Patent · US Expired

Small animal trap

US4633610A · kind A · utility

19Cited by
11References
9Claims
0Family size

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Key dates

Filing dateMay 3, 1985
Grant dateJan 6, 1987
Priority date
Expiry dateMay 3, 2005

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA01M23/24
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A trap assembly for capturing small animals formed from a housing that encloses a jaw assembly for grasping the paw or leg of the animals. The jaw assembly is formed from a trap plate having an aperture and a resiliently biased arm that is movable from an open position to a closed position where it coacts with side edges of the plate aperture to form a pair of jaws for grasping the animal.

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