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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7367154 | Trap with biasing device and force applying levers and related methods The present invention provides a force applying lever assembly for use with a foothold type trap. The force applying lever assembly has at least one force applying lever that is coupled to the biasing device or spring of the trap. The at least one force applying lev... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7196265 | Raptor guard system An animal deterrent system to be placed on structures such as electrical apparatus to deter and protect birds, wildlife and other animals. Specifically, a perching deterrent having a saddle made to fit over any desired member of a structure and deterrent extensions ... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7104005 | Mole 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 |
| 6910299 | Trap with leveling structure A trap is disclosed in which first and second co-acting jaws are provided for pivotally engaging a member of a captured animal, wherein the first and second jaws are configured for pivotal displacement between an opened position and a closed position. Levers are loa... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6415544 | Rodent trap with entrapping teeth A plastic jaw or striker with downwardly facing teeth is pivotally mounted to a plastic base with mating upwardly facing teeth. A plastic trigger hangs from the base, and a coil spring extends between the jaw and the base rearward of the trigger. The spri... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6101761 | Rodent spring trap A trap for rodents, moles, or other burrowing animals, comprising: a handle; two pairs of opposed legs rotatably mounted on the handle; a spring biasing each pair of opposed legs in a sprung position wherein the two legs of each pair of opposed legs are a... | 08/15/2000 |
| 5736203 | Jaw type trap A jaw type trap constructed from elongated bendable stock such as wires or rods. The entire body frame of the trap and the spring can be made from a single elongated piece of stock material solely formed by appropriate bending and a minimum of welded or b... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5579602 | Animal trap An animal trap which is capable of operating in a confined space such as that of a hole. The trap comprises of a pair of jaws which are urged to a closed position and prevented from being opened once closed by a compression spring. A trigger mechanism is ... | 12/03/1996 |
| 4866876 | Cushion device for animal traps A device attachable to at least one of the co-acting jaws of a steel jawed trap for capturing an animal. The device has at least one cushion assembly that includes an elongated carrier frame attachable to at least one jaw of the trap, and spaced apart cus... | 09/19/1989 |
| 4817674 | Trap for capturing animals The animal trap features two shackles (1, 1a) produced from flat or iron rod, such shackles being situated opposite each other in plate hinges (4) and turnable therein about mutually offset pins (5, 5a) and maintained under tension by two springs (3) embo... | 04/04/1989 |
| 4766693 | Humane animal and fowl trap Conventional traps often catch animals by the leg rather than killing them outright. This trap utilizes two spring actuated jaws closing upon a base ring but with stops on the base ring maintaining the movable jaws slightly open when sprung so that an ani... | 08/30/1988 |
| 4570375 | Wild game trap A wild game trap including two multiangulated trap arms having an eye at one end mounted for rotation about a common pivot bolt and a power spring including a lower spring arm terminating in an eye mounted on the pivot bolt and an upper spring arm termina... | 02/18/1986 |
| 4557068 | Padded leghold trap A padded leghold trap of the pivoting jaw type includes recessed portions of the jaws in which respective pads are disposed. The pads each have concave facing surfaces with an inner edge that barely touches the inner edge of the other pad in the sprung po... | 12/10/1985 |
| 4416081 | Jaw configuration for animal trap An improved rotating frame animal trap includes jaw-forming sides which, in the closed position of the trap, are projected toward one another from parallel sections of their supporting end members. This configuration provides the correct jaw spacing in th... | 11/22/1983 |
| 4411091 | Animal trap with support-suspension legs A pair of levers are provided including corresponding first base ends and second jaw ends. A pivot fastener pivotally connects the base ends of the levers together for relative swinging of the levers between first open positions with the jaw ends displace... | 10/25/1983 |
| 4266364 | Humane trap device Apparatus by which a steel leg-hold trap is rendered humane so that the trapped animal is recovered alive and uninjured. A resilient material, such as vulcanized rubber, is removably affixed to the opposed jaws of the trap so that the animal's leg is unin... | 05/12/1981 |
| 4250654 | Rotating frame animal trap A rotating frame animal trap has a specific form of frame design for insuring that the maximum clamping force between the jaws is developed at a jaw opening which corresponds to the dimension of a target animal. This frame design also produces generally i... | 02/17/1981 |
| 4224756 | Animal trap An animal trap, of the rotating frame type, having an improved frame construction is disclosed. The trap of the present invention is constructed so that adjacent connecting end portions are substantially parallel when in the closed position, and with the ... | 09/30/1980 |
| 4184282 | Padded jaw animal trap Disclosed is a padded jaw animal trap with improved holding power in order to retain an animal caught in the trap. The padding of each jaw has a face with a concave geometrical arrangement such that when an animal is caught in the trap, the face deforms t... | 01/22/1980 |
| 4175351 | Padded jaw animal trap Disclosed is a padded jaw animal trap with a shock absorber means built into the padding on each jaw in order to reduce the peak loads encountered when the jaw closes on an animal's leg. A cavity is provided between the padding face and the jaw of the ani... | 11/27/1979 |
| 4128961 | Actuator for animal trap An actuator for a rotating frame animal trap. The actuator comprises two arms spring biased at one end to tend to move the other ends of the arms outwardly. Each arm terminates in a ring that is adapted to encircle adjacent frames of the trap. The ring on... | 12/12/1978 |
| 4117623 | Modified jaws for animal trap An improved frame for a rotating frame animal trap, wherein, when the trap is viewed in closed position, an outer portion of at least one of the ends of the frame encircled by the actuator rings is so shaped, as it progresses radially outwardly from the a... | 10/03/1978 |
| 4107868 | Actuator An actuator for a rotating frame animal trap having two similar frames pivotally connected to each other. The actuator comprises two arms spring biased at one end and each terminating in a ring at the other. The rings have the dimensions so that the actua... | 08/22/1978 |
| 4040201 | Multidirectional animal trap A multidirectional animal trap including a base having a hub with spaced jaws pivotally mounted on the hub and extending radially therefrom. A U-shaped spring has one leg thereof secured to the hub with the other end having a ring formed thereon. A multip... | 08/09/1977 |
| 4037350 | Safety release for animal trap Keeper means for facilitating the removal of an arm of a coil spring actuator from a rotating frame type of animal trap. The keeper is an elongated sleeve one end of which slips over the end of the open ring which is disposed at the terminus of one arm of... | 07/26/1977 |
| 4033067 | Humane animal trap A humane animal trap has jaws and two spaced jaw closers, and two springs for the closers. One spring is relatively light and is triggered by the animal stepping on the usual trigger and the other spring is heavier and acts only after a delay. The jaws ha... | 07/05/1977 |
| 3991509 | Swing-frame animal trap An animal trap including a pair of pivoted open frames resiliently urged from a set position to a closed position, the frames each being fabricated of a pair of elongate members having respective pairs of ends connected together, and a releasable catch me... | 11/16/1976 |
| 3971155 | Actuator for animal trap An improved actuator for a rotating frame trap wherein the actuator rings are of generally oblong shape, being elongated in the general direction of the respective actuator arms. This construction results in a more effective and versatile trap.... | 07/27/1976 |
| 3939596 | Animal trap An animal trap, using two jaws that are generally U-shaped and pivoted to the upturned ends of a base plate is characterized by having the animal engaging base portions of the jaws generally circular in cross section and the leg portions flattened to prov... | 02/24/1976 |
