Mole trap and method of operation therefor

A mole trap comprising:

• a housing, said housing having two legs with an archway therebetween, said housing including a first housing portion and a second housing portion connected together, said first and second housing portions having first and second posts internal to said housings, respectively;
• a release component moveably mounted on said first post;
• a trigger moveably mounted on said second post;
• said housing portions when coupled to one another along their respective edges defining a substantially closed inner chamber therebetween, said trigger and said release component being enclosed within said inner chamber;
• and
• a tine assembly including a plurality of tines and a spring, said spring being positioned within said archway and extending generally parallel with and spaced in between said legs,

A mole trap comprising:

• a spring;
• a first shaft and a second shaft arranged parallel and adjacent one another, said first shaft connected to a trigger pad, said second shaft being spring loaded by said spring and moveable with respect to said first shaft, said spring loaded second shaft operably connected to a plurality of tines;
• a release component and a trigger, said release component being operative to hold said trigger in a set position, said trigger being operative to hold said spring loaded second shaft and said plurality of tines in said set position, said first shaft being operable to displace said release component in response to upward force applied to said trigger pad, said release component being operable to release said trigger in response to said displacement, and said trigger being operable to release said spring loaded second shaft;
• a housing substantially encasing said release component and said trigger;
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• first and second mounting structures internal to said molded housing, said release component being moveably mounted on said first mounting structure, and said trigger being moveably mounted on said second mounting structure.

A mole trap comprising:

• a molded housing including a first molded housing portion and a second molded housing portion, at least one of said first and second housing portions including at least two molded posts;
• a trigger and a release plate, each of said trigger and said release plate being pivotally mounted upon one of said at least two molded posts, said trigger and said release plate being substantially encased within said molded housing;
• and
• a tine assembly including at least a first tine shaft and a second tine shaft, a compression spring, a tine body with a central aperture and a plurality of elongated tines extending downwardly from said tine body;
• and
• said trigger being operative to hold said second tine shaft in a set position when the second tine shaft is pulled upwardly relative to said first tine shaft, and said release plate being operative to hold said trigger in said set position.