Patent ID: 6199314
Filing Date: 2001-03-13
Classification: A01M

Abstract:
A mousetrap cocking device comprising:a flat housing adapted to receive a platform of a conventional mousetrap therein, the housing having two ends and two sides, which are adapted to align with sides of a mousetrap;a pair of pivotal connections each mounted on a top of a side of said housing;a pair of bow urging arms, each of the bow urging arms pivotally connected to one of said pivotal connections, said bow urging arms each having a tab extending inwardly therefrom, said tabs being positionable under a bow;a cocking handle having two handle arms pivotally mounted on said pivotal connections adjacent said bow urging arms and adapted to urge the tabs of said bow urging arms against a bow of a mousetrap to set a bow to a cocked position;a safety latch mounted on one end of said housing;wherein said cocking handle includes spurs configured to engage notches within said bow urging arms to move said tabs against a bow when the cocking handle is pivoted to move a bow to a cocked position with said safety latch retaining a bow in a cocked position.