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Title: Trappers tool and method of use
Abstract:
An apparatus for safely handling an animal trap, said trap having a pan, a trigger dog engaging the pan, and spring-loaded means for holding an animal such as jaws or a noose, the apparatus comprising an enclosure member adapted to overfit the pan and enclose the area beneath the pan, and a handle member having a length greater than the reach of the jaws or other animal holding means. A method for handling a cocked animal trap, said trap of the type having a pan, a trigger dog engaging the pan, and spring-loaded means for holding an animal such as jaws or a noose, the method comprising the steps of covering the pan, the trigger dog and the space immediately below the pan; securely engaging the frame of the trap; and manipulating the trap by means of a handle member extending beyond the reach of the jaws or other animal holding means.
Other info: Inventors: Petrunich, Raymond W. (Scranton, PA, US) Application Number: 074925 Filing Date: 1979-09-13 Publication_date: 1980-10-28 Assignee: Primary Class(es): 294/15 43/96, 81/488 Other Classes: US Patent Ref:
Other Refs: Other References: Arnold's Professional Fox Trapping, by Walter L. Arnold, Chapter 1, p. 5. Hawbaker's Supreme Fox & Coyote Trapping Method, by S. Stanley Hawbaker & Son, copyright 1969, pp. 11, 28, 32, 39. | |