Patent ID: 9545093
Date: 2017-01-17
CPC Classifications: A01M

Claim:
1. An animal trap, comprising: a capturing enclosure provided with a first entrance; a swing plate, provided in an approach of an animal entered from the first entrance, for plugging up the first entrance by swinging forward in entering direction of the animal; and a temporary locking mechanism for temporarily locking the swing plate so that the swing plate swung in a state in which the swing plate plugs up the first entrance does not swing back, wherein the temporary locking mechanism includes a first lock part and a second lock part that are disposed in a front end part of the swing plate, wherein the first lock part and the second lock part are constructed to have mutually different temporary locking heights so that the swing plate does not swing back, wherein the first lock part and the second lock part each includes a rotary member rotatably attached to a shaft traversing the entering direction, each of the rotary members including: a laterally-oriented lock piece for temporarily locking the swing plate so that the lock piece engages with the front end part of the swing plate not to allow the swing plate to swing back; and a vertically-oriented release operation piece for rotating the rotary member when releasing the locking, and wherein the first lock part and the second lock part are constructed to have mutually different heights of the lock pieces.