US 12,219,949 B2
Electronic rodent trap with remote monitoring capability
Paul Kletzli, Akron, PA (US); Mark Ebner, Davenport, FL (US); Cory Blair, Lehighton, PA (US); and Peter Koziar, Jr., Lititz, PA (US)
Assigned to Woodstream Corporation, Lancaster, PA (US)
Filed by Woodstream Corporation, Lancaster, PA (US)
Filed on Dec. 15, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/551,739.
Application 17/551,739 is a continuation of application No. 15/894,669, filed on Feb. 12, 2018, granted, now 11,219,204.
Prior Publication US 2022/0104476 A1, Apr. 7, 2022
Int. Cl. A01M 23/38 (2006.01); A01M 31/00 (2006.01)
CPC A01M 23/38 (2013.01) [A01M 31/002 (2013.01); A01M 2200/00 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic rodent trap, comprising:
a trap body having at least one trap entrance and extending longitudinally from the trap entrance to an opposite end; and
a high voltage killing circuit operative within the trap body, the killing circuit including:
a plurality of plates that includes two oppositely charged lower killing plates having at least portions thereof extending longitudinally within the trap body, the oppositely charged lower killing plates being spaced from one another by a longitudinally extending gap between the lower plates, and a triggering plate positioned above the two lower plates and spaced inwardly from the entrance; and
a plurality of electrical contacts formed through the trap body and electrically connecting the plurality of plates to a remainder of the high voltage killing circuit, wherein the two oppositely charged lower killing plates include:
a first plate having a first side that extends longitudinally through the trap body and a stem extending transverse to the first side, the stem being electrically coupled through a sidewall of the trap body to one of the electrical contacts on an exterior of the sidewall; and
a second plate having two parts separated from one another within the trap body in a longitudinal direction by the stem of the first plate, each second plate being electrically coupled through the sidewall of the trap body to a respective one of the electrical contacts on the exterior of the sidewall.