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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 |
| 7211442 | Microfluidic system including a virtual wall fluid interface port for interfacing fluids with the microfluidic system A fluid interface port in a microfluidic system and a method of forming the fluid interface port is provided. The fluid interface port comprises an opening formed in the side wall of a microchannel sized and dimensioned to form a virtual wall when the microchannel i... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7051472 | Multi-sensor animal trap having a plurality of connectable trap members An apparatus for an animal trap having at least one primary trap 32 comprising a rigid grated or screened 34 housing with a front 36 and rear 38 sliding door on each end, a sensor assembly having at least one power source 40, e.g.,... | 05/30/2006 |
| 6099381 | Catching toy and catching device A catching toy includes a container having a first container body and a second container body which is relatively movable to the first container body. The first and second container bodies are configurable in a first state in which the container is opened... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6029393 | Rodent trapping device A rodent trap comprised of two members movable relative to one another such that the enclosure has an open position for permitting access into the interior of the enclosure by a rodent and a closed position for retaining the rodent. The relative movement ... | 02/29/2000 |
| 5966862 | Bird catching apparatus The present invention provides a bird catching apparatus for deploying a catching net rapidly and surely, thereby catching birds surely. Each end of one side edge of the catching net is respectively connected to a pair of deploying arms of each deploying ... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5615515 | Device for the control of mice and other rodents A device for controlling mice and other rodents includes a tubular housing having an opened rear end, a closed front end and a spring element for selectively closing the rear end. The housing is mounted at an inclined angle relative to a supporting platfo... | 04/01/1997 |
| 4926581 | Animal trap A T-shaped animal trap having entry ports and sliding doors at opposite ends of its head portion and a platform resting on a dowel in its leg portion. A magnet is on each end of the dowel outside of the trap which can magnetically hold to each magnet a fl... | 05/22/1990 |
| 4912869 | Net gun Disclosed is a net gun which utilizes a stock, an action member, a firing chamber, a manifold and a plurality of barrels connected to the manifold. Each of the barrels are adapted to receive a projectile which has an inner bore that is closely fitted over... | 04/03/1990 |
| 4791753 | Animal capturing apparatus Apparatus for capturing birds and other animals may comprise: a pair of carrier poles the proximal ends of which may be anchored to the ground for pivoting from first parallel positions against the ground to second parallel positions against the ground. A... | 12/20/1988 |
| 4774785 | Apparatus for capturing birds and other small animals Apparatus for capturing birds and other small animals which may include: an elongated support member; a pair of flexible rod members bent into loops and the ends of which are attached to the support member forming a pair of hoops for supporting a pair of ... | 10/04/1988 |
| 4434574 | Bird environmental inspection trap In a wild bird trap, a pair of control housings are recessed in the surface of the earth or disposed below the surface of a body of water which respectively support a pair of horizontal net arms when the trap is in unsprung position. A section of netting ... | 03/06/1984 |
| 4298199 | Game Disclosed is a game in which a game piece is suspended on a string and is preferably formed as the simulation of a bee or other insect attractable to a flower. The game piece is dangled by the player in a playing area simulating the portion of the flower ... | 11/03/1981 |
