Animal trap lifting apparatus
OwnerDavid Knaakinventor
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Abstract
An apparatus for selectively lifting an animal trap to an above-the-ground disposition as an incident of an animal being caught in the trap. The apparatus includes structure defining a vertical slide, structure for disposing the slide to extend in an upright manner from the ground, a lift element slidably carried on the slide, structure for connecting the trap to the lift element, and structure responsive to an animal being trapped by the trap to rapidly slide the lift element from a preselected lower position on the slide to an upper position wherein the trap is disposed above the ground.
Claims10
Apparatus for selectively lifting an animal trap to an above-the-ground disposition as an incident of an animal being caught in the trap, and apparatus comprising:
- means defining a vertical slide;
- means for disposing the slide to extend in an upright manner from the ground;
- a lift element slidably carried on said slide;
- means for connecting an animal trap to said lift element;
- and
- means responsive to an animal being trapped by said trap to rapidly slide said lift element from a preselected lower position on said slide to an upper position, said connecting means being arranged to permit the trap to be disposed on the ground for trapping an animal when the lift element is in said lower position and to dispose the trap in an above-the-ground position when the lift element is in said upper position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.