Patent ID: 7886480

Claim:
A collapsible trap comprising: an upper resilient hoop; a lower resilient hoop; one or more passageways to allow for entry by animals into said trap; two or more detachable hinged connectors, wherein said connectors are attached to retain said upper hoop and said lower hoop in a spaced, substantially parallel relationship when said trap is extended and said one or more passageways are arranged perpendicularly to said upper hoop and said lower hoop when said trap is extended; wherein said upper hoop and said lower hoop form a substantially coaxial arrangement, comprising a first side and a second side opposite to said first side, when said connectors are detached from one or both of said upper hoop and said lower hoop; and wherein said first side and said second side are adapted to be compressed towards one another to form a substantially hourglass configuration comprising a first lobe and a second lobe; and wherein said first lobe is adapted to be twisted with respect to said second lobe about a longitudinal axis of said substantially hourglass configuration and folded onto said second lobe about a centre of said substantially hourglass configuration.