Patent ID: 7219466

Claim:
An electronic pest trap comprising: a trap body having a power source and a switch mechanism for placing said trap into an active standby mode; first, second and third spaced killing plates positioned within said trap body, said third killing plate electrically connected to said first killing plate; and a high-voltage automatic rearming circuit coupled to said first and second spaced killing plates, said circuit including, an element for sensing, with said trap in said active standby mode, a pest across said first and second killing plates as a positive load input, a body of said pest across said first and second killing plates closing said circuit to thereby effect automatic activation thereof such that said power source delivers a high-voltage pulse train through said circuit to said first and second killing plates for a time period corresponding to a killing cycle, voltage delivered to said first killing plate activating said third killing plate electrically connected thereto; and a timing mechanism for terminating current flow to said killing plates upon completion of said killing cycle.