A mouse trap incorporated within a jar lid for trapping a mouse within a jar to which the lid is attached. The mouse trap includes a trap door which is mounted for vertical sliding movement across a mouse size opening in the lid. The trap door is manually moved to elevated open position and is held for release by swinging movement of a bait holder mounted on the inside of the lid. Such movement is caused by the mouse taking the bait, which is accessible only from within the jar. The door moves d...

A mousetrap having a housing with a top, a bottom, and a peripheral wall to form an enclosure in which to trap a mouse. An entry port through the peripheral wall admits the mouse to one arm of the enclosure. A closure hinged near the top of the entry port can swing down to close it. The entry port is at one side of an interior partition that divides the enclosure into two arms and a bend. A hinged trigger is disposed in the other arm. A latch system includes a deflectable post, a finger connecte...

A three-sided molded elongated hollow body consisting of opaque plastic material and defining a channelled front merging into a channelled top and a pair of channelled sides and forming a closable animal entrance, a transparent plastic trap door movably mounted on the body for controlling the animal entrance, a transparent plastic rear closure detachably connected to the top and the sides, a transparent plastic bottom detachably connected to the rear closure and to the sides to define a box-like...

A hollow housing has an elongated slot in the top wall and is provided with a sliding door at each end. A notched support is detachably mounted on the top wall adjacent each door. A lever is pivotally mounted on each support and each lever is connected adjacent one end thereof to a door. One of the levers has an inverted hook for engaging the other lever and a notched trigger. The trigger extends through the elongated slot and is releasably held in position by the engagement of the notch therein...

An apparatus is provided which is attached to the open end of a container such as an empty tin can to provide a rodent trap. The apparatus comprises a cover having an opening and a closure for the opening which is releasably held in open position on the container by a latch having a release mechanism within the container. When a rodent enters the container it pulls a bait holder tripping the release mechanism, and causing the cover to be moved to a position closing the opening.

An animal trap made in the form of a cage provided with a folding door at one end constructed in two approximately equal sections hinged together. The folding door is hinged at the top to a frame which has side members equipped with channels to receive and cooperate with friction-reducing roller means attached to the ends of the bottom segment of the lower folding door panel. The folding door frame is contained in a second frame to which it is hinged along one side to permit the folding door to ...

A cage-type animal trap made of wire mesh having a roof and a front end provided with an animal access opening. A door movably mounted at the front end operates in an opened position to reveal the access opening and in a closed position to block the access opening. A hand grip mounted on a rail positioned on the roof moves bi-directionally between a first position near the front end of the trap and a second position near the rear end of the trap. An actuating cable has one end secured to the bot...

A live catch rodent trap has a tubular housing which is sealed at a far end by a removable end cap. A door is pivotably mounted to a near end of the housing, and alternately permits entrance to the housing through a front opening when the door is propped open, and closes the front opening when the trap is actuated by a rodent passing into housing and past a midpoint of the housing. The housing is pivotably mounted to a shroud which surrounds the rear portion of the housing to prevent inadvertent...

An animal trap is provided with an enclosure, inside of which a pivoting member, referred to herein as a "Confinement Activating Teeter-totter" (CAT), is pivotally disposed so that its front end pivots downward when an animal enters the trap and steps on it. A blocking member on the front of the CAT then blocks the entrance, forcing the animal to go toward a bait near the exit at the back of the trap. The CAT then pivots under the weight of the mouse, thereby resetting. If, instead of exiting, t...

An improved rodent trap for use where sanitary conditions are required. The trap housing includes a rodent activated trip mechanism which dislodges a door prop causing the spring or weight biased door to latch shut trapping the rodent inside. Air seals are provided around the door so the rodent is caused to suffocate. A transparent inspection panel, which may be the door, is provided for allowing the user to determine whether the trapped rodent is still alive.