Fishing – trapping – and vermin destroying – Traps – Imprisoning
Reexamination Certificate
1999-11-18
2001-07-24
Rowan, Kurt (Department: 3643)
Fishing, trapping, and vermin destroying
Traps
Imprisoning
C043S066000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06263612
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Devices to trap rodents such as mice, rats and other small varmints have been extensively used throughout the world for many years. The most common and well known trap has a spring-loaded bar or jaw which is tripped when an open bait on a tripping pad is disturbed. This trap is well accepted, economical and an efficient rodent killer. However, it is potentially dangerous: care must be taken when loading bait and setting the trap to ensure the individual's fingers are not caught, and the trap can be a danger to small children and pets. Killing a rodent in this open trap can be messy and there remains the unpleasant task of disposing of the dead rodent, which means that the trap itself may simply be thrown away.
Many attempts have been made to build a better mousetrap. Examples are found in U.S. Pat. Nos. 3,528,191, 3,733,735, 4,567,688, 4,829,700, 5,094,027, 5,148,625, 5,345,710, 5,528,852, 5,564,221, and 5,809,688. They all suffer for one or more reasons. As many have discovered, a rodent trap which is capable of competing in the marketplace with the conventional spring-loaded rodent traps has proved elusive. Any new rodent trap must be economical; it must be easy to use; and it must be effective. Ideally, any new rodent trap must not only have all the economical, ease of use and effectiveness attributes of the conventional spring-loaded traps, but it also must have the other attributes of safety and cleanliness, as will readily be appreciated.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
A rodent trap has a housing with a normally closed interior space and a one-way entranceway thereto, baiter means constructed and arranged for delivering limited quantities of bait into the interior space, and said trap and baiter means being readily accessible for rodent disposal, cleaning and bait replenishing.
In accordance with the invention, a novel rodent trap and baiter means is simple in construction and economical in cost; it is easy to bait and use, effective in operation, easily cleaned and safe in the presence of children and pets. An object is to provide a transparent trap that will show a trapped rodent without handling; another object is to provide a trap that can be baited with an aromatic bait and yet will dispense it in small amounts as needed, and which thereby entices a rodent into a one-way entrance passageway. These and still other objectives will become apparent hereinafter.
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Heywood Richard G.
Rowan Kurt
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