Patent ID: 7231738

Claim:
A mousetrap comprising: a first part and a second part together being rotatable with respect to each other and together defining an enclosure, apertures located in each of the first part and the second part, the apertures being in substantial alignment so as to define an entrance for a mouse into the mousetrap when the mousetrap is in an open position; a first biasing means operably connected to the first part and the second part in a manner so as to bias the mousetrap towards a closed position; means for maintaining the mousetrap in the open position comprising engagement of a lever with a stop means; wherein the lever and the second part define a gap through which a mouse is able to move through and as a result, raise the lever; a second biasing means to bias the lever into a resting position; the mousetrap being activated to assume the closed position by entry of the mouse whereby the mouse moves through the gap defined by the lever and the second part in a manner so as to cause the lever to rise and thereby disengage from the stop means resulting in the first part contra-rotating relative to the second part by virtue of the first biasing means thereby trapping the mouse and substantially concealing the trapped mouse within the enclosure.