Patent ID: 8418398
Filing Date: 2013-04-16
Classification: A01M

Abstract:
1. An electronic mouse trap for electrocuting and collecting multiple mice comprising: a collection area configured to contain one or more dead mice; a chamber assembly having a killing chamber that is positioned adjacent the collection area, said chamber assembly including a floor having electrocuting plates, said chamber assembly when in a home position providing a mouse with access to said killing chamber and initiating a killing cycle by activating said electrocuting plates when a mouse is sensed in said killing chamber, said chamber assembly remaining stationary in the home position during said killing cycle and said mouse remaining on said floor throughout a duration of the killing cycle; and a power-driven chamber clearing mechanism configured, upon completion of the killing cycle and killing of a mouse, to automatically activate to clear the mouse from said chamber assembly and deposit the mouse into the collection area, said power-driven chamber clearing mechanism subsequently returning said chamber assembly to the home position for a next mouse.