SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ANIMAL TRAPPING

• US 20160192638A1
• Filed: 03/16/2016
• Published: 07/07/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 01/11/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Jager Pro LLC
• Original Assignee: Jager Pro LLC
• Inventors: PINKSTON, RODNEY GENE
• Granted Patent: US 9,814,228 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A01M 23/00 Traps for animals
• CPC Class Codes: A01M 23/16 Box traps
• CPC Class Codes: A01M 23/20 with dropping doors or slides
• CPC Class Codes: A01M 31/00 Hunting appliances
• CPC Class Codes: A01M 31/002 Detecting animals in a given area
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 29/00 Combinations of cameras, projectors or photographic printing apparatus with non-photographic non-optical apparatus, e.g. clocks or weapons; Cameras having the shape of other objects combinations with flash apparatus G03B15/03
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/33 Transforming infrared radiation cameras or camera modules for generating image signals from infrared radiation H04N23/20; circuitry of SSIS for transforming infrared radiation into image signals H04N25/20
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/188 Capturing isolated or intermittent images triggered by the occurrence of a predetermined event, e.g. an object reaching a predetermined position signal generation from motion picture films H04N5/253
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 999/99 dummy group

Abstract

A trap for capturing a plurality of animals is provided. The trap can comprise an enclosure having an opening through which the at least one animal can pass to enter the enclosure. A gate, movable between an open position and a closed position, is positioned therein the at least one opening and can be selectively moved from the open position to the closed position when desired. Methods are also provided for capturing at least one animal by providing a trap with a gate, positioning the gate in an open position, monitoring the trap until at least one animal has entered the trap, and remotely triggering the gate to move from the open position to a closed position.

Claims

1. A trapping system for capturing at least one wild animal, comprising:

an enclosure having at least one portion that is movable between an open position that permits passage of at least one wild animal into the enclosure and a closed position that restricts passage of at least one wild animal out of the enclosure;

at least one transmitter configured to transmit a signal;

a motion sensor in communication with a first transmitter of the at least one transmitter, wherein the motion-sensor is configured to detect the presence of at least one wild animal within the enclosure and to activate the first transmitter to transmit a signal upon such detection of at least one wild animal within the enclosure;

a control mechanism configured to receive a signal from the at least one transmitter;

a release mechanism in communication with the control mechanism and configured to effect movement of the at least one portion of the enclosure from the open position to the closed position in response to receipt of the signal by the control mechanism.

2. The trapping system of claim 1, further comprising:

a relay in operative communication with the control mechanism;

a solenoid positioned in operative communication with the relay and operatively coupled to the release mechanism; and

a battery in operative communication with the relay and the control mechanism,

wherein in response to receipt of the signal from the at least one transmitter, the control mechanism is configured to send an output signal to the relay, the relay is configured to trigger the battery to send a direct current output to the solenoid, and the solenoid is configured to trigger the release mechanism to move the at least one portion of the enclosure to the closed position.

3. The trapping system of claim 1, wherein the at least one transmitter comprises at least one of a computer, a wireless handheld device, a remote control, a user interface, a telephone, or a camera.

4. The trapping system of claim 1, wherein the first transmitter is configured to transmit the signal received by the control mechanism.

5. The trapping system of claim 1, wherein the at least one transmitter further comprises a second transmitter configured to receive the signal from the first transmitter and configured to transmit the signal received by the control mechanism.

6. The trapping system of claim 5, wherein the second transmitter comprises a display device.

7. The trapping system of claim 6, wherein the display device comprises at least one of a computer, a wireless handheld device, a remote control, a user interface, a telephone, or a camera.

8. The trapping system of claim 6, wherein the first transmitter is configured to transmit an image of the at least one wild animal within the enclosure to the display device.

9. The trapping system of claim 8, wherein the first transmitter comprises a camera assembly.

10. The trapping system of claim 9, wherein the camera assembly comprises the motion sensor.

11. The trapping system of claim 4, wherein the at least one transmitter further comprises a display device, wherein the first transmitter is configured to send a first signal to the display device, the display device is configured to send a second signal to the first transmitter, and the first transmitter is configured to send a third signal to the control mechanism.

12. The trapping system of claim 1, wherein the at least one transmitter is configured for wireless communication with the control mechanism.

13. The trapping system of claim 7, wherein the display device comprises a telephone, wherein the control mechanism comprises a telephone controller, and wherein the telephone is configured to transmit the signal to the telephone controller.

14. The trapping system of claim 13, wherein the telephone controller is configured to receive the signal from the telephone and wherein the release mechanism is configured to effect movement of the at least one portion of the enclosure from the open position to the closed position in response to the received signal from the telephone.

15. The trapping system of claim 14, wherein the signal transmitted by the telephone is a telephone call.

16. A method for capturing at least one wild animal, comprising:

moving at least one portion of an enclosure from an open position that permits passage of at least one wild animal into the enclosure to a closed position that restricts passage of at least one wild animal out of the enclosure, wherein the enclosure comprises a release mechanism that is configured to effect movement of the at least one portion of the enclosure from the open position to the closed position, and wherein the release mechanism effects movement of the at least one portion of the enclosure from the open position to the closed position upon receipt of a signal from a control mechanism that is in communication with and configured to receive a signal from at least one transmitter in response to detection of the presence of at least one wild animal within the enclosure by a motion sensor in communication with the at least one transmitter.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the at least one transmitter comprises at least one of a computer, a wireless handheld device, a remote control, a user interface, a telephone, or a camera.

18. The method of claim 16, wherein the at least one transmitter comprises a first transmitter and a second transmitter, wherein the first transmitter transmits a signal to the second transmitter, and wherein the second transmitter transmits the signal received by the control mechanism.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the second transmitter comprises a display device.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the first transmitter comprises a camera assembly.

21. The method of claim 19, wherein the first transmitter transmits an image of the at least one detected wild animal within the enclosure to the display device.

22. The method of claim 19, wherein the first transmitter sends a first signal to the display device, the display device sends a second signal to the first transmitter, and the first transmitter sends a third signal to the control mechanism.

23. The method of claim 20, wherein the camera assembly comprises the motion sensor.

24. The method of claim 16, wherein the at least one transmitter comprises a first transmitter and a plurality of display devices, and wherein the first transmitter transmits the first signal to the plurality of display devices.

25. The method of claim 16, wherein the at least one transmitter comprises a telephone that transmits the signal to the control mechanism, and wherein the control mechanism comprises a telephone controller.

26. A trapping system for capturing at least one wild animal, comprising:

an enclosure having at least one portion that is movable between an open position that permits passage of at least one wild animal into the enclosure and a closed position that restricts passage of at least one wild animal out of the enclosure;

at least one transmitter configured to transmit a signal;

a motion sensor in communication with a first transmitter of the at least one transmitter, wherein the motion-sensor is configured to detect the presence of at least one wild animal within the enclosure and to activate the first transmitter to transmit a signal upon such detection of at least one wild animal within the enclosure;

a control mechanism configured to receive a signal from the at least one transmitter;

a release mechanism in communication with the control mechanism and configured to effect movement of the at least one portion of the enclosure from the open position to the closed position in response to receipt of the signal by the control mechanism;

a relay in operative communication with the control mechanism;

a solenoid positioned in operative communication with the relay and operatively coupled to the release mechanism; and

a battery in operative communication with the relay and the control mechanism,

wherein in response to receipt of the signal from the at least one transmitter, the control mechanism is configured to send an output signal to the relay, the relay is configured to trigger the battery to send a direct current output to the solenoid, and the solenoid is configured to trigger the release mechanism to move the at least one portion of the enclosure to the closed position.