Patent ID: 6029393
Filing Date: 2000-02-29
Classification: A01M

Abstract:
A rodent trapping device comprising:an enclosure including a first member and a second member, and having an interior and an exterior, the second member being movable relative to the first member so that the enclosure can be in one of an open condition for permitting access into the interior of the enclosure by a rodent and a closed condition for retaining a rodent trapped within the interior of the enclosure;at least one air hole located in said enclosure;a biasing device for biasing said second member relative to the first member to urge the enclosure into the closed condition, said biasing device being selectively positionable with respect to the enclosure between a first position placing said rodent trapping device in a rodent suffocating mode and a second position placing said rodent trapping device in a non-suffocating mode;a triggering device, said triggering device detecting the presence of a rodent within the interior of the enclosure so that said enclosure is moved from the open condition to the closed condition in response to the detection of a rodent by the triggering device;wherein said biasing device covers said at least one air hole to suffocate an entrapped rodent when the enclosure is moved into the closed condition and said trapping device is in a rodent suffocating mode, and wherein said at least one air hole is unobstructed by said biasing device to permit an entrapped rodent to breathe when the enclosure is moved into the closed condition and said trapping device is in a rodent non-suffocating mode.