Patent ID: 8627595

Claim:
An animal trap comprising: an animal enclosure having a roof and a pair of opposed animal access openings into a vacant interior sized to receive an animal to be trapped; a first door movably mounted at a first access opening, the door operative in an opened position to reveal the first animal access opening and in a closed position to block the first animal access opening; a second door movably mounted at a second access opening, the door operative in an opened position to reveal the second animal access opening and in a closed position to block the second animal access opening; a first actuating mechanism having at least one movable part operatively coupled to the first door; a second actuating mechanism having at least one movable part operatively coupled to the second door; a set mechanism mounted on the roof of the trap and operatively coupled to both said first actuating mechanism and said second actuating mechanism, said set mechanism moving at least said movable part of said first actuating mechanism toward the second door to open at least said first door when placed in a set position; and a trip mechanism configured to actuate a pivot action of the set mechanism from the set position toward the first door to reach a tripped position, said pivot action moving at least said first actuating mechanism movable part and said movable part of said second actuating mechanism toward the first door and enabling at least the first door to move from the opened position to the closed position thereby trapping the animal in the animal enclosure.