Patent ID: 6938368
Filing Date: 2005-09-06
Classification: A01M

Abstract:
1. A weight adjustable rodent trap, comprising: a housing having a bottom wall and a top wall and defining an interior space; a ramp extending substantially between said bottom and top walls at an oblique angle, said ramp situated to define an entry opening adjacent said top wall so as to enable a rodent to enter into said interior space through said entry opening after ascending said ramp; a platform fixedly mounted to said ramp adjacent said entry opening and extending into said interior space in a horizontal configuration, said platform having at least one metallic element situated thereon; a trip board pivotally mounted in said interior space and movable between a set configuration atop said platform and a tripped configuration rotated relative to said platform, said trip board having a magnet positioned thereon that is magnetically attracted to said at least one metallic element for biasing said trip board toward said set configuration until a weight of said rodent is placed upon a portion of said trip board to cause said trip board to move to said tripped configuration; means in said interior space beneath said trip board for containing said rodent, said rodent being deposited into said containing means when said trip board is moved to said tripped configuration by said rodents weight thereon; wherein said platform defines a plurality of platform grooves spaced apart along, said platform, each platform groove having a configuration for removably receiving said at least one metallic element; said trip board defines a plurality of trip board grooves spaced apart along, another portion of said trip board, each of said trip board grooves corresponding to a respective platform groove and having a configuration for removably receiving said magnet; wherein said containing means includes a container positioned in said interior space atop said bottom wall, said rodent being deposited into said container when said weight thereof is placed on said one portion of said trip board causing said trip board to move from said set configuration to said tripped configuration; wherein said ramp is pivotally coupled to said bottom wall and movable between a closed configuration enabling said rodent to ascend said ramp and an open configuration for enabling user access to said container, said container being removable from said interior space when said ramp is at said open configuration; and means for locking said ramp in said closing configuration.