| 摘要 |
<p>The present invention provides in an animal trap including a pair of elongated jaw means for releasably holding an animal, the jaw means including jaw faces, an actuator means for urging the jaw means about a pivot axis from a set position to a sprung position wherein the jaw faces are juxtaposed, latch means for releasably retaining the jaw means in the set position, and trigger means for releasing the latch means, the jaw faces including padding means carried by each jaw means, the padding means including resiliently padded face portions juxtaposed in the sprung position of the trap, said padding means having a compressive resistance in a direction from said face portion to said jaw face, each of the face portions of the padding means extending beyond its respective jaw face of the jaw means towards the other jaw face in the sprung position, the improvement comprising: absorber means defining an intermediate portion of said padding means interposed between said face portion and said jaw face of each jaw means, said absorber means having a lower compressive resistance than said padding means.</p> |
