PEST CONTROL APPARATUS AND SYSTEMS
An invisible wall for mice that leap over glue boards.
An enclosure with two sides and a top is placed over a standard adhesive glue board, forming a tunnel along the rodent's path to a food source. A slot in the top holds an essentially transparent panel midway along the board. A mouse attempting to jump over the adhesive strikes the panel it cannot see, is stunned, and falls onto the glue below, where it is ensnared. The panel may be removable for replacement, and the enclosure may be rectangular or semi-elliptical in cross-section.
“One other problem in the practice of adhesive board is the propensity of the glue boards to attract debris and become ineffective, thereby, for their intended purpose. An additional problem in the practice of glue boards has been the unappealable presence of the dead rodent on the glueboard itself.”— Dennis Siebert, from the specification
And the world did not beat a path to his door — so he tried again in 2010.