Patent Application
20220151219
The present invention relates to a trap.
Generally, animals can move quickly. Therefore, people would set up traps on the ground to capture animals. The trap can trap the animal easily because it is well concealed and the animal is uneasy to be aware of the trap. As a result, the trap is a commonly used device.
However, although the trap can clamp and trap the body of the animal, the conventional trap on the market only focus on the lethality and bite force but ignores the safety. Therefore, it often causes harms to the person(s) during operation, or accidentally hurts pets or others.
The present invention is, therefore, arisen to obviate or at least mitigate the above-mentioned disadvantages.
The main object of the present invention is to provide a trap which can prevent unintentional triggering.
To achieve the above and other objects, a trap is provided, including: a clamping device, being operable to provide a catching space; and a shielding member, movably connected to the clamping device, the shielding member being movable to shield at least part of the catching space.
The present invention will become more obvious from the following description when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, which show, for purpose of illustrations only, the preferred embodiment(s) in accordance with the present invention.
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The clamping device 1 is operable to provide a catching space 11, wherein the catching space 11 is configured to trap an animal such as a rat, and bait can be disposed in the catching space 11 for baiting the rat. The shielding member 7 is movably connected to the clamping device 1, and the shielding member 7 is movable to shield at least part of the catching space 11. Whereby, the shielding member 7 can block external ones such as pets, babies or children from reaching the clamping device 1, thus avoiding danger.
Specifically, the shielding member 7 includes at least one entrance hole 71 disposed therethrough and in communication with the catching space 11, and the at least one entrance hole 71 is configured for an animal to reach into the catching space 11. The at least one entrance hole 71 is preferably sized according to the size of target animals, which can providing function for selecting animals to be trapped.
Specifically, the shielding member 7 further includes at least one flange 72 defining the at least one entrance hole 71, and the at least one flange 72 protrudes outwardly in a direction away from the catching space 11. The at least one flange 72 can prevent unexpected part of the animal reaches into the catching space 11 to trigger the clamping device 1. For example, the at least one flange 72 can effectively prevent cats and dogs from reaching into the catching space 11 and accidentally hurting their noses because of curiosity.
In this embodiment, the at least one entrance hole includes three entrance holes 71, and each of the three entrance holes 71 is disposed through the shielding member 7 in a first direction and opening at an end of the shielding member 7 in a second direction lateral to the first direction. When the clamping device 1 is disposed on the ground, each said entrance hole 71 can guide the animal to move toward the catching space 11.
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Preferably, the clamping device 1 further includes a first blocking portion 51 and a second blocking portion 52 arranged separately, and the shielding member 7 is swingable between and blockable by the first blocking portion 51 and the second blocking portion 52, which can prevent the shielding member 7 from being damaged due to overswinging.
Preferably, the clamping device 1 further includes at least one first positioning portion 61, the shielding member 7 further includes at least one second positioning portion 62. When the shielding member 7 is located in a shielding position and shields the at least part of the catching space 11, the at least one second positioning portion 62 and the at least one first positioning portion 61 are positioningly engaged with each other so that the shielding member 7 can stably remain in the shielding position even an external force is exerted onto the shielding member 7.
In this embodiment, the at least one first positioning portion 61 includes a recess 611 and a wall portion 612 defining the recess 611, and the at least one second positioning portion 62 includes a protruding portion 621. When the shielding member 7 is located in the shielding position, the protruding portion 621 is engaged within the recess 611, and a part of the wall portion 612 is blockable by the protruding portion 621 on a moving path of the shielding member 7.
The clamping device 1 further includes a base 2 and a clamping member 3. The at least one first positioning portion 61, the first blocking portion 51 and the second blocking portion 52 are disposed on the base 2. The base 2 includes a first clamping side 21 and a first positioning side 22. The clamping member 3 is disposed on the base 2 and swingable between an open position and a close position. The clamping member 3 includes a second clamping side 31 and a second positioning side 32. When the clamping member 3 is located in the open position, the second positioning side 32 is releasably positioned to the first positioning side 22, and the second clamping side 31 and the first clamping side 21 define the catching space 11.
Specifically, the clamping device 1 further includes a trigger portion 41, and the trigger portion 41 is received within the catching space 11 and movable with the clamping member 3. The bait is disposed under the trigger portion 41 so that the animal can be baited to press the trigger portion 41 to actuate the biting of the clamping member 3. In this embodiment, the three entrance holes 71 are equiangularly arranged relative to the trigger portion 41, which provides plural ways of reaching into the catching space 11. When the trigger portion 41 is pressed to trigger the clamping member 3 to move toward the close position, the second positioning side 32 is disengaged from the first positioning side 22, and the second clamping side 31 closes toward the first clamping side 21 so as to trap the animal quickly.
Preferably, the second clamping side 31 includes a plurality of tooth members 43, for catching the animal firmly. The first clamping side 21 includes a plurality of receiving holes 42, and the plurality of receiving holes 42 correspond to the plurality of tooth members 43, respectively. Each of the plurality of tooth members can insert into one of the plurality of receiving holes 42, which avoids damages to the plurality of tooth members 43.
It is noted that the shielding member 7 further includes an operation opening 73, and the operation opening 73 is disposed through the shielding member 7 in a first direction and opening at an end of the shielding member 7 in a second direction lateral to the first direction. When the shielding member 7 shields the at least part of the catching space 11, the second clamping side 31 or the second positioning side 32 is located between the base 2 and the operation opening 73.
Specifically, in operation, the clamping member 3 is located in the close position (the catching space 11 is closed), the bait is disposed under the trigger portion 41, the shielding member 7 is swung to shield the second clamping side 31 where the second positioning side 32 is located correspondingly under the operation opening 73 so that the finger of a user can move through the operation opening 73 to move the second positioning side 32 toward the first positioning side 22 so as to set the clamping member 3 in the open position (the catching space 11 is open). During operation, the finger of the user keeps outside the catching space 11, and thus it can effectively avoid injury to the user.
Preferably, the trap further includes a lid 74. The lid 74 is movably attached to the shielding member 7 and configured to cover the operation opening 73, which can prevent the clamping device 1 from being unintentionally triggered.
Although particular embodiments of the invention have been described in detail for purposes of illustration, various modifications and enhancements may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Accordingly, the invention is not to be limited except as by the appended claims.
