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A mousetrap car is a small vehicle whose only source of motive power is a mousetrap. Variations include the use of multiple traps, or very big rat traps, for added power. Mousetrap cars are often used in physics or other physical science classes to help students build problem-solving skills, develop spatial awareness, learn to budget time, and ...
Image title: Patent # 269, 766 Improvement in Animal Traps by James A. Williams, 1882 Record Group 241 Selected Patent Files, 1840-1952 Records of the Patent and Trademark Office HMS Record Identifier 569160 HMS Asset Identifier HC1-94140081 HMS Folder Identifier HF1-107033944 ARC Identifier 1122319
The United States Patent Office has issued more than 4,400 mousetrap patents. [3] The gun-powered mouse trap proved inferior to spring-powered mousetraps descending from William C. Hooker's 1894 patent. However, the 1882 patent has continued to draw interest–including efforts to reconstruct a version of it–due to its unconventional design. [4]
The spring-loaded mousetrap was first patented by William C. Hooker of Abingdon, Illinois, who received US patent 528671 for his design in 1894. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] A British inventor, James Henry Atkinson , patented a similar trap called the "Little Nipper" in 1898, including variations that had a weight-activated treadle as the trip.
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