Abstract: An enclosure for debilitating an animal is disclosed herein. The enclosure can include a compressing plate, a plurality of structural supports, a support surface, and a sensory deprivation shield. The compressing plate can be configured to receive a force causing the compressing plate to move in the direction of the force. The compressing plate can then debilitate the target animal within an internal region between the compressing plate and the support surface. The enclosure provides convenience and control for the hunter over the target animal, while avoiding the use of weapons or traps.

Abstract: A system for trapping animals includes a cable and an enclosure adapted to be suspended above a trap area by the cable. A release mechanism includes a pivotable member, and the pivotable member is configured to rotate about a pivot support between an engaged position and a released position. The pivotable member in the engaged position supports the cable to hold the enclosure in a suspended position, and the pivotable member in the released position releases the cable to allow the enclosure to fall from the suspended position and enclose the trap area. The system further includes an actuator, which in an extended position holds the pivotable member in the engaged position. In a retracted position, the actuator releases the pivotable member to allow the pivotable member to rotate into the released position.

Abstract: A system for trapping animals includes a cable and an enclosure adapted to be suspended above a trap area by the cable. A release mechanism includes a pivotable member, and the pivotable member is configured to rotate about a pivot support between an engaged position and a released position. The pivotable member in the engaged position supports the cable to hold the enclosure in a suspended position, and the pivotable member in the released position releases the cable to allow the enclosure to fall from the suspended position and enclose the trap area. The system further includes an actuator, which in an extended position holds the pivotable member in the engaged position. In a retracted position, the actuator releases the pivotable member to allow the pivotable member to rotate into the released position.

Abstract: The present improved animal trap and unique catch release mechanism eliminates substantial eating or removal of the bait without the trap activating and provides a dual means to activate the trap. This is accomplished by the present catch release mechanism having a sliding member which slides within a hole through the platform of the trap under the influence of gravity and a prop which holds at least a portion of the trap platform above a support surface. When the prop is destabilized by an external force, the prop's support of the platform is disturbed, permitting the platform to fall toward the support surface. The platform falls relative to the sliding member; and the sliding member is forced toward the catch by contact with the support surface, thus pushing the catch so that the catch releases the holding arm bar to activate the trap.

Abstract: A system and methods for trapping animals including an enclosure adapted to be suspended above a trap area. The enclosure may be movable from the suspended position to a lowered position to enclose a trap area. The system further includes a user-directed control system to remotely control the position of the enclosure in order to trap animals within the enclosure.

Abstract: A system and methods for trapping animals including an enclosure adapted to be suspended above a trap area. The enclosure may be movable from the suspended position to a lowered position to enclose a trap area. The system further includes a user-directed control system to remotely control the position of the enclosure in order to trap animals within the enclosure.

Abstract: One embodiment is a wall-less trap that includes a base, vertical supports, an upper cage, one or more guides connected to the upper cage, and a trigger. The base is positioned on a horizontal surface. The vertical supports extend upward from the base. The upper cage is movable between a raised position, in which the upper cage is suspended above the base, and a lowered position, in which the upper cage rests on the base or the horizontal surface. The guides are connected to the upper cage and slide on the vertical supports to guide vertical travel of the upper cage. The trigger can be either engaged to hold the upper cage in the raised position, or disengaged to allow the upper cage to fall downward from the raised position. The trigger is movable from the engaged position to the disengaged position by an animal positioned under the upper cage.

Abstract: The humane animal trap has a circular base and a plurality of arcuate ribs extending upward and inward therefrom to form a generally hemispherical frame. A hollow central column extends upward from the center of the base. A drop weight is installed within the column. A collapsible net is placed about the base when the trap is set, the weight being connected to the net by tensile members. A mechanically or remotely actuated trigger and actuating mechanism is connected to a weight release mechanism at the top of the column. When an animal enters the open volume defined by the hemispherical frame and trips the mechanism or the trapper actuates the mechanism remotely, the mechanism causes the weight release mechanism to release the drop weight, thereby pulling the net upward and over the arcuate ribs to enclose the hemispherical volume at the lower portion of the trap.

Abstract: The humane animal trap has a circular base and a plurality of arcuate ribs extending upward and inward therefrom to form a generally hemispherical frame. A hollow central column extends upward from the center of the base. A drop weight is installed within the column. A collapsible net is placed about the base when the trap is set, the weight being connected to the net by tensile members. A mechanically or remotely actuated trigger and actuating mechanism is connected to a weight release mechanism at the top of the column. When an animal enters the open volume defined by the hemispherical frame and trips the mechanism or the trapper actuates the mechanism remotely, the mechanism causes the weight release mechanism to release the drop weight, thereby pulling the net upward and over the arcuate ribs to enclose the hemispherical volume at the lower portion of the trap.

Abstract: A system for trapping animals includes a cable and an enclosure adapted to be suspended above a trap area by the cable. A release mechanism includes a pivotable member, and the pivotable member is configured to rotate about a pivot support between an engaged position and a released position. The pivotable member in the engaged position supports the cable to hold the enclosure in a suspended position, and the pivotable member in the released position releases the cable to allow the enclosure to fall from the suspended position and enclose the trap area. The system further includes an actuator, which in an extended position holds the pivotable member in the engaged position. In a retracted position, the actuator releases the pivotable member to allow the pivotable member to rotate into the released position.

Abstract: A trap door system for sliding trap doors or guillotine-style traps has a door guide assembly in which a door of a trap slides. The system provides a powered door using a door spring arming assembly having compression springs and spring slides situated on door supports. With the door open, the spring slides compress the compression springs and engage a door spring stop to bias the door toward a closed position. The door is spring loaded so that when a support mechanism with trigger is operated to release a catch assembly, the door rapidly closes. The catch assembly includes a spring to bias the catch arm to position for locking the door once closed. The support mechanism may be situated to operate multiple doors using the system.

Abstract: The humane animal trap has a circular base and a plurality of arcuate ribs extending upward and inward therefrom to form a generally hemispherical frame. A hollow central column extends upward from the center of the base. A drop weight is installed within the column. A collapsible net is placed about the base when the trap is set, the weight being connected to the net by tensile members. A mechanically or remotely actuated trigger and actuating mechanism is connected to a weight release mechanism at the top of the column. When an animal enters the open volume defined by the hemispherical frame and trips the mechanism or the trapper actuates the mechanism remotely, the mechanism causes the weight to release mechanism to release the drop weight, thereby pulling the net upward and over the arcuate ribs to enclose the hemispherical volume at the lower portion of the trap.

Abstract: An animal trap includes a frame with a support mechanism for the trigger. The support mechanism has an elongate slot on each side that supports a pivot component that is attached to the frame. One or more rods are activated from the support mechanism to release a latch or door of the trap. A rod pushes or pulls from their attachment to the support mechanism when a trigger attached to the pivot component moves causing a cam on the pivot component to release the dog from engagement with the support mechanism.

Abstract: One embodiment comprises a wall-less trap that includes a base, vertical supports, an upper cage, one or more guides connected to the upper cage, and a trigger. The base is positioned on a horizontal surface. The vertical supports extend upward from the base. The upper cage is movable between a raised position, in which the upper cage is suspended above the base, and a lowered position, in which the upper cage rests on the base or the horizontal surface. The guides are connected to the upper cage and slide on the vertical supports to guide vertical travel of the upper cage. The trigger can be either engaged to hold the upper cage in the raised position, or disengaged to allow the upper cage to fall downward from the raised position. The trigger is movable from the engaged position to the disengaged position by an animal positioned under the upper cage.

Abstract: A snake trap system includes a snake trap apparatus having a top portion and a bottom portion, a trigger, a guide member to guide falling motion of the top portion, a live bait trap, and a cover for covering the live bait trap when the top portion falls. The system includes a live bait catching trap, and a transporter for transporting the live bait between the live bait catching trap and the snake trap apparatus.

Abstract: Animal trap (10) comprises at least one base member (12) for contact with ground, at least one frame member (18) pivotally arranged with respect to at least one base member (12) and release mechanism (30) for holding, in use, at least one frame member (18) under tension above ground. Netting (54) attached to at least one frame member (18) so that when release mechanism (30) is tripped by animal (56) entering trap (10), at least one frame member (18) pulls netting (54) over animal (56) as at least one frame member (18) falls to ground when tension is released.

Abstract: Animal trap (10) comprises at least one base member (12) for contact with ground, at least one frame member (18) pivotally arranged with respect to at least one base member (12) and release mechanism (30) for holding, in use, at least one frame member (18) under tension above ground. Netting (54) attached to at least one frame member (18) so that when release mechanism (30) is tripped by animal (56) entering trap (10), at least one frame member (18) pulls netting (54) over animal (56) as at least one frame member (18) falls to ground when tension is released.

Abstract: A prey trap comprises a body having two supporting frames; two gates arranged on the supporting frames of a body; an actuating plate; a hanging frame connected to another side of the actuating plate; and two ropes. Each gate is connected with one end of a rope, and another end of the rope is arranged to be across the supporting frame. Each bead at the end of the rope and the hanging frame are confined by one another, and thus are in a steady position. When the actuating plate is lifted upwards to a predetermined height; the gate is at an upper end of the supporting frame. When the actuating plate is pressed and is released from the confinement of the hanging frame, the gate then drops downs rapidly and freely and further the gate and the body forms a closing condition.

Abstract: An animal trap comprises a base and a cage having an open bottom generally cooperating with and resting on the base when in a closed position to form an enclosure. A lower front edge of the cage is pivotally attached to the front edge of the base such that a rear end of the cage may be raised with respect to the base to an open position. A latch is operable to maintain the cage in the open position or the closed position, and a trigger is located in proximity to the center of the front end of the enclosure and is operable to release the latch and allow the cage to fall from the open position to the closed position when the trigger is moved in a forward or rear ward direction, or alternately in any direction.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a device to trap a rodent comprising spring biased trap movable from a first ready position to a second operational position to confine a rodent, retainer device to retain the trap in the first ready position under the action of a downward retaining force, the retainer device being arranged to receive a bait element, the retainer device being further arranged so that the downward retaining force is equivalent to and provided by the weight of the bait element.

Abstract: A rodent trap structured for capturing one or more rodents as a piece of bait is being consumed within the trap. Slidably mating, telescopically extendable upper and lower inverted and upright cup-shaped members, respectively, define a closed interior volume into which a rodent may enter through an entrance hole formed through a side wall of the lower member when the upper member is held in an armed position above the bottom of the lower housing. To hold the upper member in the armed position, a slender elongated trip rod of one embodiment downwardly extends from a central point of the top of the upper member, to be supported on a rigid piece of bait held above the bottom between uniquely configured spaced bait posts. These bait posts are connected to and upwardly extend into the interior volume from the bottom of the lower member.

Abstract: A roach or rodent trap structured for capturing one or more roaches or rodents as a piece of bait is being consumed within the trap. Slidably mating, telescopically extendable upper and lower generally cup-shaped members define a closed interior volume into which a roach or rodent may enter through a hole formed through a side wall of the lower member when the upper member is held in an armed position above the bottom of the lower housing. To hold the upper member in the armed position, a slender elongated trip rod downwardly extends from a central point of the top of the upper member, to be supported on a rigid piece of bait held above the bottom within a horizontal bait aperture of a bait table. The bait table is connected to and upwardly extends into the interior volume from the bottom of the lower member.

Abstract: An animal trap includes a transparent lampshade-shaped cup slidably held on a vertical supporting pipe standing on a base plate, which cup is normally hanged on an upper portion of the supporting pipe by a biasing lever pivotally secured on a pair of fixed levers as locked by a horizontal bar secured with a bait rope having a bait mounted on a lower end of the rope, whereby upon a taking of the bait by an animal, the horizontal bar as clamped between the fixed levers and the biasing lever will be released to unlock the biasing lever without hanging the cup, thereby dropping the cup for catching the animal.

Abstract: A T-shaped animal trap having entry ports and sliding doors at opposite ends of its head portion and a platform resting on a dowel in its leg portion. A magnet is on each end of the dowel outside of the trap which can magnetically hold to each magnet a flexible metal wire when the entry ports are open, which wire extends into the head portion and is attached to one sliding door. When the platform is moved over the dowel, the dowel partially rotates and the wires are released from the magnets, thereby permitting the sliding doors to close the entry ports. Atlernatively, the animal trap may be tunned shaped with entry ports and sliding doors at opposite ends and a platform resting on a dowel near the middle of the tunnel.

Abstract: A PRIMOS (Planar Recessed Isolated MOS) transistor and a method for fabricating same is described wherein the source and drain in a semiconductor body are separated by a recess. A gate oxide is disposed on the body in the recess, with conductive gate material thereon. Oxide regions are positioned on each side of the gate, such oxide regions being substantially thicker in cross-section than the gate oxide. The method described teaches fabrication of this device.

Abstract: An animal trap with rotative tangential doors comprises a main body (1) of open tubing pivoted with rotative tangential doors (2) which are positioned at each of said main body's two openings. Each door is controlled by a latch (4) located at the top of the tubing. At the middle of the body a trigger (3) is suspended by a clamp which is made by hooking both latches with a spring (6). When an animal steps on the lower rim of the trigger, its weight will cause the trigger to drop, thus causing movement of both latches and the simultaneous closing of both doors. The trap is provided with a pair of instant door locks (5) which would prevent the reverse rotation of each of the doors.

Abstract: A humane animal trap comprised of two pairs of laterally-spaced arms of spring wire material. Each pair of arms merges at its rear ends with a coil spring portion which strongly biases the two arms of each pair together. One arm of each pair is forwardly joined to a rigid transverse striking bar adapted to be set in upwardly- vertically-spaced relation to the lower arms of each pair, whereby releasing the striking bar causes it to descend with sufficient force to instantly section the spinal cord of an animal. Setting means and release means are provided to achieve this. A locking means is further provided to prevent injury while setting the trap. An alternate embodiment is adapted to trap smaller animals.

Abstract: An animal trap wherein the housing is formed of sheet metal and the trap door is of a mesh construction wherein the animal can in no way gain access to one carrying the trap or one disposed adjacent to the trap. At the same time, the animal may be identified through the open-mesh trap door. The trap door is normally disposed in a recessed position underlying the vertical wall; and, when released by a control mechanism actuated by a trap pan, the door will automatically fall by gravity to a trap-closing position. The door is then locked in this trap-closing position by means of a latch rod which has a roughened or threaded surface which interlocks with a clip. The housing, being formed of sheet metal and being substantially imperforate, may be utilized for the purpose of destroying the animal either by drowning or gassing.

Abstract: A rodent trap comprised of an enclosure with a doorway, and a base plate. The enclosure is hinged to tilt bodily downwardly to close the doorway when tripped. Latching means is adapted to hold the enclosure in an open, ready, position. The enclosure is divided into two chambers, with the doorway in one and a tripping mechanism in the other. The tripping mechanism is mounted in said other chamber and linked to the latch means so that the weight of a rodent on it will release the latch means and enable the enclosure to tilt downwardly to close the doorway.

Abstract: A low-cost, environmentally safe rodent trap is disclosed composed generally of a pair of coaxial telescoping cylinders including an internally actuated trigger mechanism which supports one of the cylinders at an elevated height within the other cylinder. Upon reaching the bottom of the elevated cylinder, the weight of the rodent actuates the trigger mechanism, causing the elevated cylinder to fall whereby a cap attached to the upper end of the elevated cylinder sealingly engages the other cylinder to suffocate the rodent. The cylinders are housed within a box-like platform which provides easy ingress of the rodent to the trap, ensures stability during operation, prevents viewing of the rodent carcass, and provides for marketing of the trap without additional packaging material.

Abstract: A simulated monster toy and game includes a base that simulates a lake or sea and a housing joined to the base that simulates a cave at the sea's edge, in which the simulated monster is movably mounted. At the mouth of the cave is a weight-actuated triggering means for the monster. Weights shaped like simulated fish are placed on the weight-actuated trigger until the accumulated weight releases the monster from a cocked position within the cave. Upon release, the monster springs outwardly from the cave, devours the fish weights, and pulls them into the cave with the monster.

Abstract: An apparatus for determining the order of finish of a race involving toy vehicles. The apparatus includes a base which connects to tracks on which vehicles race and has a resilient surface covering its interior. A transparent cover is hinged above the base and has a trigger which is actuated by the leading vehicle crossing the resilient surface to close the cover on the vehicles within the base thereby determining their positions.

Abstract: The present invention relates to mouse traps, consisting of a first means that employs a spring type striker that is held down by a rod or lever, and a second means that employs a prop to hold up a inverted box or container. The present invention employs the two well known means previously stated to produce a nearly inescapeable mouse trap, the spring type mouse trap that employs a rod or hold down lever to restrain a striker, is placed under a propped up inverted box or container, the spring trap is placed under a string which is attached to the prop on one end and running horizontal over the spring trap and is attached to the box or container side when the mouse trips the spring trap the hold down bar or lever moves upward in a semi circle striking the horizontal string which is attached to the prop, the prop is instantly removed and the box or container drops, at the same instant the spring striker has been released by the rod or lever and in most cases kills the mouse.