Patent ID: 6658788
Filing Date: 2003-12-09
Classification: A01M

Abstract:
A live animal trap and cage device which comprisesa longitudinally extending base member, said base member having a floor and a pair of parallel sidewalls extending generally vertically upwardly from said floor, said base member having a first and a second opening at each longitudinal end of said base member as means for ingress and egress therethrough by an animal, a generally flat central support member extending between and being attached generally perpendicularly to each of said base member sidewalls, said central support member lying in a generally horizontal plane and including an aperture defined within it, a tubular conduit attached to and extending generally perpendicularly upwardly from the central support member at the central support member aperture, said conduit defining a continuous conduit interior that extends from an uppermost portion of the conduit to a lowermost portion of the conduit, a first and second door, each of said doors being formed in a generally L-shaped configuration and said first door being functionally adapted to cover the first base member opening and said second door being functionally adapted to cover the second base member opening, said doors being hingedly attached to said central support member, a cable having a first cable end, a central cable portion and a second cable end, said first cable end being attached to said first door and said second cable end being attached to said second door, said central cable portion being folded over onto itself and being routed through the conduit interior and through the central support member aperture thereby forming a cable loop that extends downwardly from the central support member, a fastener, said fastener being slidably attached to the cable loop that extends downwardly from the central support member, a bait assembly, said bait assembly being configured to hold a bait and further being configured to be attached to the fastener to suspend the bait assembly and bait from the cable loop and fastener and above the floor of the base member in feeding relation to an animal entering through either of the base member openings, and a bait assembly anchor, said bait assembly anchor being attached to the floor of said base member and directly below the central support member aperture and the suspended bait assembly.