Rodent Glue Trap with Elevated Entries and Light Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional rodent traps often fail to effectively capture rodents without using poison, which poses safety risks to pets and children, and may not prevent rodents from escaping once they detect the glue.
Innovation Solution
A rodent glue trap with entries that allow rodents to enter while limiting light, featuring elevated openings to ensure rodents fall onto the glue, thus increasing the likelihood of sticking, and designed to be safe and easy to use without chemicals, with a simple application process.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If poison is used to kill rodents, then the killing effectiveness is improved, but safety risks to pets and children increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent removes the harmful poison component from the rodent control system entirely, replacing it with a mechanical trapping mechanism using glue. This extracts the harmful element while maintaining the core function of rodent elimination through physical capture rather than chemical killing.
2Ease of operation
If entries are made large enough for rodents to enter easily, then ease of operation is improved, but light enters the trap making rodents less likely to enter
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies different qualities to different parts of the entry structure: the entry openings are sized appropriately for rodent passage, while the interior space is configured to minimize light entry. This local differentiation allows rodents to enter easily through properly sized openings while the dark interior attracts them by mimicking their preferred hiding environments.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent addresses the light problem not by changing entry size but by controlling the three-dimensional configuration of the trap interior. By designing the interior space with specific depth and angular relationships, light from the entries is blocked from illuminating the interior, creating dark zones that attract rodents despite the presence of entry openings.
3Reliability
If entries are positioned low to the ground, then rodents can feel the glue before entering and avoid it, but elevating entries makes rodents fall onto the glue increasing sticking likelihood
Solution Approach 1:
The patent positions the entry openings at an elevated height above the glue surface, creating a preliminary drop zone. This preliminary action of falling forces rodents to land on the glue before they can assess the situation and attempt to escape, increasing capture effectiveness by removing their ability to detect and avoid the glue beforehand.
4Reliability
If a complex application process is used, then trapping effectiveness is improved, but ease of use decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the trap into distinct functional segments: a base containing the glue, a separate lid with entry openings, and optional bait components. This segmentation allows for simple assembly by stacking components and enables users to prepare different elements separately, maintaining effectiveness while improving ease of use through modular design.
Data Source
AI summary
A rodent glue trap includes a dark colored base having glue on a base floor, an overall height between 4.5 inches and 6 inches; and a plurality of entries through base side walls and base end walls. The entries are preferably between 1.75 inches and 2 inches in diameter. The entries are large enough for rodents to enter but not too large to let in too much light. The bottom of the entries have heights preferably at least 2.5 inches above the base floor and more preferably between 2.5 inches and 3 inches above the base floor. The height of the entries is sufficient to cause rodents to fall onto an stick to the glue. A lid resides on the base and may include additional entries into the trap.