A - Human Necessities – 01 – M
Patent
A - Human Necessities
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M
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A01M 23/00 (2006.01) A01M 23/18 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 1093301
ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE A single use disposable animal trap particularly suited for entrapment of rodents and the like. The trap comprises a housing defining an enclosure and having an entrance opening formed therein; a door member pivotally mounted with the enclosure to move between positions allowing closure of -the entrance opening and access through said entrance opening; trigger means pivotally mounted within the enclosure to cam -the door member into a position blocking access through the entrance opening; and means for maintaining the door member in blocking relation to the entrance opening, thereby to prevent the door member from moving to a position allowing access through the entrance opening after the door member has blocked access therethrough wherein the trigger means comprise: a forward cam portion formed of a flat plate-like body member; an inclined plane portion formed of a flat plate-like body member, the portions joining each other at an abtuse angle; and pivot means mounting the trigger means for pivotal movement within the enclosure at the juncture of said portions, -the door member surmounting the forward cam portion, and the inclined plane portion extending upwardly and rearwardly of the enclosure when the trap is in the set position, an animal entering the trap and exerting force by virtue of its weight on -the inclined plane portion causing the trigger means to pivot about the pivot means, the inclined plane portion moving downwardly within the enclosure and the forward cam portion moving upwardly to the cam the door member into blocking relation to the entrance, and wherein the maintaining means comprises a lateral ledge formed on the inner wall of the door member medially thereof, the ledge having a surface forming a shoulder which abuts the forward edge of the forward cam portion to prevent downward movement of the forward cam portion within the enclosure after the door member has blocked access to the entrance opening.
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Marks & Clerk
Woodstream Corporation
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