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 utilizes 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.
Claims20
An animal kill trap comprising:
- an enclosure that comprises
- an upper lid, and
- a trap mechanism;
- and,
- wherein said trap mechanism comprises
- a kill bar,
- two lid reset arms, and
- two linkage members, such that each lid reset arm of said two lid reset arms comprises one of said two 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 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.
The animal kill trap as claimed in claim 16, wherein the tumbler acts as a first stage of a trigger and translates linear force to a downwards rotational force, directly in line with a center of a pivot point of the sear that is falling or a second stage trigger mechanism thereby translating minimal stored energy in the spring-loaded bar to an end of the sear, wherein it engages with the upwardly sprung treadle thus ensuring consistent triggering force due to lack of frictional effects at an interface between the upwardly sprung treadle and the sear.
The animal kill trap as claimed in claim 16, wherein
- a ramp is utilized on top of the sear, wherein the tumbler contacts and engages with the sear;
- or
- the sear is a lever engaged on a shelf on the upwardly sprung treadle having a pivot point directly below a location at which a load is being retained by way of the tumbler;
- or
- the wire form, when in a fully open position, over-rotates the tumbler rearward, this in turn acts on the sear, causing the sear to lift sufficiently high that the upwardly sprung treadle then springs upwards and allows the trap mechanism to reset;
- or
- when the upper lid is motioned forward into a closed position, the tumbler acts against the sear to move it forward in turn causing the sear to engage with the upwardly sprung treadle, and thus correspondingly locks the tumbler into position;
- or
- when the upper lid is rotated into the closed position, the wire form, kill bar and tumbler lock into their respective positions and act upon the sear, thereby causing the sear to fall and engage with the upwardly sprung treadle;
- or
- a triggering point is raised substantially that upon closure of the upper lid, a trigger mechanism resets such that the sear is in engagement with the upwardly sprung treadle in a locked configuration and wherein, the triggering point is a leading edge of the upwardly sprung treadle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.