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Trip-Trap,

Maurice Juggins (Designer), Procter Brothers (Manufacturer)

‘Trip-Trap’ mouse trap designed by Maurice Juggins in 1979. It is a humane trap, and consists of a plastic box with a push up door.
The ‘Trip-Trap’ mouse trap was first designed by Maurice Juggins in 1979 and patented in 1982 (No. GB2017477). It is a humane trap, and consists of a plastic box with a push up door. Modifications were made in 1984 (No. GB2017477 and GB2095087) to include an internal swing-door which was released when the mouse stepped on a treadle, closing the door behind it, and a separate removable container at the end of the trap. The container in this trap is large to contain nest material for use in outdoor studies of field mice and voles. The ‘Trip-Trap’ was manufactured in the 1980s by North West Plastics Ltd, Manchester, then by Stewart Plastics, and from 1990 by Procter Brothers. Along with the ‘Nippit’, the ‘Trip-Trap’ is the only mouse trap still manufactured by Proctor Brothers.

Mouse trap: plastic

See Figure 22b, p.36, in 'British Mouse Traps and their Makers' by David Drummond, 2008., The 83 mouse traps and 2 mole traps in this collection were acquired by David Drummond during the course of his research into the history of mouse traps. David Drummond is a zoologist who spent much of his professional life in advice and research on the control of rodents. Since retiring as the Ministry of Agriculture’s Chief Scientific Officer in charge of the Central Science Laboratories concerned with Plant Pests and Diseases in 1988, he has published many articles and books about mouse traps, their inventors and manufacturers, including ‘British Mouse Traps and their Makers’ (Mouse Trap Books, Dorking 2008). For further information, see http://www.mousetrapbooks.com.

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