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US 8,051,599 B2Granted
Percussive rodent trap
AssigneeTriple-T Machining Specialties, Inc.
InventorVernon J. Reitenbaugh, Sr.
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Abstract
A percussive rodent trap has an activation mechanism and a hammer for striking a percussive device when the activation mechanism is activated. A first safety moves the hammer mechanism to a cocked position and prevents it from being released from this cocked position. A second safety can be engaged after the first safety is engaged to prevent the activation mechanism from being activated when the first safety is removed. The second safety is easily removed after the trap is put in place without inadvertently activating the activation mechanism.
Claims10
A percussive trap comprising:
- (a) a case;
- (b) said case containing, a hammer mechanism which is movable between a cocked position and a release position where the hammer mechanism strikes a percussive device located in said trap;
- (c) an activation mechanism which releases said hammer mechanism from said cocked position;
- (d) a first safety which when engaged moves said hammer mechanism to the cocked position and simultaneously prevents said hammer mechanism from being released by said activation mechanism;
- (e) a trigger rod, projecting from within said case, which activates said activation mechanism when said trigger rod is moved along a path parallel to a longitudinal axis of the case from a set position, in which the trigger rod projects a first distance from the case, to a release position, in which the trigger rod projects a second distance from the case, the second distance being different from the first distance;
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- (f) a second safety, located nearer a first end of the case opposite the trigger rod than a second end of the case adjacent the trigger rod, a portion of the second safety is movable to block the path of the trigger rod from the set position to the release position.
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