Cage trap trip mechanism and assembly method
AssigneeWoodstream Corporation
InventorAndrew Joseph Gauker
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Abstract
A live animal trap comprises a cage assembly defining an interior space accessible via at least one entrance, a door assembly and a trigger assembly. The cage assembly includes a floor, a pair of opposed side walls, a rear wall and a top wall removably connected to the pair of side walls and the rear wall. The door assembly includes a door pivotally mounted to the cage assembly and movable between a closed position and an open position for selectively opening and closing the at least one entrance. The trigger assembly includes a trigger arranged within the interior space of the cage assembly. A first linkage of the trap is removably attached to the door assembly in an operating position. The first linkage is adapted to engage with the trigger assembly to hold the door in the open position.
Claims15
An animal trap, comprising:
- a cage assembly defining an interior space accessible via at least one entrance, including:
- a floor;
- a pair of opposed side walls;
- a rear wall;
- and
- a top wall removably connected to the pair of side walls and the rear wall, the top wall includes a recessed platform and a raised perimeter wall, the recessed platform defining clips;
- a door assembly including a door pivotally mounted to the cage assembly and movable between a closed position and an open position for selectively opening and closing the at least one entrance;
- a trigger assembly including a trigger arranged within the interior space of the cage assembly;
- and
- a first linkage removably attached to the door assembly in an operating position, and adapted to engage with the trigger assembly to hold the door in the open position,
- wherein:
- the trap is reconfigured between an operative configuration and a storage configuration, in the operative configuration, the first linkage is held by and is operatively connected to a trigger linkage and a rod,
- in the storage configuration, the first linkage is removed from the trigger linkage and the rod and is removably held in place by the clips,
- a recessed nature of the recessed platform ensures that the first linkage remains below the top surface of the perimeter wall while the trap is in the storage configuration.
An animal trap, comprising:
- a cage defining an interior space and including:
- a wire mesh floor, a pair of wire mesh side walls, a wire mesh rear wall;
- and
- a polymer top wall removably attached to at least one of the rear wall or the side walls, the polymer top wall includes a recessed platform and a raised perimeter wall, the recessed platform defining clips;
- an intermediate linkage;
- a trigger linkage;
- a door mounted to the cage and adapted to selectively open and close an entrance of the trap to the interior space;
- and
- a trigger assembly operatively connectable to the door and adapted to hold the door in an open position,
- wherein:
- the trap includes an ability to switch between an operative configuration and a storage configuration,
- in the operative configuration, the intermediate linkage is held by and is operatively connected to the trigger linkage and a linkage rod,
- in the storage configuration, the intermediate linkage is removed from the trigger linkage and linkage rod and is removably held in place by the clips, and
- a recessed nature of the recessed platform ensures that the intermediate linkage remains below the top surface of the perimeter wall while the trap is in the storage configuration.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.