Traps for animals
CA 1106175 A · Owner: Lunn, Harlan C. · Inventors: Lunn, Harlan C.
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The invention seeks to provide a humane trap which despatches trapped animals without pain or panic. The trap comprises a frame with a trap mechanism mounted in the frame and movable between set and sprung conditions. The mechanism defines in its set condition a collar presenting a desirable opening to a species of animal to be trapped and gauged to resist the passage of the shoulders of an animal of that species. The mechanism further comprises trigger means operatively associated with the collar to spring the trap mechanism in response to engagement of an animal's shoulders with the collar, and strike means operative on springing of the trap to strike across the plane of the collar …
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- Granted August 4, 1981. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended August 4, 1998.
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