Animal kill trap
AssigneeREWILD Limited
InventorNicholas Paul David Jones
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Abstract
Described herein is an animal kill trap. More specifically, an improved animal trap configured for trapping and humanely killing small mammalian predators. The trap comprises an integrated enclosure which utilises the lid for setting the trap mechanism, and additionally acts as a safety mechanism wherein when the lid is the open position, the trap is deactivated and thus avoiding any harm to the user. The trap comprises a tunnel architecture which is appealing to the predators, and additionally has a capture flag to indicate when a predator has been captured.
Claims34
An animal kill trap comprising:
- an enclosure that comprises:
- an upper lid that is hinged at a front end of the animal kill trap,
- a trap mechanism configured to be opened and non-triggerable until the upper lid is in a closed position thereby allowing baiting and inspection of the animal kill trap without risk of injury to a user by accidental triggering of the animal kill trap,
- wherein utilization of the upper lid of the animal kill trap acts as a lever to reduce a force required to set or empty the animal kill trap;
- and,
- wherein the trap mechanism comprises:
- a kill bar, and
- two lid reset arms and two sliding and slotted linkage members, such that each lid reset arm of said two lid reset arms comprises one of said two sliding and slotted linkage members located on either side of the kill bar and attached to the upper lid,
- wherein the kill bar is mechanically linked to the upper lid by way of said two sliding and slotted linkage members located on either side of the kill bar.
The animal kill trap as claimed 1, wherein the upper lid is over-centered to ensure that the kill bar is locked in a deactivated position when the upper lid is in an open position.
The animal kill trap as claimed in claimed 1, wherein the upper lid comprises an integrated lever system comprising said lever that sets and releases the animal kill trap in order for said upper lid to reduce said force required to set or empty the animal kill trap.
The animal kill trap as claimed in claimed 1, wherein the animal kill trap further comprises a visible indicator to confirm that the animal kill trap has been activated.
The animal kill trap as claimed in claimed 1, wherein said trap mechanism further comprises an upwardly sprung treadle to activate the animal kill trap which is configured to be activated by an animal by weight.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.