Patent ID: 7076913

Claim:
A lethal event device adapted for mounting above a ground surface and for destroying subterranean animals comprising: a planar base member having a plurality of centrally positioned apertures therein, and a pair of opposed upright supports mounted at opposite edges of the base member; a plurality of linear spike members, each spike member slidably mounted within one of said centrally positioned base member apertures; a mechanical linkage secured at a first end to an end of one of the linear spike members opposite the base member, and to the base member adjacent a peripheral edge thereof, and at a second end to a solenoid member; a power source for providing electrical power to the solenoid member and adapted for powering an infrared detector device, the solenoid member secured to one of the upright supports of the base member; a shroud member secured to the base member and enclosing the plurality of linear spike members, the mechanical linkage and the solenoid member; a plurality of anchor members secured to the solenoid member and adapted for anchoring the lethal event device to a ground surface; and the base member including a central aperture therein adapted for positioning a heat sensing, infrared detector device to detect a subterranean animal there beneath, the infrared detector device actuating the solenoid member, causing the plurality of linear spike members to penetrate the ground surface beneath the base member to destroy the subterranean animal there beneath.