US 12,274,256 B2
Rodent trap and method of using it
Hongguang Chen, Ningbo (CN)
Assigned to Owitra Tech Co., Ltd., Denver, CO (US)
Filed by Owltra Tech Co. Ltd., Denver, CO (US)
Filed on Oct. 26, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/049,847.
Application 17/495,647 is a division of application No. 16/801,076, filed on Feb. 25, 2020, granted, now 11,464,222, issued on Oct. 11, 2022.
Application 18/049,847 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/495,647, filed on Oct. 6, 2021, abandoned.
Claims priority of application No. 201910867252.7 (CN), filed on Sep. 12, 2019; and application No. 202122616809.5 (CN), filed on Oct. 26, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0066844 A1, Mar. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. A01M 23/38 (2006.01)
CPC A01M 23/38 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A rodent trap comprising:
a cage including a top portion and a bottom portion, wherein the top portion and the bottom portion form a chamber;
an entrance adjacent to one end of the cage, the entrance located on a side wall of the bottom portion;
discharge plates positioned within the chamber, the discharge plates coupled to a power supply;
a passive infrared sensor mounted to the cage and located adjacent to the entrance, the passive infrared sensor configured to detect a motion within the chamber;
an infrared sensor including an infrared emitter and an infrared receiver mounted to the cage, the infrared sensor located next to a bait region opposite of the entrance and configured to form a breakable beam between the infrared emitter and the infrared receiver and across one of the discharge plates;
a control circuit board coupled to the discharge plates, the control circuit board configured to set the rodent trap in a low-power-consumption standby mode, the control circuit board configured to exit the low-power-consumption standby mode and activate the infrared sensor upon receiving a motion signal from the passive infrared sensor, and the control circuit board further configured to supply a high voltage to the discharge plates upon receiving an interruption signal from the infrared sensor when the beam is blocked between the infrared emitter and the infrared receiver.