Patent ID: 9468204
Filing Date: 2016-10-18
CPC Classification: A01M

Claim Text:
1. A trap including: i. a trap body including a chamber accessible via an animal entranceway; ii. a source of compressed gas; iii. a trigger mechanism configured to be actuated by an animal with the chamber, the trigger mechanism including at trigger valve; iv. a kill mechanism powered by the compressed gas including a hammer which is driven into the chamber when activated; and v. a diaphragm that in a ready state blocks flow of the compressed gas to the kill mechanism; wherein, when the trigger mechanism is actuated by the animal, the trigger valve allows gas to flow to alter a pressure difference across the diaphragm, causing the diaphragm to move so as to allow the compressed gas to flow to actuate the kill mechanism to kill the animal by driving the hammer into the chamber.