Patent ID: 8061076
Filing Date: 2011-11-22
Classification: A01M

Abstract:
1. A large rigid ground engaging animal trap, comprising: respective upper and lower metallic ring shaped elements rigidly and strongly connected one to the other by intermediate uprights at spaced intervals around peripheries of said ring shaped elements so as to form an integral drum shaped frame defining an interior and an exterior, a top and a bottom rim, and a side between said to and bottom rim, said ring shaped elements being comprised of a metal suitable for trapping and retaining wild hogs; a door also connected between said ring shaped elements creating an opening through a curved portion of said side of said drum shaped frame, said door being capable of being moved between a first open and a second closed position, said movement to said closed position being accomplished by a weight of the door when said trap is in use; heavy wire mesh strongly attached, so as to resist the escape of a wild hog, to an entire exterior of said side and said top of said drum shaped frame and said door, leaving said bottom rim of said drum shaped frame open, said lower metallic ring being devoid of any mesh extending across a diameter thereof so as to define a bottom opening within said bottom rim which is completely open, wherein said doorway provides exclusive ground level entrance and exit passage from said interior of said trap when said trap engages the ground thereby closing off said open bottom; several of said intermediate uprights further include engaging lugs which both have axes that are transverse to said intermediate uprights and extend upwardly toward the upper metallic ring shaped element from said intermediate uprights at locations between the upper and lower metallic ring shaped elements, said engaging lugs engaging trap securing elements, said securing elements holding said trap in a fixed position against the ground when in use wherein said securing elements are themselves fastened to the ground and resist the impacts from attempted animal escape.