Patent ID: 6631582
Filing Date: 2003-10-14
Classification: A01M

Abstract:
A rodent trap comprising:a box having a top wall, a bottom wall, end walls, a front wall, and a rear wall enclosing a trap compartment; at least a first mouse opening in one of said front, rear, and end walls of said box; an elongated tube within said trap compartment, said tube having a first open end and having a second end; said tube having a vertical wall partially covering said second end and leaving an exit opening in said second end of said tube for permitting a mouse to enter said trap compartment from said tube; an elongated tilt ramp within said tube having an entrance end adjacent said mouse opening of said box and having an exit end adjacent said exit opening of said tube; a hinge pivotally mounting said tilt ramp within said tube for tilting movement about a hinge axis from a first position wherein said entrance end is adjacent said bottom wall of said box and said mouse opening and said exit end is elevated above said entrance end, to a second position wherein said exit end is lowered from said first position; said tube having a front tube wall, a back tube wall, and a tube floor all being attached to said top wall of said box; said top wall of said box being hinged to said box for movement from an open position wherein said tube is outside said box to a closed position wherein said tube is within said box and said first open end thereof is in registered alignment with said first mouse opening.