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US 4,393,616 AGranted
Trap apparatus, and methods of fabricating and utilizing same
AssigneeCritter Getter, Inc.
InventorsGilbert T. Kaufman, Alfred Evans
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Abstract
A device for live trapping of rodent and other small animals including a ramp up which the animal walks to reach a food pellet. Upon doing so the animal traps himself and cannot get out until released.
Claims16
An animal trap comprising:
- a housing forming an elongated chamber and having forward and rear walls;
- an opening in said forward wall for entry of an animal to be trapped;
- a platform member within said chamber and extending substantially the full length and width of said chamber, but being spaced from the walls of said cahmber sufficiently to permit pivoting therein about a horizontal axis from a first condition in which said platform slopes upwardly from said opening to a second condition in which said platform slopes downwardly with respect to said opening;
- means pivotally mounting said platform member within said chamber at a point spaced along said platform, whereby said platform can pivot about a horizontal axis;
- an indicator mounted on said platform and moveable thereby to indicate the condition of said platform with respect to said opening and to thus give an indication that an animal may be trapped in said trap;
- a locking device attached to said platform and operable to lock said platform in said second condition;
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- said indicator operably cooperating with said locking device and being movable by a user of said trap to unlock said locking device in said second condition.
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An animal trap comprising:
- a housing forming an elongated chamber and having forward and rear walls;
- an opening in said forward wall for entry of an animal to be trapped;
- a platform member within said chamber and extending substantially the full length and width of said chamber, but being spaced from the walls of said chamber sufficiently to permit pivoting therein about a horizontal axis from a first condition in which said platform slopes upwardly from said opening to a second condition in which said platform slopes downwardly with respect to said opening;
- means pivotally mounting said platform member within said chamber at a point spaced along said platform, whereby said platform can pivot about a horizontal axis;
- an indicator connected to said platform and moveable thereby to indicate the condition of said platform with respect to said opening and to thus give an indication that an animal may be trapped in said trap;
- said indicator comprising an elongated member attached to said platform and moveable therewith;
- means forming an opening in the upper wall of said chamber;
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- said indicator projecting through said opening and being moveable vertically therethrough upon movememnt of said platform.
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An animal trap comprising:
- a housing forming an elongated chamber and having forward and rear walls;
- an opening in said forward wall for entry of an animal to be trapped;
- a platform member within said chamber and extending substantially the full length and width of said chamber, but being spaced from the walls of said chamber sufficiently to permit pivoting therein about a horizontal axis from a first condition in which said platform slopes upwardly from said opening to a second condition in which said platform slopes downwardly with respect to said opening;
- means pivotally mounting said platform member within said chamber at a point spaced along said platform, whereby said platform can pivot about a horizontal axis;
- an indicator connected to said platform and moveable thereby to indicate the condition of said platform with respect to said opening and to thus give an indication that an animal may be trapped in said trap;
- a locking device attached to said platform and operable to lock said platform in said second position;
- said locking device comprising a detent member connected to said platform and moveable therewith from a first position to a second position;
- an opening for said detent member positioned in alignment with said detent member, when said detent member is in said second position;
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- means for urging said detent member into said opening when in alignment therewith.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.