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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 1990
Filed:
Apr. 20, 1987
Applicant:
Inventor:
Davis W Simpson, San Antonio, TX (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
43 85 ; 43 77 ;
Abstract
A trap comprising first and second arms, a bait for holding the first and second arms in a first open position, torsion springs for biasing the first and second arms toward a second closed position, and jaws formed in the first and second arms for engaging the body of an animal when the bait is broken. A method for constructing the trap is provided, and a method for trapping animals is also provided.