US Patent Issued to Woodstream on May 12 for "Cage trap trip mechanism and assembly method" (Pennsylvania Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,622,428, issued on May 12, was assigned to Woodstream Corp. (Lancaster, Pa.).

"Cage trap trip mechanism and assembly method" was invented by Andrew Joseph Gauker (Mohnton, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A live animal trap comprises a cage assembly defining an interior space accessible via at least one entrance, a door assembly and a trigger assembly. The cage assembly includes a floor, a pair of opposed side walls, a rear wall and a top wall removably connected to the pair of side walls and the rear wall. The door assembly includes a door pivotally mounted to the cage assembly and movable between a closed position and an open position...