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On August 21, 1882, James Alexander Williams from Fredonia, San Saba County, Texas filed United States patent No.269,766. for a mousetrap incorporating a handgun, "by which animals which burrow in the ground can be destroyed".[1][2]
The patent application suggests that the device might also be used to kill or injure "any person or thing" that opens the door or window that it is attached to.[1]
The patent application was approved on December 26, 1882[1] and James Alexander Williams said "The object of my invention is to provide a means by which animals who burrow in the ground can be destroyed, and which the trap will give an alarm each time that it goes off, so that it can be reset."[2]
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patentwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b "US269766.pdf" (PDF). Google Patents. August 21, 1882. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 13, 2024. Retrieved December 17, 2024.
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