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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2010
Philip Nathan, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Matthew L. Philips, Litchfield, CT (US);
Lynn Briggs, Bristol, CT (US);
Thomas Paul Danniger, Ostrander, OH (US);
Richard Gene Foster, Powell, OH (US);
Kenneth E. Schlack, Powell, OH (US);
Mou LI Lin, Tainan, TW;
Di Jun Yan, Hunan Province, CN;
Philip Nathan, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Matthew L. Philips, Litchfield, CT (US);
Lynn Briggs, Bristol, CT (US);
Thomas Paul Danniger, Ostrander, OH (US);
Richard Gene Foster, Powell, OH (US);
Kenneth E. Schlack, Powell, OH (US);
Mou Li Lin, Tainan, TW;
Di Jun Yan, Hunan Province, CN;
OMS Investments, Inc., Los Angeles, CA (US);
Abstract
A trap with a housing having a first wall, an entrance, and a base; a latch mechanism coupled with the base; a pivoting platform pivotally coupled with the housing adjacent a juncture of the base and first wall and adapted to releasably engage with the latch mechanism; and a trigger plate assembly including a first trigger plate and a second trigger plate that are pivotally coupled with the pivoting platform. The first trigger plate is operably coupled with the latch mechanism and the second trigger plate is operably coupled with the first trigger plate. When the trap is triggered by an animal, the pivoting platform disengages from the latch mechanism and the pivoting platform and trigger plate assembly pivot toward the first wall of the housing, moving the rodent toward the first wall of the housing and trapping the rodent between the trigger plate assembly and the first wall of the housing.