Fishing – trapping – and vermin destroying – Traps – Impaling or smiting
Patent
1987-10-22
1988-08-30
Crosby, Gene P.
Fishing, trapping, and vermin destroying
Traps
Impaling or smiting
43 61, A01M 2330
Patent
active
047666927
ABSTRACT:
An animal trap of the guillotine type primarily for the capture of mice comprises a housing with an opening for the forebody of an animal. The trap includes a spring biased guillotine member mounted in tracks in a pair of parallel uprights on opposite sides of the opening such that a guillotine member is able to reciprocate between open and closed positions in relation to the opening in the housing. The guillotine member includes detents for releasably engaging the housing assembly and holding the guillotine member in an open set position. The trap further includes a slidable striker member which is spring biased laterally towards the guillotine member and designed to disengage the guillotine member from an open set position by striking the lower portion thereof. A pivotally mounted bait lever projects downward into the housing assembly and includes a detent for releasably engaging the striker member and holding the striker member in a retracted set position. The trap is triggered by a downward pivoting movement of the bait lever to release the striker member which impacts and releases the guillotine member. The trap is intended to strike the neck of the animal causing spinal dislocation or suffocation without dismembering the animal.
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