Patent ID: 7596902

Claim:
An animal trap, comprising: (a) a base; (b) a trapping means mounted on said base and capable of moving rotatively between an open position and a close position; (c) a mechanism for controlling the rotative movement of said trapping means, said mechanism comprising at least one movable pivotal member and a pivot pin, said pivotal member capable of moving between a latch position in which said trapping means is not permitted to move from the open position to the close position and a release position in which said trapping means is permitted to move from the open position to the close position; (d) a trigger operative to hold said pivotal member in the latch position and said trigger further operative to release said pivotal member to move from the latch position to the release position; wherein said trapping means is mounted on said base with said pivotal member and said pivot pin, wherein said pivotal member and said pivot pin have a pin portion upon which said trapping means rotates; wherein said base comprises a first slot for receiving the pin portion of said pivotal member, wherein said trapping means comprises a second slot for receiving the pin portion of said pivotal member, wherein the positioning of said second slot is so arranged that when said trapping means is in the open position, said second slot is superposed with said first slot such that said pivotal member can move from the release position to the latch position with its pin portion moving along superposed said first and second slots.