Humane rodent trap

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1995-05-10

1996-12-31

Rowan, Kurt

Fishing, trapping, and vermin destroying

Traps

Imprisoning

43 67, A01M 2320

Patent

active

055882498

ABSTRACT:
A rodent trap including a bottom, two opposing side walls, a front wall with inlet opening, a rear wall with access door, a horizontal partition defining upper and lower compartments, and an openable top. The rear access door allows rodent bait to be placed in the lower compartment. The front wall inlet opening allows rodent entry to the lower compartment. In the lower compartment is disposed a pivotal trigger mechanism which is connected by linkage to a trip mechanism of a mechanical intensifier disposed in the upper compartment, and a kinetic member of the mechanical intensifier is in turn connected by linkage to a release means for a door vertically slidable from a position above the inlet opening to a position closing the inlet opening. A conventional spring-striker mouse trap may be used for said mechanical intensifier, trip mechanism and kinetic member. When a rodent steps on the trigger mechanism, a trigger linkage pulls the conventional mousetrap trip mechanism, releasing the striker wire of the conventional mousetrap to operate. Release of the striker wire, through a upper linkage, pulls a pin holding the door above the inlet opening, releasing said door to move downward under the influence of tensioning means and close the inlet opening. Closure of the trap door as aforesaid traps the rodent in the lower compartment. Release of the rodent is accomplished without accessing the lower compartment by opening the top of the trap and retracting the trap door from the upper compartment.

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