Animal trap

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1975-11-06

1977-09-06

Peshock, Robert

Fishing, trapping, and vermin destroying

Traps

Jaw

43 96, A01M 2326

Patent

active

040459055

ABSTRACT:
An animal trap comprising a base, a pair of generally U-shaped jaws journaled in said base for pivotal movement toward and away from each other between fully open and fully closed positions, U-spring means associated with the jaws and normally operative from a compressed to a released condition to pivot the jaws toward each other to the fully closed position and animal actuated trigger means for releasing the spring means. At least one of the jaws has a generally cylindrical elongated jamb or spacer element mounted thereon which extends toward the other jaw and abuts it in the jaws closed position to maintain the jaws at least slightly spaced apart even in the fully closed position. In one form of the invention, the jamb element includes a generally rectangular longitudinally extending slot therein which receives and is received within a generally rectangular notch in the jaw, which notch opens toward the other jaw.

REFERENCES:
patent: 1546066 (1925-07-01), Gagne
patent: 1825193 (1931-09-01), Maddox
patent: 2201307 (1940-05-01), Culbertson

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