ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,111, issued on March 24.
"Pest trap apparatus" was invented by David Bell (Northridge, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "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, ...