Cage trap with improved slide for door

Abstract

An animal trap of the type having a base, back wall and side walls made of metal mesh and a roof or lid made of metal sheet. A vertically sliding door is provided at the front of the trap which is held in an upper open position by a trigger mechanism until the trigger mechanism is released by an animal stepping on a bait pan inside the trap. The trap is provided with door slides snap-fitted on the opposite side walls at the front of the trap which improves the rigidity of the trap and the effectiveness of door operation. The slides are extrusions in metal or plastic, each having a first channel which snaps onto the respective side wall and a second perpendicular channel forming a guideway receiving one edge of the door. The roof is formed with inverted U-shaped flanges along its side edges defining a downwardly opening channel adapted to fit over the upper edges of the side walls of the trap housing with inwardly and upwardly extending resilient clip elements pressed into the channel so that the roof can be snap fit over the upper edges of the side walls with the free ends of the clip elements lockingly engaged under horizontal wires of the mesh side walls. The bait pan is supported by a pivot mounting which is spaced inwardly from the side walls of the trap housing and upwardly from the bottom to protect the same against damage causing distortion of the housing.