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

Claim 7:
8. A rodent trap for housing a sensor module with an upwardly extending antenna for detecting passage of a rodent into the rodent 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 the rodent must pass to enter the interior compartment;
a case defined extending from the base beneath the threshold, wherein the case has rearwardly extending side walls which project from the rear wall of the base, and which are joined by a case rear wall and a case top wall positioned above the case rear wall, the case having a downwardly opening volume which does not communicate with the threshold;
a case cover which is secured to the base to close the downwardly opening volume, wherein the case is configured to retain the sensor module disposed within the case and having a sensor positioned beneath the threshold of the base to thereby detect the passage of the rodent into the interior compartment, and a transmitter to send a signal indicating said rodent passage, the signal being detectable by a device exterior to the rodent trap, and wherein the case is configured to receive portions of at least one battery and the antenna to extend upwardly within the case between the case rear wall and the base rear wall;
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.