Mousetrap

a mouse and trap technology, applied in the field of mouse traps, can solve the problems of not always being able to ensure that no food will be exposed for a period of time, damage, urine and faeces, etc., and achieve the effect of increasing safety and ensuring the ability to determine when a mouse has been trapped

Inactive Publication Date: 2009-11-26
RECKITT BENCKISER AUSTRALIA
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The mousetrap provides a self-closing mechanism that isolates the trapped mouse, enhancing user safety and reducing the risk of disease transmission, as well as preventing accidental triggering by children and pets, while allowing for easy disposal and cleaning.

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Mice, although small, can still cause much damage.
They destroy articles such as food, books, furniture and even appliances with their gnawing, urine and faeces.
Another undesirable trait associated with mice, particularly in domestic environments, is their association with a variety of human diseases, such as for example, asthma.
While the risk of mouse invasion is able to be somewhat controlled or minimised by preventing food waste such as crumbs accumulating in the home, or ensuring that stored food is isolated from the external environment in, for example, sealed containers, it is not always possible to ensure that no food will be left exposed for a period of time.
Also, minimising the risk of mice invasion by sealing of cracks, spaces and openings such as vents, pipes and chimney access points can be an expensive, labour intensive and time consuming exercise and is not always possible.
Such baits, while effective, are nevertheless toxic and are therefore undesirable for use in the home, particularly those in which children and pets reside.
In addition, poisoned mice often die in inaccessible locations thereby resulting in an unpleasant odor upon death of the mouse.
While these traps are generally effective, they have the problem of exposing the homeowner, for example, to the highly undesirable task of disposing of the dead mouse once trapped.
In addition, once trapped, the exposed dead mouse can pose health problems or cause distress to, for example, children.
Furthermore, such traps are also pose a danger to children and pets who may inadvertently activate the trigger and injure themselves.
Whilst mousetraps have been developed in which a trap is located within an enclosure in an attempt to isolate the trap from the outside environment and somewhat conceal the dead mouse from view, the enclosure of such mousetraps are not self-sealing after trapping and therefore the home-owner is still exposed to the dead mouse when disposing of the mouse and / or the trap.

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[0026]Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2, the mousetrap according to a preferred embodiment of the invention includes an enclosure comprising a top (1), a base (3) and a closable aperture (5) within which a mouse is able to enter when the enclosure is in an open position. The mousetrap of FIG. 1 depicts the enclosure in a closed position. The enclosure is able to be moved from the closed position to the open position by the substantial alignment of the aperture (5) in the top (1) and the base (3). (see FIG. 2) To set the mousetrap enclosure from the closed position to an open position, the user, such as a homeowner, manually rotates the top relative to the base (3) in the counter-clockwise direction until the indentation (7) is aligned with the aperture (5). FIG. 2 shows the mousetrap when in the set position in which the aperture (5) and the indentation (7) are aligned.

[0027]In order to more fully describe the mousetrap according FIGS. 1 and 2, the mousetrap is depicted in FIG. 3 with the ...

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Disclosed is a mousetrap having an enclosure with a rotatable top part having a downwardly extending strike plate within the enclosure, and a bottom part having an upwardly extending catch plate within the enclosure, an aperture in each of the top part and the bottom part which are in substantial alignment when the mousetrap is set, and a trigger mechanism, wherein the mousetrap is set to incapacitate or kill the mouse by the manual rotation of the top part relative to the bottom part when a mouse activates the trigger mechanism causing the top part to rotate relative to the bottom part and thereby incapacitating or killing the mouse between the strike plate and the catch plate.

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FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0001]The present invention relates to mousetraps for trapping and / or killing mice, in particular, domestic mice.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002]Mice, although small, can still cause much damage. They destroy articles such as food, books, furniture and even appliances with their gnawing, urine and faeces. Another undesirable trait associated with mice, particularly in domestic environments, is their association with a variety of human diseases, such as for example, asthma. Mice can also spread a variety of organisms that can cause diseases of humans and pets. These include a variety of food poisoning bacteria like Salmonella, Shigella, Escherichia coli (E. coli), and others. While the risk of mouse invasion is able to be somewhat controlled or minimised by preventing food waste such as crumbs accumulating in the home, or ensuring that stored food is isolated from the external environment in, for example, sealed containers, it is not always possible to ensure...

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Patent Type & AuthorityApplications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): A01M23/00A01M23/10A01M23/24A01M23/36A01M23/16A01M23/18A01M23/30
CPCA01M23/16A01M23/10A01M23/30A01M23/18A01M23/08A01M23/02
InventorRODGERS, BRENDYN MURRAYWATSON, DUNCAN MCLEODWEST, JEFFREY
OwnerRECKITT BENCKISER AUSTRALIA