Bizarre Patents
Pillow with retractable umbrella
A pillow assembly having a supporting assembly and a retractable umbrella assembly that is easily transportable and allows a user to support his/her head while covering their face from sunlight.
PatentStorm News
Make the Most of Our Site
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Registered users: Manage your profile.
| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8186098 | Better mouse trap system An upper bucket has a closed top, an open bottom and a side wall. A lower opening is cut into the side wall of the upper bucket. The lower opening has a lower slit at a lower extent of the side wall. The lower opening has an arcuate slit. The slit extends upwardly f... | 05/29/2012 |
| 7363744 | Insert for multiple mouse trap A mouse or rodent trap including a housing having an elongated rotatable paddle member therein and an insert within the confines of the trap housing. A trigger assembly engages the paddle member and releases the paddle member for rotation when the trigger assembly i... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7134237 | Humane animal trap An animal trap is provided with an enclosure, inside of which a pivoting member, referred to herein as a “Confinement Activating Teeter-totter” (CAT), is pivotally disposed so that its front end pivots downward when an animal enters the trap and steps on it. A b... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7082712 | Arthropod containment trap The present invention is an arthropod trap including a housing and containment chamber. The housing includes external openings, an overhang, and an internal tube and plate with entry ports. Attracted by bait in the containment chamber, arthropods fly in through the ... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7044082 | Environmental enrichment of caged animals A cage or an item of cage furniture for use by a caged rodent comprises a coloured material which is transparent or translucent to a human observer, but is perceived as being substantially darkened or opaque by the caged rodent. The cage or item of cage furniture ty... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7026942 | Method for signalling the presence of prey in traps for vermin and device for carrying out this method A method and a device for automatically detecting and signaling the presence of prey caught in a trap. The trap has inlet ports equipped with a one-way inlet mechanism such that once a rodent has passed a central point the rodent is contained within the trap. After ... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6938368 | Weight adjustable rodent trap A rodent trap includes a housing having bottom and top walls and defining an interior space. A ramp extends between top and bottom walls and defines an entry opening through which a rodent may enter the housing. A bait container mounted inside the housing lures a ro... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6691452 | Light weight responsive tilt ramp rodent trap A rodent trap includes a box having one or more entrance tubes provided therein. The entrance tubes are in communication with a mouse hole in the side wall of the box. Within each tube is a tilt ramp that tilts in response to a weight of 4 grams at a dist... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6631582 | Low profile tilt-ramp trap A low profile tilt-ramp trap includes a tube providing entrance into the trap. Within the tube is a tilt ramp that has a flap on its exit end to prevent mice from moving beneath the tilt ramp. Once a mouse enters the tilt ramp, the ramp pivots to provide ... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6557295 | Rodent trap device A rodent trap device for catching and holding rodents. The rodent trap device includes a housing having a bottom wall and a peripheral wall extending upwardly from the bottom wall. A rotatable rod extends through the peripheral wall and bisects the housin... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6510647 | Animal trapping apparatus and method A live animal trap includes only two basic parts, an elongate hollow tube and a pivot support stand on which the tube is pivotally mounted. The tube has a first, closed end for holding bait and a second, open end. The tube is pivotally mounted on the stan... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6484436 | Prey trap without using bait A prey trap comprises a body having two supporting frames; two gates arranged on the supporting frames of a body; an actuating plate; a hanging frame connected to another side of the actuating plate; and two ropes. Each gate is connected with one end of a... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6481151 | Multiple rodent trap with sliding cover A molded plastic base has a rodent runway which extends from two inlet openings to a single rodent containment compartment. Pivotable ramps are positioned in the rodent runway adjacent cacti inlet opening. A plastic lid is slidingly engaged with the base,... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6016623 | Rodent trap A rodent trap which includes a central housing interior into which a rodent is lured by bait and enters on a rodent entry ramp and inside which is located a rotating trap door that is operated by a high speed DC motor which is actuated by an infrared sens... | 01/25/2000 |
| 5996274 | Rodent trap A rodent trap for drowning a plurality of rodents and other small pests without the need for resetting the trap is disclosed. The inventive device includes a ramp engageable to a rim of a conventional pail and a rotating body positionable horizontally wit... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5979105 | Modular animal trap A modular trapping system that functions in a holding or a terminating mode on dry land, adjacent water or in water. The system comprises several interchangeable, user selectable components that may be conveniently assembled into a desired trap configurat... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5720126 | Mouse catching appartus A portable apparatus for catching rodents includes a container adapted to hold a reservoir of water. A horizontally oriented cylindrical roller is rotatively supported within the container above the water reservoir. A moveable bait-holding arm is position... | 02/24/1998 |
| 5528852 | Rotating cylinder rodent trap A trap for capturing rodents within a bucket. The inventive device includes an axle having a cylinder rotatably positioned thereon. A mounting assembly secures the axle across an open upper end of a container. A ramp extends from a ground surface to the u... | 06/25/1996 |
| 5517784 | Mousetrap container A mousetrap container having a container floor and container side walls, with a fluid positioned within the container cavity defined within the container, and a rotary cylinder mounted rotatably relative to an entrance opening of the container, such that ... | 05/21/1996 |
| 5471781 | Mouse trap A trap for capturing mice or other rodents. The inventive device includes a main body having an entrance ramp leading thereinto. A bait container is positioned within the main body to attract a mouse towards a pivotally mounted trap door. A holding compar... | 12/05/1995 |
| 5369907 | Rodent electrocution trap A rodent trap operates by electrocuting the animal as it moves to steal the bait from a space above a depressible platform. The platform includes a downwardly swingable plate that is covered by a woven fabric panel. Edge areas of the fabric panel hang dow... | 12/06/1994 |
| 5327674 | Trap for harvesting earthworms A trap for earthworms which comprises a capture chamber having a bottom, inwardly sloping sidewalls and pivotal louvers defining a horizontal top of the capture chamber. Earthworms leave their burrows at night, or when the burrows are soaked with water, a... | 07/12/1994 |
| 5299380 | Rodent enclosure An enclosure housing for capturing a live rodent unharmed having a baited enclosure chamber, a one way entrance, having an open portal, a level ramp, pivotally mounted in the entrance portal chamber of the enclosure adapted for movement between a level ac... | 04/05/1994 |
| 5115595 | Rodent trap A rodent trap includes a housing defined by a rectilinear framework, including a floor, spaced side walls, and a rear wall, with a top wall defined by a pivotally mounted door permitting access to contents of the container. A "U" shaped handle member is m... | 05/26/1992 |
| 4937968 | Mousetrap A mousetrap including a supporting base with an upstanding support, a container of water on the base, a pivotal platform overlying the container of water to enable a plurality of mice to be trapped, an entrance area including a bait box and entrance door ... | 07/03/1990 |
| 4884064 | Intruder detection and control apparatus A method of and apparatus for detecting free-ranging pests, for example mice, without providing an attractant material. The presence of a pest is sensed by at least one of a plurality of sensors, a signal is emitted indicating the sensing of a pest by tha... | 11/28/1989 |
| 4876821 | Magnetic automatic reset animal trap This invention is a baited animal trap, positioned above a water reservoir and comprising a rotatable walkway held in position by a magnetic release device. Bait positioned beyond the walkway attracts an animal to walk thereon. The magnetic release device... | 10/31/1989 |
| 4845887 | Scented mouse trap A floor recess mountable trap including a plurality of scented, access channelways leading to an interior containment cavity whereat a rotatable, vaporizer, attractor member is mounted in displaced relation to the channelway exits. Depending upon the rece... | 07/11/1989 |
| 4748766 | Animal trap A self-resetting animal trap utilizing a closed-door approach wherein the trap is set or ready when its trap door is closed. The self-resetting animal trap has an enclosure with a top opening and a pivotally mounted trap door for the top opening. A metal ... | 06/07/1988 |
| 4706407 | Animal trap An animal trap especially suited for trapping rodents such as rats and other small animals, in one embodiment comprising a generally cylindrical or rectangular container having a movable top adapted for limited rotation in one direction about a pair of ce... | 11/17/1987 |
| 4706408 | Marbles counter weighted repeating mouse trap A rodent trap comprises a trough connected to an elongated platform forming an obtuse angle therebetween. Mounting means having a traverse groove is affixed at an apex formed by the trough and the platform. A supporting wire of a wire structure fits into ... | 11/17/1987 |
| 4662101 | Rat or mouse trap A mousetrap (10) is made of a pivoting platform (12) suspended over a pitfall (14). The platform (12) is balanced in a manner such that it normally assumes a horizontal position, thus giving a mouse an appearance of a stable bridge over the pitfall. When ... | 05/05/1987 |
| 4610105 | Rodent trap A trap for catching rodents and other pests in permitting the user to selectively trap the same alive or dispose of them at the time of trapping. A container is provided having bottom and side walls and defining an opening at the upper portion thereof. A ... | 09/09/1986 |
| 4563835 | Bird house trap A bird house trap is disclosed which comprises an enclosed bait compartment or house, a bird containment compartment, and a dividing wall between the bait compartment and the containment compartment. An entrance opening is provided in the bait compartment... | 01/14/1986 |
| 4388775 | Trap for small animals A trap for small rodents and the like comprising a vessel having an open upper end and a removable cover assembly for the upper end of the vessel. The vessel is adapted to be located in the ground with its open upper end extending above ground level by an... | 06/21/1983 |
| 4372074 | Animal trap An animal trap comprising a housing having pivotally mounted tilting doors and a receptacle to which the housing mounts. The housing includes top, bottom and side walls that form a passage extending between two open ends of the housing. Formed intermediat... | 02/08/1983 |
| 4255891 | Automatic animal-trapping device The present invention is to provide an automatic animal-trapping device, more particularly, to provide a kind of animal-trapping device, used for trapping mice and other like wild animals, which may repeat its operating cycle all over again and catch lots... | 03/17/1981 |
| 4241531 | Mouse trap An animal trap of the type which precipitates an animal into a disposal chamber (12) through a disposal opening (40), characterized by having a pyramidal bait chamber (11), with an entrance (32) and non-grip internal surfaces, around the disposal opening ... | 12/30/1980 |
| 4238903 | Animal trap Herein described is an animal trap which is useful for trapping rodents such as mice and rats. The trap includes a trap receptacle having a substantially square trap box and a substantially square slide-in entry box which is adapted to slide into the trap... | 12/16/1980 |
| 4154016 | Mouse trap with bait holding tilt tube A mouse or rat trap of improved design, including a hollow container into which the animals are lured by baited cheese, the interior having trap doors through which the animals drop into a lower chamber, the trap doors closing electric circuits to lamps s... | 05/15/1979 |
