Elevated Rodent Trap with Access Openings
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional rodent traps, especially dead traps and bait stations, disrupt the natural movement environment of rodents, making them wary and reducing their effectiveness due to increased awareness of potential dangers, and the use of poisons is not feasible in food or pharmaceutical industries for safety reasons.
Innovation Solution
A device with a base body elevated on stand elements, featuring openings that allow rodents to access a closed interior space designed to resemble a natural hiding or nesting place, using organic materials to create a comfortable environment and avoid disturbing the rodents' pathways, with a secure bait storage system and optional monitoring features.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If conventional bait stations or rodent traps are placed on the ground, then they can be easily accessed by rodents, but they disrupt the animals' movement environment and interrupt their familiar routes, making rodents wary and reducing trap effectiveness
Solution Approach 1:
The trap is elevated off the ground using support elements, transitioning from a ground-level placement to a suspended position. This dimensional change allows the trap to be accessible to rodents while no longer interrupting their movement paths along the ground, thereby maintaining rodent acceptance while ensuring accessibility.
2Productivity
If lethal traps with snap traps are used, then rodent control is achieved, but increased effort is required for baiting, monitoring, setting, and handling due to rodents' learned awareness of danger
Solution Approach 1:
The trap mechanism is extracted from conventional ground-level bait stations and integrated into the elevated structure. By combining the elevated design with the trapping mechanism, the patent reduces the need for separate monitoring and handling operations, as the elevated position allows for easier remote monitoring and reduces the frequency of manual interventions.
3Productivity
If poisons are used for rodent control, then effective pest control is achieved, but it cannot be used outside of traps due to food safety and hygiene requirements in food processing and pharmaceutical companies
Solution Approach 1:
The elevated trap structure serves as an intermediary containment system that isolates poison usage to a controlled environment. By placing the poison-baited trap in an elevated, enclosed position with specific access requirements, the system enables effective poison-based rodent control while minimizing the risk of poison exposure to non-target organisms and ensuring compliance with food safety regulations.
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AI summary
The present invention relates in a first aspect to a device for controlling rodents, comprising: - a base body (1) having a base (101) and a wall (103) surrounding the base (101), - a lid (3) closing the base body (1), and - a first molded part (5) arranged in the base body (1), characterized in that the base body (1) rests on at least one support element (105) which positions the base body (1) at a distance (A) from a support surface, that at least one first opening (107) is arranged in the base (101) of the base body (1), and that at least one second opening (501) is arranged in the first molded part (5) which corresponds to the at least one first opening (107) in the base (101) of the base body (1).In a second aspect, the present invention relates to a device for controlling rodents, comprising: - a base body (11) having a base (1101) and a wall (1103) surrounding the base (1101), wherein at least one first opening (1107) is arranged in the base (1101), and wherein the base body (11) rests on at least one support element (1105) which positions the base body (11) at a distance (A) from a base surface and which is formed integrally with the base body (11), and - an openable lid (13) closing the base body (11), characterized in that the base body (11) consists entirely of a particle foam.