Woodstream Corporation

Anthony J Souza

William E Askins

Harper Landell

John M Michel

Joseph H Bumsted

J Hibbard Robertson

The present invention relates to a vehicle's spare tire tool used for lowering down a spare tire stowed underneath of a vehicle, such as pick-up truck, SUV or any other off-road vehicle. The tool can also be used for stowing the tire back to the bottom of the vehicle. The tool kit features a 13&#x2033; tubular rod, that is designed to fit into a cordless drill, using an integrated male connector for rotating the rod. The rod also accommodates a connecting tip for hooking into a winch system of the vehicle. The rod with the attached connecting tip is inserted into an access hole at the rear of the vehicle and is rotated by the cordless drill. The tool kit enables users of all ages to easily dismount spares without overexertion or strain.

Spare tire tool kit

Pesticide duster

A repeating animal trap particularly for rodents such as rats and mice has a trapping passageway into which animals are attracted due to their inherent curiosity. A trigger within the passageway is tripped by animal pressure and this sets in motion a reciprocatory sweeping mechanism which sweeps the animal from the passageway into an adjacent collecting compartment. The reciprocatory mechanism then returns to its initial position in which it defines longitudinal walls of the passageway to effectively prevent an animal in the collection compartment from pushing its way back into the passageway. A constant force coil spring is used to power the sweeping mechanism with a control system that insures only a single reciprocation of the sweeping mechanism each time the trigger is activated so that the trap operates effectively on successive animals throughout the range of displacement of the spring.

Repeating animal trap

A rotating frame animal trap has a specific form of frame design for insuring that the maximum clamping force between the jaws is developed at a jaw opening which corresponds to the dimension of a target animal. This frame design also produces generally increased clamping forces compared with known traps over a range of jaw openings smaller than the target opening.

Rotating frame animal trap

A conventional form of mouse trap having a U-shaped sprung jaw pivotally mounted on a baseboard is provided with a novel form of pivotal bait pedal forming part of the trigger mechanism of the trap. The bait pedal molded in plastic, has a snap-on mounting arrangement for pivotally attaching same on the baseboard and has a system whereby the sensitivity of the trigger mechanism can be adjusted. Preferably the pedal has a size and shape to cover substantially the entire area enclosed by the trap jaw.

Animal trap

Disclosed is a container such as a fishing tackle box having a pull-out stacking tray structure, the individual trays of which are connected at their ends by pivotal linkages for attachment to opposite side walls of the container so that the trays can be stacked one above another at the top of the container or pulled out cantilever-wise by extension of the linkages. Attachment of the linkages to the container side walls is by way of intermediate members having elements which slot into fittings provided on the interior walls of the container. This arrangement facilitates final assembly of the container. The intermediate members can be formed to define compartments between the ends of the trays and the container side walls. A spinner-bait rack is also disclosed which fits into one of the compartments.

Container including pull-out stacking tray structure

Disclosed is a padded jaw animal trap with a shock absorber means built into the padding on each jaw in order to reduce the peak loads encountered when the jaw closes on an animal's leg. A cavity is provided between the padding face and the jaw of the animal trap such that the cavity separates the animal's leg from the steel jaw. The cavity may be filled with a gas, liquid or foamed elastomer in order to perform its function of reducing the initial shock loads when the trap closes about an animal. Preferred embodiments include an apparatus to retain the padding on the jaw of an animal trap along with a U-shaped jaw construction which facilitates mounting of padding material on an animal trap jaw.

Padded jaw animal trap

A single use disposable animal trap particularly suited for entrapment of rodents and the like, the invention comprises a housing of dimensions only slightly greater than the site of the animal which is to be trapped, the housing having an entrance opening and a pivoting inclined plane mounted internally of the housing. An animal entering the trap biases a rear portion of the inclined plane downwardly, a forward portion of the inclined plane thereby camming a door member into place over the entrance opening. In a preferred embodiment, a shoulder-like detent formed on the inner wall of the door member abuts a forward edge portion of the inclined plane, thereby to maintain the door member in place over the entrance opening and to prevent escape of the animal from the trap.

Self-locking disposable rodent trap

A portable escape ladder comprises a bracket for gripping over a building window ledge, a pair of chains suspended from the bracket and supporting a series of spaced transverse rungs therebetween and optional stand-off devices attached at least to some of the rungs to hold the ladder a fixed distance from the building wall. There is provided a form of connection between the rungs and the chains in which the ends of the rungs are pressed flat and formed with an opening in which the junction of a pair of chain links is captively held. The optional stand-off devices comprise substantially flat frames with upright extensions fitting in bores formed in the respective rungs and fastened in place by snap nuts on the ends of the uprights.

Portable escape ladder

A repeating animal trap assembly comprising a capture unit and a holding unit with means releasably associating the two units. The capture unit defines a compartment having at least one entry opening and at least one exit opening. The holding unit defines an enlarged compartment having an entry opening which in the assembled relationship of the units is aligned with the exit opening of the capture unit to provide communication between the compartments in the two units. Doors are provided for the capture unit entry and exit openings with means for automatically closing the entry doors and opening the exit door when an animal is totally within the capture unit compartment. Preferably, the animal is frightened by a light flashing and passes into the holding unit compartment where further means are actuated to automatically close the exit door and open the entry doors to the capture unit compartment so that additional animals may be captured. Both electrical and mechanical means are disclosed to operate the various doors and in the preferred embodiments the doors are balanced so that they remain in a given position once they have been moved to that position without expending any energy until the actuating means are again energized to move the doors to their alternate position.

Repeating animal trap assembly

An improved trigger mechanism particularly useful with a rotating frame animal trap, the present trigger mechanism comprises a rotary universal joint which allows angular displacement of the trigger mechanism about a frame of the trap on which said trigger mechanism is pivotally carried. Free ends of spaced prongs extending from the trigger mechanism toward the interior of the trap contact an animal entering the trap from any direction, sufficient force caused by such contact angularly displacing the trigger mechanism to spring the trap.

Universal trigger mechanism for rotating frame animal traps

A repeating animal trap of the inclined plane type including a collection means defining an enlarged container for confining animals with at least one trap means set in an opening in the wall thereof. The trap means includes a pivoted floor means and a pivoted door means. The floor means is normally biased to a first position in which the exit from the trap into the container is totally blocked with the door means in this position being opened at the entrance to the trap so that already confined animals cannot escape through the trap while additional animals can enter the trap. When an animal enters the trap it tilts the floor means to a second position which simultaneously raises the door means and blocks the entrance while unblocking the exit thereby permitting an animal within the trap means to enter the container while precluding his escape from the trap means. Confining members in the form of slidable plates can be secured to a side portion of the collection means to direct animals that bypass the trap opening back in the direction of the trap.

Repeating animal trap with side extension

Tackle box

An animal trap comprising a base, a pair of generally U-shaped jaws journaled in said base for pivotal movement toward and away from each other between fully open and fully closed positions, U-spring means associated with the jaws and normally operative from a compressed to a released condition to pivot the jaws toward each other to the fully closed position and animal actuated trigger means for releasing the spring means. At least one of the jaws has a generally cylindrical elongated jamb or spacer element mounted thereon which extends toward the other jaw and abuts it in the jaws closed position to maintain the jaws at least slightly spaced apart even in the fully closed position. In one form of the invention, the jamb element includes a generally rectangular longitudinally extending slot therein which receives and is received within a generally rectangular notch in the jaw, which notch opens toward the other jaw.

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Lancaster, PA, United States of America

Anthony J Souza