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Class 43/78 - Rectilinear striker movement


Subclass of Class 43 - Fishing, trapping, and vermin destroying
Definition: Traps in which the striker moves in a straight-line path,
No. of patents: 15
Last issue date: 08/24/2010


NumberTitleIssue Date
7779574Mole trap
A mole trap includes a steel rod frame having parallel spaced legs adapted to penetrate the ground on opposite sides of a mole hill or tunnel. The legs are integrally connected by a handle portion and also by a stop bar, and a spike plate having depending spikes is ...
08/24/2010
7757428Pneumatic activated device for rodent control
A mechanical device with automatic reset capabilities that injects compressed air or other gases into the heart and lung cavities of Order Rodentia pest which results in death by delayed air embolism or cardiac arrest. This method allows the target time to vacate th...
07/20/2010
7461478Trap for burrowing animals
A trap apparatus includes an elongated base plate defining a trap aperture in a lower portion thereof, and a pointed bottom end. Slide grooves are defined along each side of the base plate. A trigger arm extends over the trap aperture, and is pivotally attached to m...
12/09/2008
7104005Mole trap
A mole trap has a pair of spring-loaded jaws. A platform is pivotally connected to the jaws to limit the travel of the trap into the ground and to stabilize the trap on the ground when it is set. A lever assembly forces the jaws open and sets the trap. An adjustable...
09/12/2006
6802152Mole trap
A trap for exterminating moles has a support adapted for placement on the ground to support the trap in an upright position generally above the ground. An impingement device is operatively connected to the support for motion relative to the support for capturing the...
10/12/2004
5531149Anti-car jacking device
An anti-car jacking device operable by either a driver or a passenger and mounted on the car's undercarriage. The device employs a solid rod telescopically mounted in an outer cylinder pivotably mounted on a base plate. The outer cylinder and rod are rest...
07/02/1996
5501031Mouse trap
A trap for mice or the like animal comprises a spring-loaded displacement member (17) supported by a frame (10) with an opening for receiving the head of the animal. The displacement member (17) is connected to the frame (10) by means of a securing line (...
03/26/1996
5109626Animal trap
An animal trap apparatus has a frame having a base portion with an upright frame member extending generally perpendicular to the base and a top frame portion extending from the upright frame member over the base. A movable floor is attached to the frame b...
05/05/1992
4858373Small animal trap
A small animal trap formed as a walled enclosure having an opening for rodent entry, a plunger in the enclosure parallel to the bottom, and a spring for urging the plunger toward the bottom. A bottom trigger pedal is inside the enclosure, a pivotally moun...
08/22/1989
4854073Mouse exterminating device and method
A mouse exterminating device and method is presented with improved safety features. Activated electrical circuitry causes the mouse to be suffocated by impingement of a horizontal blade while a thermal switch prevents the device from overheating thus redu...
08/08/1989
4766692Animal trap
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 sid...
08/30/1988
4685245Rodent trap
A rodent trap involving an enclosure, having at least one rodent entrance, within which a rodent-trapping member is attached to a shaft which extends through the top of the enclosure. The rodent-trapping member, which may have either a rodent-striking sur...
08/11/1987
4550524Rodent trap
A rodent trap characterized by a rodent receiving chamber, a partition selectively movable across the chamber in a rodent eradicating relationship, a movable floor portion continually urged to an overlying position with respect to a rodent receiving tray,...
11/05/1985
4047321Animal trap
There is provided an animal trap comprising a spiral spring which has a fixed inner end portion and a movable outer end portion and which is extendible to a stressed condition wherein the movable outer end portion of the spring is in engagement with suppo...
09/13/1977
4016672Guillotine type animal trap
An animal trap which is made of a guillotine type to allow the construction of traps relatively larger than those with jaws and which kill the animal instantaneously. This animal trap of the guillotine type comprises a frame including a pair of spaced-apa...
04/12/1977
 
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