Adjustable animal trap
Patent 4208827 Issued on June 24, 1980. Estimated Expiration Date: 
March 10, 1998. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.
March 10, 1998. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.Patent References 765818 1638252 2168132 2479196 3314185 Snare Animal trap Patent #: 3967408 InventorApplicationNo. 05/885260 filed on 03/10/1978US Classes:43/87Constricting nooseExaminersPrimary: Godici, Nicholas P.Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassesA01M 23/00 (20060101)A01M 23/34 (20060101) AbstractA humane animal trap which features an adjustment capability that permits a certain degree of selection of the type of animal which the trap will hold. In a preferred embodiment, the trap includes a snare in the form of a loop. When the trap is triggered, the loop is withdrawn into a housing. The final size of the loop, and hence the degree of pressure exerted by the loop, as well as the size of animal which may be trapped by the loop, may be adjusted by adjusting the degree to which the loop is withdrawn into the housing. The two ends of the snare which form the loop are preferably secured to a spring-loaded piston, whose final resting point in the generally tubular housing, after being sprung, may be adjusted by, for example, a pin secured transversely within the tubular housing in the path of travel of the piston. | |
