Nuisance animal trap
OwnerJack J. Kennamer, Pierce M. Kennamerinventors
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Abstract
A trap with an access door assembly is designed to catch multiple nuisance animals in one setting. The trap in various embodiments includes a large box or retention cage with an opening on at least one side with a removable access door assembly coupled to the retention cage and in communication with the opening. A one-way entry door is provided in the door assembly designed such that once the animal has started through the door it cannot turn back. The animal continues through the one-way door and enters the retention cage via the opening. Once the retention cage is full or at another convenient time, the retention cage is removed from the access door assembly and replaced with another retention cage.
Claims20
A trap for a nuisance animal comprising:
- a retention chamber for retaining the animal;
- a gate mechanism in communication with the retention chamber through which the animal may enter the retention chamber, the gate mechanism being operational in a first direction to allow for ingress of the animal along a path through the gate mechanism and inhibit egress of the animal therefrom once in the gate mechanism.
A trap for a nuisance animal comprising:
- a retention chamber for retaining the animal;
- a gate mechanism in communication with the retention chamber through which the animal may enter the retention chamber, the gate mechanism being operational in a first direction to allow for ingress of the animal along a path through the gate mechanism and inhibit egress of the animal therefrom once in the gate mechanism;
- a rotating assembly having a plurality of sets of spaced rods wherein the animal is positioned between a pair of adjacent sets spaced rods when in the gate mechanism;
- a shaft mounted for rotation in the first direction, the plurality of sets of spaced rods being mounted to the shaft for rotation in the first direction;
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- a plurality of spaced retention bars extending generally parallel to the path and juxtaposed to the rotating assembly to inhibit the animal from escaping from the trap when in the gate mechanism.
A trap for a nuisance animal comprising:
- a retention chamber for retaining the animal;
- a gate mechanism in communication with the retention chamber through which the animal may enter the retention chamber, the gate mechanism being operational in a first direction to allow for ingress of the animal along a path through the gate mechanism and inhibit egress of the animal therefrom once in the gate mechanism;
- a rotating assembly having a plurality of sets of spaced rods wherein the animal is positioned between a pair of adjacent sets spaced rods when in the gate mechanism;
- a shaft mounted for rotation in the first direction, the plurality of sets of spaced rods being mounted to the shaft for rotation in the first direction;
- a plurality of spaced retention bars extending generally parallel to the path and juxtaposed to the rotating assembly to inhibit the animal from escaping from the trap when in the gate mechanism, wherein each of the plurality of spaced retention bars is interleaved between a pair of adjacent ones of the plurality of spaced rods;
- a ratchet;
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- a pawl engageable with the ratchet to provide for the gate mechanism operation in the first direction and inhibit operation of the gate mechanism in a second, opposite direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.