Patent ID: 7171777
Filing Date: 2007-02-06
Classification: A01M

Abstract:
1. A trap adapted for small animals, comprising: a housing having a first end area having a bait cavity defined therein, the housing having a second end area being opposite to the first end area, a bait disposed in the bait cavity, the housing having a tunnel portion defined therein, a thread device extending across the tunnel portion and demarcating the bait cavity, the thread device blocking passage of an animal into the bait cavity, a spring-biased mechanism comprising a spring arrangement which is oriented on an inside of a floor of a bottom section and wall sections of a driving box and placed in the tunnel portion close to the thread device, the thread device being adapted to hold the spring-biased mechanism providing a pulling force, the spring-biased mechanism being movable between a loaded position and a released position, the spring-biased mechanism being in operative engagement with a snare arrangement, the snare arrangement being movable into a constricted position by the spring-biased mechanism by breaking the thread device to activate the spring-biased mechanism to pull the snare arrangement into the constricted position, a spring unit, belonging to the spring-biased mechanism, being enclosed within the driving box, a first end section of the spring unit being in operative engagement with the thread device and with a band of the snare arrangement, the spring unit having a second opposite end section being in operative engagement with an extension means for extending the spring unit, means for permitting the spring unit to be locked in an extended position when the spring unit is in a loaded position, the driving box having two side-oriented flaps, each flap provided with two holes to deflect bands running toward the second end area of the housing, and the means for permitting the spring unit to be locked in an extended position comprising a gable part of the housing having a slot defined therein, and the extension means comprising a pull-band arranged to pass through the slot of the gable part.