US Patent 11992000 Mousetrap with tilting platform

The improvement to the prior art mousetrap is the creation of a wedge cut from at or near the spring to the end of the mousetrap. The wedge length is from around the mid-point of the coiled spring to the end of the platform (the tapering occurs on the side of the bait portion of the trap). This tapering of the platform creates an unstable, tilting platform and as soon as the mouse steps onto it that increases the sensitivity of triggering the release of the striker, catching the mouse. The mouse could stand anywhere on the tapered platform, springing the trap and capturing the mouse on the platform, whether or not the mouse is close to the bait.