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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 7171777 | Disposable trap The invention comprises a trap (1), adapted for small animals, generally shaped as a tunnel part (A), where one end area (1) of the tunnel part is shaped and adapted to a space (B), intended for a bait (100), where this space (B), in a direction... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7150124 | Rabid animal control method A method is disclosed for luring attack-prone, rabies-infected mammals (e.g., carnivores, bats) into restraint and/or euthanasia but not luring normal, uninfected animals. ... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7076913 | Infrared sensing for locating and aiding destruction of moles A system for detecting and eliminating subterranean animals is disclosed. The system includes an infrared detector device adapted to detect animals below the ground surface from above the ground surface. A lethal event device is operatively coupled to the infrared d... | 07/18/2006 |
| 6920715 | Rabid animal control method A method is disclosed for luring attack-prone, rabies-infected mammals (e.g., carnivores, bats) into restraint and/or euthanasia but not luring normal, uninfected animals. ... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6807767 | Small animal trap with infrared trigger A spring biased trap includes two light sources (60 and 62) and two light sensors (61 and 63) acting together to detect the position of the small animal to be trapped. A baited trapping chamber restricts the animal's entrance orientation ... | 10/26/2004 |
| 5515642 | Trap A trap for small noxious animals, such as mice, and comprising a holder (1) in form of a frame for holding a tightening element (3) in form of a shield. The trap (1) is arranged to be able to take a first, non-tightening position and at least a second, ti... | 05/14/1996 |
| 5228227 | Fishing apparatus A coupler for collapsible joints consisting of a hollow body having an interior cavity, an exterior surface with an arcuate portion, and an arcuate slot extending radially from the interior cavity to the exterior surface over at least 90 degrees of the ar... | 07/20/1993 |
| 5010682 | Animal trap An animal trap (10) including a spring (16) with first and second arm members (18, 20) extending from the spring (16) to outward ends (22, 26) such that the outward ends (22, 26) are biased apart by the spring (16). A loop portion (24) is positioned on th... | 04/30/1991 |
| 4918855 | Trap for catching animals A trap comprising first and second arms, a bait for holding the first and second arms in a first open position, torsion springs for biasing the first and second arms toward a second closed position, and jaws formed in the first and second arms for engagin... | 04/24/1990 |
| 4633610 | Small animal trap A trap assembly for capturing small animals formed from a housing that encloses a jaw assembly for grasping the paw or leg of the animals. The jaw assembly is formed from a trap plate having an aperture and a resiliently biased arm that is movable from an... | 01/06/1987 |
| 4578893 | Vermin trap A vermin trap consisting of a one piece housing for an over-centering mechanism that is adapted to actuate a snap acting lever that in turn cooperates with a stationary bar for trapping and killing a feeding vermin. The trip lever provides an integral bai... | 04/01/1986 |
| 4538375 | Animal trap for ground moles and the like An elongate hollow body of frusto conical tubular formation having a plurality of internal prongs resiliently projecting obliquely into the hollow of the body obliquely away from the larger body end, and a closure on the smaller body end, the body being c... | 09/03/1985 |
| 4308682 | Humane animal trap A humane animal trap includes a casing defined by upper and lower box-like sections, which are hingedly interconnected for telescoping together to a set position; springs biasing such sections apart to a sprung position; a latch mechanism for holding the ... | 01/05/1982 |
| 4179836 | Mole catcher An efficient mole catcher is comprised of a pair of hooks with sharp ends that are advantageously barbed and which are placed upright in or on both ends of a board of like base so as to be adapted to catch a mole or the like varmint due to the moving alon... | 12/25/1979 |
| 4161842 | Traps for animals The invention seeks to provide a humane trap which dispatches trapped animals without pain or panic. A peripheral trap frame, open on one side, has sides on either side of the open side spring urged towards one another to provide the motive power for a pa... | 07/24/1979 |
| 4117620 | Release device for deadfall traps A release device for deadfall traps of the type having a load line for supporting a deadfall in a raised position, the device having a load line engaging arm swingably mounted on a body which is maintained in an engaging position by engagement with a mova... | 10/03/1978 |
| 3990173 | Bat trap A motor mounted on the ceiling of an attic room or the like drives an assembly or a disc suspended therefrom in slow rotation about a vertical axis and one or more short length lines fixed to the periphery of the assembly or disc carries at their outboard... | 11/09/1976 |
