trigger plate that are pivotally coupled with the pivoting platform. The first trigger plate is operably coupled with the latch mechanism and the second trigger plate is operably coupled with the first trigger plate. When the trap is triggered by an animal, the pivoting platform disengages from the latch mechanism and the pivoting platform and trigger plate assembly pivot toward the first wall of the housing, moving the rodent toward the first wall of the housing and trapping the rodent between the trigger plate assembly and the first wall of the housing.