Animal Trap

摘要

Generally, an animal trap floatable in a body of water having an entry enclosure defining an entry opening having a trap door which by operation of a door latch including a door trip element and a door set element rotates about a door pivot axis between a set-closed condition and a tripped-open condition allowing an animal lured by a bait in a bait station to fall through a trap floor into an interior chamber defined by apertured walls of a container allowing serial capture of plurality of animals.

主权项

1. An animal trap, comprising:
a container having apertured walls defining an interior chamber; an entry enclosure having a pair of entry sides connecting an entry bottom and an entry top, said entry enclosure defining an entry opening in said container; a trap door rotationally coupled proximate said entry bottom, said trap door rotating about a trap door pivot axis between a set-closed condition and a tripped-open condition; and a door latch having a door trip element and a door set element, said door latch rotationally coupled to said trap door at location between said door trip element and said door set element to dispose said door trip element and said door set element on opposed sides of said trap door, said door set element in contact with said entry bottom and said door trip element trippable by contact of an animal entering said entry enclosure in said set-closed condition of said trap door.