Animal trap holder
OwnerWesley T. Millerinventor
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Abstract
A holder for animal traps of the Conibear type utilizing resilient fingers mounted upon an elongated body adapted to be supported on a stake. The fingers include recesses wherein the jaws of the trap are received in the recesses to support the trap in a predetermined manner when set, and upon release the holder fingers do not interfere with the trap operation and the trap structure is automatically released from the holder.
Claims10
In combination, a trap including a pair of spring biased jaws held in spaced relationship when the trap is set and initially moving away from each other upon the trap being released, a holder body, and trap jaw engaging means defined on said body adapted to receive and hold the associated trap jaws for support of the trap, said means supporting the trap when set and releasing the associated jaws when the trap is sprung.
A holder for animal traps wherein the trap includes a pair of spring biased jaws held in spaced relationship when the trap is set and initially moving away from each other upon the trap being released comprising, in combination, an elongated body, stake mounting means defined on said body, first and second pairs of resilient fingers mounted on said body, and jaw engaging means defined on each finger open in the direction of jaw movement at trap release, a finger of each pair adapted to engage one trap jaw and a finger of each pair adapted to engage the other trap jaw.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.