Patent ID: 11864548
Assignee: BELL LABORATORIES, INC.
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A  G

Claim 4:
5. A rodent trap for housing a sensor module to detect passage of rodents into the trap, the rodent trap comprising:
a base having an upwardly extending rear wall, and at least one interior wall spaced from the rear wall to define a rodent runway extending between the at least one interior wall and the rear wall, the rodent runway extending from a trap inlet and communicating with an interior compartment;
a lid mounted to the base;
portions of the base which define a bottom wall over which the rodent runway extends, the bottom wall having portions defining a threshold along the rodent runway over which a rodent must pass to enter the interior compartment;
a case defined extending from the base beneath the threshold, the case having a downwardly extending volume;
a case cover which is secured to the base to close the downwardly extending volume;
wherein the case is configured to accommodate the sensor module disposed within the case and positioned beneath the threshold of the base to thereby detect the passage of the rodent into the interior compartment; and
portions of the base which define a perimeter double lip which extends downwardly from the base bottom wall and configured to extend around the sensor module; and
portions of the cover which define an upwardly protruding peripheral bead which extends between the perimeter double lip.