Fishing – trapping – and vermin destroying – Traps – Self and ever set
Patent
1978-12-20
1980-07-29
Whitehead, Harold D.
Fishing, trapping, and vermin destroying
Traps
Self and ever set
A01K 6906
Patent
active
042143993
ABSTRACT:
Apparatus for trapping rodents or other parasitic animals is disclosed. The apparatus is inexpensive to manufacture and includes unique features which add to the efficiency while at the same time reducing the danger to children or pets from the action of the trap apparatus or the trapped and vicious animal. The apparatus includes a cylindrical container or drum which lays on its side and is open on at least one end. Rails or feet are welded to the outside of the drum for purposes of maintaining the drum in a selected position. A close-fitting end piece which can be secured to the open end of the drum includes a heavy wire mesh basket attached thereto so that the wire mesh basket is inside the drum when the end piece is in place. A passage through the end piece connects the interior of the basket to the outside. Located in the passage is a one-way control device which will allow the animal to enter the basket from the outside but will not allow passage from the basket to the outside. Bait or other food attractive to the animal is located within the drum, but not within the basket itself. Thus, the bait or food is never consumed and must only be changed or renewed when it becomes ineffective. Once an animal is trapped, the basket-end-piece combination is simply removed from the drum with the trapped animal and replaced with an unoccupied basket. The trapped animal may then easily be exterminated such as by drowning.
REFERENCES:
patent: 729786 (1903-06-01), McDaniel
patent: 1231501 (1917-06-01), Czeczel
patent: 1618513 (1927-02-01), Coghill
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