公开(公告)号：US11470836B2

公开(公告)日：2022-10-18

申请号：US16518214

申请日：2019-07-22

申请人： WOODSTREAM CORPORATION

发明人： Peter Koziar, Jr. ,  Marko K. Lubic ,  Luke Benjamin Haney ,  Paul Kletzli ,  Michael Adamson ,  Brent David Hardy ,  Cory Blair

IPC分类号： A01M23/24 ,  H04W4/38 ,  H01Q1/38 ,  A01M23/30

摘要： A snap type rodent trap with remote notification capability is provided. The trap includes a non-conductive base, conductive bail and trigger components, and an electronic PCB assembly mounted on the trap base. According to a first embodiment, the base is wood and the PCB assembly is selectively coated or printed with a layer of a flexible conductive material that contacts bail and trigger wire components mounted on the upper surface of the trap base as well as a conductive strip positioned to be contacted by the bail when the trap is tripped and empty. According to a second embodiment, the base is molded plastic. The PCB assembly in both embodiments is configured to detect and provide remote notification of trap states using the bail as an antenna. A method of retrofitting a snap type trap with an electronics monitoring system is also provided.