Fishing – trapping – and vermin destroying – Traps – Jaw
Reexamination Certificate
1999-07-23
2001-03-13
Rowan, Kurt (Department: 3643)
Fishing, trapping, and vermin destroying
Traps
Jaw
C043S058000, C043S043150, C043S081000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06199314
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to rodent traps.
2. Description of the Related Art
When setting a conventional mouse trap, the bow is sometimes prematurely released while the user is engaging the locking bar with the bait pedal. In this situation, the bow may spring down on top of a thumb or finger of the person setting the trap, resulting in pain and injury.
When unloading a trap, the fingers of the user often unintentionally come into contact with the dead rodent, or at least come uncomfortably near the rodent.
Until the present invention, no device has been developed which works with conventional mouse traps, and which deals with the aforementioned problems.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The mouse trap cocking device of the present invention includes a housing having a closed bottom, closed sides, an open receiving end and a closed rear end. The housing is adapted to receive a platform of a conventional mouse trap therein.
A cocking handle includes a pair of handle arms attached to pivotal connections on the sides, and terminating at a cross-bar. A pair of bow urging arms are also attached to the pivotal connections. The bow urging arms have tabs at the distal ends thereof, which are adapted to be positioned beneath a bow of the mouse trap when the platform is housed within the housing of the cocking device. A safety latch is pivotally connected to the housing at the closed end.
After the mouse trap is inserted into the cocking device and the tabs of the bow urging arms are positioned beneath the bow, bait is placed onto the bait pedal, and the cocking handle is raised, thus urging the tabs of the bow urging arms against the bow, thus urging the bow to the cocked position.
The cocking handle in combination with the bow urging arms relieve the user from having to handle the bow while cocking the bow, which would increase the danger of fingers becoming pinched from premature actuation of the trap.
The safety latch pivots inward to hold the bow in the cocked position. Next, the user moves the cocking handle to a position which enables the bow urging arms to move freely without engaging the cocking handle. Then the user moves the locking arm to engage the locking arm with the bait pedal in the conventional fashion.
Because the safety latch is holding the bow in the cocked position, the user does not have to worry about the bow springing prematurely toward the first end of the trap. The user may then place the trap and cocking device in an appropriate place to trap and kill mice.
Still further features and advantages will become apparent from the ensuing description and drawings.
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