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Animal trap for capturing burrowing animals

  • US 4,187,634 A
  • Filed: 05/18/1978
  • Issued: 02/12/1980
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/18/1978
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A trap for capturing burrowing animals which is disposable within a tunnel formed by said animals, the trap comprising:

  • a body member having an open entry end and an end opposite said entry end, and including upper and lower roof and floor portions, respectively;

    a trigger mechanism disposed near the opposite end of the body member, the trigger mechanism including a transverse trigger plate disposed within the interior of the body member in the path an animal would follow through the trap, the trigger mechanism further including means for mounting the trigger plate for pivotal movement and a trigger rod carried by the mounting means at one end of said trigger rod;

    gate means carried by the body member for closing the entry end of the body member, the trigger rod extending longitudinally of the body member to engage the gate means when the trap is in a set conformation; and

    ,spring means carried by the body member for holding the gate mean under tension in the set conformation, displacement of the trigger rod on pivotal movement of the trigger releasing the gate means to allow the spring means to force said gate means into a position blocking the entry end of the body member, said trigger plate having a pad of soft material disposed on the side thereof opposing said open entry end.

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