Patent ID: 8701334

Claim:
A foot snare triggering device, said device comprising: (a) a trigger plate assembly having a pan tension adjustment means for allowing the trigger plate assembly to pivotally yield to vertically applied pressure, the pan tension adjustment means further comprising: a pan tension adjustment bolt, passing through a base plate and pan, a pan tension adjustment spring through which said bolt passes, a pan tension adjustment plate connecting to the said bolt, and a plurality of pan tension adjustment stabilizers affixed to the pan; (b) a trigger mechanism having a trigger end and an opposite mechanism end, the trigger end engagingly set within the trigger plate assembly and the mechanism end operatively and tensionally attached to an extension mechanism, the trigger mechanism further comprising: a trigger assembly stabilizer, a trigger rod longitudinally attached to the trigger assembly stabilizer opposite the mechanism end, a trigger assembly connection attaching to the base plate and engaging the trigger mechanism to said plate, a trigger alignment means located in the trigger assembly stabilizer for aligning the trigger mechanism, and a trigger rod having a trigger catch to engage a mount slot within the trigger plate assembly; (c) a snare attachment port located within the trigger mechanism proximal to the trigger end for releasably securing a foot snare; (d) the extension mechanism causing the snare attachment port to move longitudinally when the trigger mechanism is triggered by applied pressure to the trigger plate assembly; and (e) whereby said triggering device triggers the foot snare and allows the foot snare to be released from the snare attachment port after being triggered.