US 3,936,973 AGranted

Animal trap

OwnerWalter Larocqueinventor

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Abstract

An animal trap comprising a pair of open frame rectangular sections hinged together by one side thereof and having a heavy duty spring normally biassing the frames towards one another. A trigger and bait holder or assembly is provided to hold the frames apart in the set position and includes a first member pivoted by one end thereof to one of the frames and engaging a cross bar of the other frame by the other end thereof. A second member is pivoted to the other end and extends upwardly between the open frames and bait may be impaled on the distal end. The other end by which it is pivotally secured to the first member, projects downwardly and also engages the cross bar so that if the second member is pivoted or moved slightly by an animal attempting to remove the bait, the first member is rocked clear of the bar thus allowing the trap to be sprung. A cover can be incorporated which covers the trap and the animal when the trap is sprung, thus protecting the pelt.

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Dependent claims

An animal trap comprising in combination a base frame section and a movable section hingedly secured by one side thereof to one side of said base section, spring means co-operating between said sections normally urging said sections towards one another to a trap sprung position and a combination trigger and bait holding assembly operatively connected between said sections to releasably hold said movable section at an angle from said base section in a trap set position against the pressure of said spring means, said trigger and bait holding assembly including a first member pivotally secured by one end thereof to one of said sections and being detachably engageable with the other of said sections to hold said sections in the trap set position, and a second member pivotally secured by adjacent one end thereof to adjacent the other end of said first member and engaging said other of said sections by said one end thereof whereby said other end of said second member extends within the angle formed by said sections when in the trap set position and bait holding means on said other end of said second member, said second member co-operating with said first member and said other section to release said first member from said other section when said other end of said second member is moved a pre-determined amount.

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