Patent ID: 7913447

Claim:
A mouse trap adapted to sit on a horizontal surface, said trap comprising: (a) a bottom having a floor adapted to sit on said horizontal surface, two first opposed walls with upper edges, two second opposed walls, and an open top; (b) a pair of ascendant walls sloping downwardly and away from said upper edges of said first opposed walls toward said horizontal surface and upwardly from said upper edges of said first opposed walls to an apex above said open top; (c) a cylindrical wheel mounted at said apex to freely rotate about a horizontal axis and adapted to hold bait; (d) a break in said ascendant walls between said upper edges of said first opposed walls and said wheel, said break having a horizontal platform; (e) a vertical, one-way door on each of said platforms; and (f) a step inside each of said doors, an edge of said step being open to said open top of said bottom; (g) whereby a mouse walks up one of said ascendant walls to said platform, through said door, and onto said step, then reaches up to said wheel causing said wheel to rotate, thereby causing said mouse to lose balance and fall into said bottom.