Patent ID: 6832447
Filing Date: 2004-12-21
Classification: A01M

Abstract:
A single kill animal trap comprising:a spring means comprising a substantially rectangular sheet of spring material folded transversely to be substantially C-shaped in longitudinal cross-section defining an upper surface, a lower surface and a back wall; whereby said upper surface and said lower surface are biased together; and further wherein a portion of each of the upper surface and the lower surface is adapted to be a killing surface in use; a setting means comprising at least two arms pivotally attached to and projecting inwardly from each of the upper surface and the lower surface, each arm from the upper surface being pivotally connected at a pivot point to a corresponding arm from the lower surface, and the setting means being adapted to hold the upper and lower surfaces in an armed position; and a trigger means positioned within a space defined by the upper and lower surfaces and the back wall of the spring means; and a connecting means pivotally attached to said setting means and releasably co-operable in use with said trigger means; the trap being triggered when the trigger means is moved by an animal which in turn disengages the setting means allowing the killing surfaces to come together on said animal therebetween.