Patent ID: 7162832
Filing Date: 2007-01-16
Classification: A01M

Abstract:
1. A rodent terminating device, comprising: a base having a first end, a second end, a first side, a second side, a length and a top base surface; a snap bar pivotably coupled to the base, the snap bar being configured to rotate between a first default position adjacent to the first end of the base and a second loaded position adjacent to the second end of the base, the snap bar being biased by at least one spring toward the first position, the snap bar having at least one axial section and one transverse section, the at least one spring defining a longitudinal axis, the at least one spring being positioned adjacent to the first side or the second side of the base so as to leave a central gap; a trigger configured to engage the snap bar in the second loaded position, the trigger including a straight horizontal trigger portion and an integral vertical trigger portion extending upwardly from and substantially perpendicularly to the horizontal trigger portion, the vertical trigger portion comprising a catch disposed adjacent to the second end of the base and adapted to directly and releasably engage the transverse section of the snap bar, the straight horizontal trigger portion extending substantially along the length of the base through the central gap and beneath the longitudinal axis of the at least one spring, the trigger comprising a bend between the vertical trigger portion and the horizontal trigger portion, the trigger defining a hole adjacent to the bend; and an anchor extending through the bend and pivotably coupling the trigger to the base at the bend,