Patent ID: 6807767
Filing Date: 2004-10-26
Classification: A01M

Abstract:
An electronically controlled trap for trapping small animals comprising:(a) an enclosure having a roof, side walls, a base and a partition that divides said enclosure into an accessible front chamber and a restricted rear chamber (b) a pivoting U-shaped bail rotatable up to a set position near said roof and rotatable down to a tripped position near said base vertically centered near and parallel to said partition within said front chamber (c) a U-shaped cocking yoke pivotally movable from a cocked/tripped position to a setting position pivoting around the same axis as said bail, moveable about said enclosure, said trap may be emptied and reset easily and safely by moving said cocking yoke thereby avoiding contact with trapped small animal (d) at least one spring with a first end coupled to said bail and a second end coupled to said cocking yoke such that said bail is urged to pivot with said cocking yoke (e) a release device that is manually movable to a not released position holding said bail in said set position (f) an electronic means of moving said release device to a released position thereby releasing said bail to move to said tripped position (g) a changeable biasing means acting on said bail (h) an electronic means of disabling said trap when there is a danger that said trap may harm birds (i) an electronic means for sensing when a small animal is positioned where said trap will be effective (j) an electronic means of sensing that said trap has been tripped (k) an electronic means of sending a signal indicating that said trap has tripped.