Animal trap
AssigneeStephen Albano
InventorStephen Albano
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Abstract
An animal trap including jaws rotatably coupled together at a distal end, each of the jaws having one or more portions that are transverse to a longitudinal axis of the animal trap, a spring axially mounted substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the animal trap, the spring being configured to provide a rotating force to one or more of the jaws, and a pan hinged on one of the one or more transverse portions and configured to restrain a trip wire when pressure is applied to the pan releasing the rotating force provided by the spring and causing one or more of the plurality of jaws to rotate together.
Claims12
An animal trap, comprising:
- a first jaw segment having a first transverse portion formed at a first proximal end of the first jaw segment and a spring loop disposed at a first distal end of the first jaw segment;
- a second jaw segment having a second transverse portion disposed at a second proximal end of the second jaw segment and also having a third transverse portion disposed at a second distal end, the second jaw segment being rotatably coupled to the first proximal end;
- a spring axially mounted on a longitudinal axis of the first jaw segment and secured by a spring loop, the spring providing a rotating force;
- a pan hinged on the transverse portion at the distal end of the frame, a plane in which the pan lies being disposed substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the first jaw segment;
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- a trip wire having a distal end rotatably mounted on the first transverse portion and a proximal end restrained by the pan, the trip wire being released when pressure is applied to the pan causing the first jaw segment and the second jaw segment to close together.
An animal trap, comprising:
- a plurality of jaws rotatably coupled together at a distal end, each of the plurality of jaws having one or more portions that are transverse to a longitudinal axis of the animal trap;
- a spring axially mounted substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the animal trap, the spring being configured to provide a rotating force to one or more of the plurality of jaws;
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- a pan hinged on one of the one or more portions that are transverse to the longitudinal axis and configured to restrain a trip wire when pressure is applied to the pan releasing the rotating force provided by the spring and causing one or more of the plurality of jaws to rotate together.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.