Mole trap
AssigneeMole Monster, Inc.
InventorsDavid Hagen, Patrick Destefano, Jr.
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Abstract
A trap for exterminating moles has a support adapted for placement on the ground to support the trap in an upright position generally above the ground. An impingement device is operatively connected to the support for motion relative to the support for capturing the mole. A barrel mounted on the support in a generally vertical position is adapted for slidably receiving a portion of the impingement device in a retracted position. An explosion chamber receives an explosive force and directs the explosive force generally downward against the portion of the impingement device received in the barrel to drive the impingement device rapidly downward to an extended position. A trigger mechanism triggers an explosion producing the explosive force.
Claims19
A trap for use in exterminating moles comprising:
- a support adapted for placement on the ground to support the trap in an upright position generally above the ground;
- an impingement device operatively connected to the support for motion relative to the support for capturing the mole;
- a barrel mounted on the support in a generally vertical position when the trap is in the upright position, the barrel being adapted for slidably receiving a portion of the impingement device in a retracted position of the impingement device, the barrel defining an explosion chamber for receiving an explosive force and directing the explosive force generally downward against the portion of the impingement device received in the barrel to drive the impingement device rapidly downward to an extended position;
- a trigger mechanism for triggering an explosion producing said explosive force.
A trap for use in exterminating moles comprising:
- a support adapted for placement on the ground to support the trap in an upright position generally above the ground;
- an impingement device operatively connected to the support for motion relative to the support to capture the mole, the impingement device including a thrust plate and sharpened pins depending from the thrust plate in the upright position of the trap, the pins being arranged in an array of at least two rows, each row including a multiplicity of the pins;
- a trigger mechanism for triggering rapid movement of the impingement device relative to the support for impaling the mole on one or more of the pins arranged in said array;
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- an explosive device housed in an explosion chamber arranged with respect to the trigger mechanism for generating an explosive force causing said rapid movement of the impingement device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.