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US 4,682,440 AGranted
Animal trap
OwnerRobert F. Hunterinventor
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Abstract
A simplified and effective trap for small animals is illustrated utilizing positive linkage means for dislodging or actuating a trip mechanism to permit a cage door to fall by gravity and utilizing a gravity actuated latch for locking the door in lowered closed position.
Claims4
A small animal trap having a cage with a bottom, a top, a back, an open front and sides joining the top, bottom and back, said small animal trap comprising:
- a trap door hingedly affixed to the top of the cage at the front thereof, said trap door having a front bottom edge;
- a pair of upright posts carried exteriorly of the back of the cage;
- a lever pivotally mounted in the back of said cage at the center of the lever and balanced therein, said lever having a first end in the cage with a tray thereon for bait and a spaced opposite second end movably positioned between the pair of posts;
- a trip rod extending between said first pair of posts;
- a cord having a first end affixed adjacent the front bottom edge of said trap door and a spaced opposite second end affixed to said trip rod;
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- linkage means moved responsive to movement of said opposite second end of said lever dislodging said trip rod from between said posts.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.