DESC:TECHNICAL FIELD
[001] The present invention is related to traps used for catching pests. More particularly, the present invention is related to glue-based traps for catching pests.

BACKGROUND
[002] Background description includes information that may be useful in understanding the present invention. It is not an admission that any of the information provided herein is prior art or relevant to the present invention, or that any publication specifically or implicitly referenced is prior art.
[003] Pests are unwanted animals such as rats/rodents, reptiles such as lizards, insects, and other similar organisms that prey on food inside homes. Being nocturnal, these pests enter houses at night looking for food and cause mayhem in the house. Any food item that comes in contact with such pests gets contaminated and is unfit for human consumption. There have been various instances of humans getting infected with diseases, such as food poisoning, on consuming food contaminated by pests. Such pests also leave behind a stink/odour that can even contaminate the air inside the house which when inhaled can cause respiratory disorders, such as asthma, in humans. Typically, the largest category of pests that enter houses and contaminate food are house mice, rats or rodents. However, lizards and large insects are also responsible for contamination of food.
[004] In order to prevent the menace of pests, house owners typically use pest traps to trap and catch the pest. Most commonly used pest trap is a mouse trap. Conventional mouse traps include boxes made from wood or metal with a hook affixed therein for firmly holding a food item as bait. The box is closed from all ends except one end having a trap door is left open for the pest or rodent to enter the box for the food item on the hook. The hook is connected to the trap door in such a manner that then when the pest or rodent tries to pull down the food item firmly held on the hook, the connection between the hook and the trap door snaps, whereby the trap door slams shut, thus trapping the pest/rodent in the box. However, such large wooden/metal boxes are generally bulky and heavy, causing inconvenience to house owners in their handling. Particularly, the connection between the hook and the trap door in such boxes is susceptible to malfunctioning which leaves the trap door open even after the pest/rodent pulls the food from the hook, thereby rendering the box ineffective in trapping the pest/rodent.
[005] Accordingly, there have been several endeavours to make boxes without the need for using food as bait for trapping pests/rodents. United States Patent no. US4385465 mentions a throw-away mousetrap consisting of a blank of semi-rigid sheet stock which is prescored for simple conversion into a tubular housing. The floor surface of the housing is coated with an adhesive composition which serves as a permanent physical securement and entrapment medium when a mouse enters the housing. However, the tubular housing weakens the mouse trap as the semi-circular portion of the tubular housing is highly susceptible to collapse, especially when the panic-stricken mouse trapped inside struggles to escape out of the housing.
[006] US5477636 mentions a preassembled glue trap for rodents that forms its own packaging. The trap package is in the form of a tunnel-like structure with closed ends formed from a folded blank of paperboard or like stock. Each end wall of the structure is provided with a push-in or tear-out panel which forms an access opening to the tunnel when the package is to be converted for use as a trap. However, such a trap package is unstable and non-sturdy as the use of folded blank of paper board makes the package highly susceptible to being skewed sideways, resulting in flattening and/or deformation of the package, when the panic-stricken mouse trapped inside struggles to escape out of the housing.
[007] Chinese patent document CN201182152 mentions a mouse trapper having a foldable table-flap. Folds are arranged on the table-flap. The table-flap can be turned to be a polygonal box body after being folded; the external bottom of the box body contacts with the ground and a haft Platte is arranged at the internal bottom of the box body and a mucilage glue layer for sticking mice is arranged on the haft Platte. However, the asymmetric polygonal shape of the box can cause inconvenience in the handling of the box.
[008] There is therefore, a need for an improved pest trap that is stable and sturdy, and that overcomes the disadvantages associated with conventionally known traps.

OBJECTS OF THE PRESENT DISCLOSURE
[009] It is an object of the present invention to provide a pest trap that is lightweight and convenient to handle.
[0010] It is another object of the present invention to provide a pest trap that is stable and sturdy and does not deform at any instance.
[0011] It is yet another object of the present invention to provide a pest trap that can be easily packaged for transportation.
[0012] It is yet another object of the present invention to provide a pest trap that is cost efficient and easy to implement.

SUMMARY
[0013] The present invention is related to traps used for catching pests. More particularly, the present invention is related to glue-based traps for catching pests.
[0014] According to an aspect of the present disclosure a pest trap is disclosed.A pest trap includes a housing having at least one opening, the housing comprises a base, at least two foldable side walls coupled to the base, and a foldable top wall coupled to one of the at least two side walls defining an enclosed space,wherein any or a combination of the base and the at least two foldable side walls having a layer of glue deposited thereon to trap or catch the pest when the pest enters in the enclosed space.
[0015] In an aspect, the pest trap comprises at least one locking member projected at a free side end, and wherein another of the at least two side walls comprise at least one locking opening.
[0016] In an aspect, the pest trap includes top wall at a closed position the at least one locking member gets engaged with the at least one locking opening to enable locking of the housing from top.
[0017] In an aspect, the pest trap comprises at least one locking opening is configured between the side wall and a locking flap coupled to the corresponding side wall.
[0018] In an aspect, the pest trap comprises at least one locking member gets disengaged with the at least one locking opening to enable unlocking of the housing when the top wall moved from the closed position to an open position.
[0019] In an aspect, the pest trap comprises layer of glue emits fragrance of food or eatable item in order to attract the pests in the box.
[0020] In an aspect, the pest trap comprisesthe base, the at least two foldable side walls and the foldable top wall is having at least one foldable flap on their respective free ends to strengthen the housing.
[0021] In an aspect, the pest trap comprisesthe housing having two openings at opposite ends of the housing.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0022] The accompanying drawings are included to provide a further understanding of the present disclosure, and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification. The drawings illustrate exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure and, together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the present disclosure. The diagrams are for illustration only, which thus is not a limitation of the present disclosure.
[0023] FIG. 1 shows an image providing a top view of a pest trap in an unassembled form, in accordance with an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
[0024] FIG. 2 shows an image providing perspective view of the pest trap in an assembled form when the locking member is slightly disengaged, in accordance with exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
[0025] FIG. 3 shows an image providing perspective view of the pest trap in an assembled form with the locking member is completely engaged, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0026] The following is a detailed description of embodiments of the disclosure depicted in the accompanying drawings. The embodiments are in such detail as to clearly communicate the disclosure. However, the amount of detail offered is not intended to limit the anticipated variations of embodiments; on the contrary, the intention is to cover all modifications, equivalents, and alternatives falling within the spirit and scope of the present disclosure as defined by the appended claims.
[0027] In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of embodiments of the present invention. It will be apparent to one skilled in the art that embodiments of the present invention may be practiced without some of these specific details.
[0028] Embodiments of the present invention include various steps, which will be described below. The steps may be performed by hardware components or may be embodied in machine-executable instructions, which may be used to cause a general-purpose or special-purpose processor programmed with the instructions to perform the steps. Alternatively, steps may be performed by a combination of hardware, software, and firmware and/or by human operators.
[0029] If the specification states a component or feature “may”, “can”, “could”, or “might” be included or have a characteristic, that particular component or feature is not required to be included or have the characteristic.
[0030] As used in the description herein and throughout the claims that follow, the meaning of “a,” “an,” and “the” includes plural reference unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. Also, as used in the description herein, the meaning of “in” includes “in” and “on” unless the context clearly dictates otherwise.
[0031] Each of the appended claims defines a separate invention, which for infringement purposes is recognized as including equivalents to the various elements or limitations specified in the claims. Depending on the context, all references below to the "invention" may in some cases refer to certain specific embodiments only. In other cases it will be recognized that references to the "invention" will refer to subject matter recited in one or more, but not necessarily all, of the claims.
[0032] All methods described herein may be performed in any suitable order unless otherwise indicated herein or otherwise clearly contradicted by context. The use of any and all examples, or exemplary language (e.g., “such as”) provided with respect to certain embodiments herein is intended merely to better illuminate the invention and does not pose a limitation on the scope of the invention otherwise claimed. No language in the specification should be construed as indicating any non-claimed element essential to the practice of the invention.
[0033] Various terms as used herein are shown below. To the extent a term used in a claim is not defined below, it should be given the broadest definition persons in the pertinent art have given that term as reflected in printed publications and issued patents at the time of filing.
[0034] The present invention is related to traps used for catching pests. More particularly, the present invention is related to glue-based traps for catching pests.
[0035] According to an aspect of the present disclosure a pest trap is disclosed.The pest trap includes a housing having at least one opening, the housing comprises a base, at least two foldable side walls coupled to the base, and a foldable top wall coupled to one of the at least two side walls defining an enclosed space,wherein any or a combination of the base and the at least two foldable side walls having a layer of glue deposited thereon to trap or catch the pest when the pest enters in the enclosed space.
[0036] In an embodiment, the top wall comprises at least one locking member projected at a free side end, and wherein another of the at least two side walls comprises at least one locking opening.
[0037] In an embodiment, when the top wall is at a closed position the at least one locking member gets engaged with the at least one locking opening to enable locking of the housing from top.
[0038] In an embodiment, the at least one locking opening is configured between the side wall and a locking flap coupled to the corresponding side wall.
[0039] In an embodiment, the at least one locking member gets disengaged with the at least one locking opening to enable unlocking of the housing when the top wall moved from the closed position to an open position.
[0040] In an embodiment, the layer of glue can emit fragrance of food or eatable item in order to attract the pests in the box.
[0041] In an embodiment, each of the base, the at least two foldable side walls and the foldable top wall is having at least one foldable flap on their respective free ends to strengthen the housing.
[0042] In an embodiment, the housing having two openings at opposite ends of the housing.
[0043] The present invention envisages a pest trap (100) for catching pests, wherein the trap comprises at least a board having glue deposited on a portion of a surface thereof. Typically, the board is made from card board.
[0044] In accordance with an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, with reference to FIGs. 1-3, the envisaged pest trap (100) in its unassembled form comprises a foldable cardboard (101) organized into multiple panels in parallel, whereby the cardboard can be folded and assembled into a box (110).
[0045] It may be appreciated that the board is not intended to be limited to made from cardboard, but can be made from any suitable flexible material allowing the board to be folded into a box, all falling within the scope of the present invention.
[0046] Typically, the board (101) is divided into four parallel panels (102, 103, 104, 105) with creases there between to enable the board to be folded and assembled into a box (110) with two open sides which serve as entrances for the pest. Accordingly, the assembled box (110) comprises two side panels (103, 105), a panel forming the top or roof (102) of the box, and a panel forming the bottom or floor (104) of the box.
[0047] Without limiting the scope of the invention, and solely for the sake of brevity and understanding of the invention, the panel forming the top or roof (102) of the box will hereinafter be referred to as upper panel (102), and the panel forming the bottom or floor (104) of the box will hereinafter be referred to as lower panel (104).
[0048] It may be appreciated that in other exemplary embodiments, the board (101) can be organized into multiple panels in such a manner that any of the panels may form the top/roof, bottom/floor, and sides of the box, all falling within the scope of the present invention.
[0049] At least one panel has a layer of glue deposited on its surface. Referring to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, typically, the inner surface of the lower panel (104) forming the bottom or floor of the box may comprise a layer of glue deposited thereon to trap/catch the pest. When the pest walks in the box through any one of the two open sides, it gets stuck on the glue which makes the pest immobile thus trapping/catching the pest in the box (110). Additionally, the side panels (103, 105) of the box can also have glue deposited on their inner surfaces.
[0050] In order to facilitate packaging of the pest trap, the board (101) is folded into two halves from a central fold/crease (106) of the board and packed. Referring to FIG. 1, typically, the upper panel (102) and the side panel (103) constitute one-half of the board which is folded from the central fold/crease (106) over the other-half constituted by the lower panel (104) and the side panel (105). When the board (101) is folded into two halves as such, a possibility of the side panel (103) getting stuck on the glue on the lower panel (104) arises. In order to avoid this problem, the lower panel (104) with the glue has a separator patch (104a, 104b) on either of its ends. The separator patches (104a, 104b) prevent sticking of the lower panel (104) with the glue to any other panel when two halves of the board (101) are folded over each other. The separator patches (104a, 104b) on the lower panel (104) being glue free also facilitate the pest to walk in the box and eventually on the layer of glue. Additionally, the central fold/crease (106) of the board (101) may be in the form of double crease which also aids in preventing sticking of the panels during packaging. The double crease further enables convenient folding of the board in two halves which in turn enables convenient packaging. In an exemplary embodiment, at least one piece made of material such as plastic, wood etc. can be used to aid in preventing sticking of panels during Packaging.
[0051] Referring to FIGs. 1-3, the panels at the ends of the board i.e. the upper panel (102) and the side panel (105) may have locking mechanism for securely fastening the panels (102, 105) to hold the assembled box together. Plurality of locking mechanism (102a, 102b) comprises a top flap on the elongated edge of the upper panel (102), and a bottom flap (105c) on the elongated edge of the side panel (105). The bottom flap (105c) includes a set of slit (105d, 105e) that receives the plurality of locking mechanism (102a, 102b) of the upper panel when the board is folded and assembled into a box. The plurality of locking mechanism (102a, 102b) are inserted in the set of slit (105d, 105e) and thereafter ensured that the upper panel does not come out of the set of slit (105d, 105e), thereby locking the upper panel with side panel (105), as can be seen in FIG. 3.
[0052] Referring to FIG. 1-3, when the board (101) is folded into the box (110), another possibility of the box getting skewed sideways may arise. This sideways skewing of the box (110) may eventually lead to flattening and/or deformation of the box. In order to avoid this problem, the side panels are provided with reinforcement patches (103a, 103b, 105a, 105b) on either of their ends to provide stability to the box. The reinforcement patches (103a, 103b, 105a, 105b) provide sturdiness to the side panels (103, 105) which are in vertical position and prevent the side panels from skewing sideways. Typically, the side flaps (102d, 102e) get abutted to the reinforcement patches (103a, 103b, 105a, 105b) on the side panels (103, 105) which ensures that the box (110) does not skew sideways, thereby providing stability to the box. For example, when the panic-stricken mouse/pest trapped inside struggles to escape out of the housing the reinforcements patches (103a, 103b, 105a, 105b) on the side panels (103, 105) ensures that the box (110) does not skew sideways.
[0053] In other exemplary embodiments of the present invention, the box can include an attachment mechanism for attaching the box to any surface where the box is placed. The attachment mechanism can be in the form of Velcro, single/double sided tape, latch, and the like. For example, for the box to be placed on the floor of a house, the attachment mechanism would typically be on the outer surface of the lower panel of the box so as to affix the box onto the floor of the house.
[0054] In still other exemplary embodiments, a hook or a food holding element can also be provided on the upper panel of the box to attract the pest into the box.
[0055] In one more exemplary embodiment, the layer of glue can be a specially treated to smell like food/eatable in order to attract rats in the box.
[0056] It should be apparent to those skilled in the art that many more modifications besides those already described are possible without departing from the inventive concepts herein. The inventive subject matter, therefore, is not to be restricted except in the spirit of the appended claims. Moreover, in interpreting both the specification and the claims, all terms should be interpreted in the broadest possible manner consistent with the context. In particular, the terms “comprises” and “comprising” should be interpreted as referring to elements, components, or steps in a non-exclusive manner, indicating that the referenced elements, components, or steps may be present, or utilized, or combined with other elements, components, or steps that are not expressly referenced. Where the specification claims refers to at least one of something selected from the group consisting of A, B, C …. and N, the text should be interpreted as requiring only one element from the group, not A plus N, or B plus N, etc.
[0057] While the foregoing describes various embodiments of the invention, other and further embodiments of the invention may be devised without departing from the basic scope thereof. The scope of the invention is determined by the claims that follow. The invention is not limited to the described embodiments, versions or examples, which are included to enable a person having ordinary skill in the art to make and use the invention when combined with information and knowledge available to the person having ordinary skill in the art.

ADVANTAGES OF THE PRESENT DISCLOSURE
[0058] The present disclosure provides a pest trap that is lightweight and convenient to handle.
[0059] The present disclosure provides a pest trap that is stable and sturdy and does not deform at any instance.
[0060] The present disclosure provides a pest trap that can be easily packaged for transportation.
[0061] The present disclosure provides a pest trap that is cost efficient and easy to implement.
,CLAIMS:1. A pest trap comprising:
a housing having at least one opening, the housing comprises a base, at least two foldable side walls coupled to the base, and a foldable top wall coupled to one of the at least two side walls defining an enclosed space,
wherein any or a combination of the base and the at least two foldable side walls having a layer of gluedeposited thereon to trap or catch the pest when the pest enters in the enclosed space.
2. The pest trap as claimed in claim 1, wherein the top wall comprises at least one locking member projected at a free side end, and wherein another of the at least two side walls comprises at least one locking opening.
3. The pest trap as claimed in claim 2, wherein when the top wall is at a closed position the at least one locking member gets engaged with the at least one locking opening to enable locking of the housing from top.
4. The pest trap as claimed in claim 2, wherein the at least one locking opening is configured between the side wall and a locking flap coupled to the corresponding side wall.
5. The pest trap as claimed in claim 1, wherein the at least one locking member gets disengaged with the at least one locking opening to enable unlocking of the housing when the top wall moved from the closed position to an open position.
6. The pest trap as claimed in claim 1, wherein the layer of glue emits fragrance of food or eatable item in order to attract the pests in the box.
7. The pest trap as claimed in claim 1, wherein each of the base, the at least two foldable side walls and the foldable top wall is having at least one foldable flap on their respective free ends to strengthen the housing.
8. The pest trap as claimed in claim 1, wherein the housing having two openings at opposite ends of the housing.