Patent ID: 8359783

Claim:
An animal trap comprising: an animal enclosure having a roof and a front end with an animal access opening into a vacant interior sized to receive an animal to be trapped; an entry door movably mounted at the access opening, the door operative in an opened position to reveal the animal access opening and in a closed position to block the animal access opening; a set mechanism operative to place the trap in a set condition with the entry door in the opened position; a trip mechanism for releasing said set mechanism to allow said entry door to close to trap the animal in the animal enclosure; an escape opening separate from said access opening and sized to allow a trapped animal to exit the trap; a secondary escape door mounted adjacent said escape opening and movable between a secured position in which the secondary escape door is closed and the escape opening is covered thereby and a released position in which the secondary escape door is opened and the escape opening is uncovered; and a door-opening mechanism associated with said secondary escape door and operative in response to a user signal to allow a user to remotely open the secondary escape door and release the animal through the escape opening while the entry door remains closed, said door opening mechanism including either an infrared receiver configured to receive infrared signals from a remote control unit or an RF receiver configured to receive RF signals from a remote control unit.