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US 2018/0160674 A1Published application
Deadfall Trap Apparatus and Method
OwnerArthur J. Elftmann, JR.inventor
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Abstract
A deadfall device for capturing targeted animals. The device is a manually set survival tool that can be selective used to capture or crush a small animal.
Claims16
A deadfall trap apparatus for capturing an animal for survival comprising:
- a body portion, the body portion comprising a channel having first and second spaced apart walls connected by a web, a trigger pivot point aperture extending on the same axis through both walls of the body and a load support pivot point aperture extending on the same axis through both walls of the body;
- a pivoting trigger release further comprising a trigger pivot point pin pivotally carried in the trigger pivot point aperture on the spaced apart walls of the body;
- a releasable trigger element in contact with the pivoting trigger release when the deadfall trap apparatus is “set” and the releasable trigger element not in contact with the pivoting trigger release when the deadfall trap is “tripped”;
- a pivotable load support further comprising a load support pivot point pin pivotally carried in the load support pivot point apertures formed in the spaced apart walls of the body of the deadfall trap apparatus;
- a linkage rod connecting the releasable trigger element to a linkage attachment point at one end of the pivotable load support.
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A deadfall trap device having a bi-directional trigger assembly including a pivoting trigger release, capable of rotating clockwise and counterclockwise, in contact with a releasable trigger element when the deadfall trap device is “set,” the trigger assembly comprising:
- the pivoting trigger release having a downwardly extending portion and an upwardly extending portion;
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- the releasable trigger element having a first adjacent surface and a second adjacent surface wherein the downwardly extending portion of the pivoting trigger release is in contact with the first adjacent surface of the releasable trigger element when the deadfall trap is set whereby the deadfall trap will be “sprung” when the pivoting trigger release is rotated clockwise relative to the position of the releasable trigger element resulting in the downwardly extending portion of the pivoting trigger release contacting the first adjacent surface of the of the releasable trigger element and urging the first contact surface of the pivoting trigger release to disengage from the second contact surface of the releasable trigger element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.