Patent ID: 7866086

Claim:
An enclosure, comprising; a means for directing one or more animals to a center portion of the enclosure; a means for enclosing an end of the directing means while allowing the one or more animals to enter the enclosure, the enclosing means configured to prevent the one or more animals from escaping the enclosure once they have passed the enclosing means; a means for urging the enclosing means to a closed position and allowing the enclosing means to be repeatedly opened to accept the one or more animals without being reset; a means for extending a portion of the enclosing means exterior to the enclosure when the enclosing means is in the closed position such that the one or more animals may open the enclosing means to enter the enclosure, and the one or more animals after entering the interior of the enclosure are prevented from escaping the enclosure by opening the enclosing means once the enclosing means has moved to a closed position.