An animal trap for capturing a small-weight animal. The animal trap includes a capturing enclosure 12 provided with a first entrance 11, a swing plate 13, provided in an approach 15 of an animal entered from the first entrance 11, for plugging up the first entrance 11 by swinging forward, and a locking mechanism 14 for temporarily locking the swing plate 13 so that the swing plate 13 swung to plug up the first entrance 11 does not swing back. The temporary locking mechanism 14 includes a first lock part 21A and a second lock part 21B that are disposed in a front end part of the swing plate 13. The lock parts are constructed to have mutually different heights at which the swing plate 13 is temporarily locked. When an animal enters, the swing plate 13 swings to plug up the first entrance 11, and it is temporarily locked. The swing plate 13 can be swung by a small weight.

Embodiments of the present invention disclose a rodent trapping apparatus. The rodent trapping apparatus includes a lid including a top surface, wherein the lid comprises a longitudinal slot having two opposing longitudinal edges. Further, the rodent trapping apparatus includes two sidewalls provided on the top surface, with one sidewall along each longitudinal edge of the longitudinal slot. The rodent trapping apparatus further includes a transverse connecting member connecting the two sidewalls thereby forming a tunnel over the longitudinal slot, a proximal end of the tunnel being located at the edge of the lid. The rodent trapping apparatus further includes a bait compartment located at a distal end of the tunnel. The rodent trapping apparatus includes a swivel platform located within the longitudinal slot. The swivel platform is configured to swivel about a pivot axis, the pivot axis being located between the distal end and the proximal end of the tunnel.

Embodiments of the present invention disclose a rodent trapping apparatus. The rodent trapping apparatus includes a lid including a top surface, wherein the lid comprises a longitudinal slot having two opposing longitudinal edges. Further, the rodent trapping apparatus includes two sidewalls provided on the top surface, with one sidewall along each longitudinal edge of the longitudinal slot. The rodent trapping apparatus further includes a transverse connecting member connecting the two sidewalls thereby forming a tunnel over the longitudinal slot, a proximal end of the tunnel being located at the edge of the lid. The rodent trapping apparatus further includes a bait compartment located at a distal end of the tunnel. The rodent trapping apparatus includes a swivel platform located within the longitudinal slot. The swivel platform is configured to swivel about a pivot axis, the pivot axis being located between the distal end and the proximal end of the tunnel.

A pest trap apparatus having a trap chamber attached to an entry channel, a drop cover having a trap door disposed within the trap chamber, such that the trap door provides a floor to the trap chamber, a shuttle box nested within the trap chamber and supported by the trap door, a sensor associated with the trap chamber, the sensor being configured to generate and transmit a signal upon detecting a pest, a striker in electrical communication with the sensor, such that upon receiving the signal from the sensor, the striker is configured to impact and rotate the trap door downward, thus dropping the shuttle box within the trap chamber to prevent escape of pests and sending pests within the trap chamber down into a trap chute below the trap chamber, and an actuator configured to reset the trap door by rotating it upward to reengage with a trap latch.

A pest trap apparatus having a trap chamber attached to an entry channel, a drop cover having a trap door disposed within the trap chamber, such that the trap door provides a floor to the trap chamber, a shuttle box nested within the trap chamber and supported by the trap door, a sensor associated with the trap chamber, the sensor being configured to generate and transmit a signal upon detecting a pest, a striker in electrical communication with the sensor, such that upon receiving the signal from the sensor, the striker is configured to impact and rotate the trap door downward, thus dropping the shuttle box within the trap chamber to prevent escape of pests and sending pests within the trap chamber down into a trap chute below the trap chamber, and an actuator configured to reset the trap door by rotating it upward to reengage with a trap latch.