US 12,213,473 B2
Animal kill trap
Nicholas Paul David Jones, Inglewood (NZ)
Assigned to REWILD Limited, Inglewood (NZ)
Appl. No. 18/577,977
Filed by REWILD Limited, Inglewood (NZ)
PCT Filed Jul. 8, 2022, PCT No. PCT/NZ2022/050093
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 9, 2024,
PCT Pub. No. WO2023/282772, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 12, 2023.
Claims priority of application No. 778064 (NZ), filed on Jul. 9, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0260564 A1, Aug. 8, 2024
Int. Cl. A01M 23/30 (2006.01); A01M 23/16 (2006.01); A01M 23/24 (2006.01)
CPC A01M 23/30 (2013.01) [A01M 23/245 (2013.01); A01M 23/16 (2013.01)] 34 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An animal kill trap comprising: an enclosure that comprises:
an upper lid that is hinged at a front end of the animal kill trap,
a trap mechanism configured to be opened and non-triggerable until the upper lid is in a closed position thereby allowing baiting and inspection of the animal kill trap without risk of injury to a user by accidental triggering of the animal kill trap,
wherein utilization of the upper lid of the animal kill trap acts as a lever to reduce a force required to set or empty the animal kill trap; and,
wherein the trap mechanism comprises:
a kill bar, and
two lid reset arms and two sliding and slotted linkage members, such that each lid reset arm of said two lid reset arms comprises one of said two sliding and slotted linkage members located on either side of the kill bar and attached to the upper lid,
wherein the kill bar is mechanically linked to the upper lid by way of said two sliding and slotted linkage members located on either side of the kill bar.