Abstract: A rodent trap that is constructed with a housing having a rodent entry and containing a launching mechanism that is activated by a photo sensor when a rodent enters the housing, the launching mechanism ejecting the rodent through an opening in the top of the housing and into a receptacle for disposal.

Abstract: A mousetrap having a housing with an entrance compartment, a one-way tunnel connected to the upper part of the entrance compartment and a storage compartment. The entrance compartment has a resettable balance or ramp that tips over when the animal walks over it towards a bait that is positioned at a suitable location beyond the tipping point. Once tipped, the balance portion leading to the entrance is elevated beyond the entrance opening leaving only one available path for the animal, the one-way tunnel. A latch member holds the balance in that position until it is released by the animal after it goes through a second one-way door inside the tunnel. From the tunnel, the animal can only go to the storage compartment.

Abstract: A mechanically operable animal trap which traps and disposes of small animals, such as rodents, in an environmentally safe manner and including a housing having a one-way entrance actuated by a treadle adjacent an inaccessible source of food and a ladder leading to a one-way chute connected to a source of disposal, such as water, for disposing of the animal in an economical, pesticide-free manner requiring little attention and supervision.

Abstract: A rodent baiting arrangement in which modular plastic units are assembled to form an entrance and feeding station into which rodents may pass, consume poisonous bait therein, and exit. The modular units may be assembled for placement along a wall or corner of an interior room or space, while being inaccessible to children and domestic animals. The assembled modules form a housing for the rodents, with feed and water therein. The modules may have transparent top surfaces to allow inspection of the interior of the modules.