Patent ID: 7987628

Claim:
A trap for catching mice or other small animals, said trap comprising: a foundation housing having an open top and two side walls, with an entrance opening at one end; an attached cover housing that swivels between a closed position and an open position, said cover housing having a roof section for covering said open top of the foundation housing and an end wall section for closing off the entrance opening in said closed position; a mechanical restraining device for locking the cover housing in said open position; a mechanical triggering system that works in conjunction with the cover housing to release a lock inside the housing, when triggered by weight of an animal, the trigger system resting in the foundation housing in a seesaw manner, and comprising two parallel arms that extend laterally along the side walls of the foundation housing, a stepping platform being arranged on one end of the arms, and an insertion portion both having an inverted U-shaped cross-section at an opposite end of the arms and being, open towards a floor section of the foundation housing, said insertion portion having two side sections extending vertically upward from the opposite end of the arms to respective top portions of the two side sections and a plate both connecting the to portions of the two side sections to each other and extending above the opposite end of the arms, whereby animals can enter the trap through the inverted U-shaped insertion portion.