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Patent drawing of a spring-actuated spear trap staked into the ground with a two-pronged fork, showing the coiled spring, setting lever, wire trigger with curved feelers, and the spear shaft in both set and sprung positions, including a scene of the trap having impaled a small animal.ANIMAL-TRAP.Clarence L. Parker · July 7, 1896Patent drawing showing two views of a hook-based animal trap suspended by a chain, with curved barbed hook bars and a V-shaped spring mechanism, plus a third illustration of the trap hung on a tree trunk near an approaching bear.ANIMAL-TRAP.David S. McCollum · February 16, 1897placeholderELECTRIC TRAP.George B. Vaughan · September 14, 1897Patent drawing showing a cylindrical fish trap with two circular hook-ringed jaws on a central rod suspended by a float, shown open in Figure 1, closed on a fish in Figure 2, and in cross-section with radiating hooks in Figure 3.TRAP.Samuel M. Cole · October 19, 1909Patent drawing of a cylindrical animal exterminator mounted on a post, showing a split two-piece insulating cylinder with toothed electrical contacts inside, a bait-holding bolt through the center, wires entering the cylinder, and a separate bird-killing variant with rows of sharp teeth mounted on an arched surface.ANIMAL EXTERMINATORPaul Meehan · November 24, 1942Exploded perspective drawings of a mechanical rabbit trap showing two curved pivoted metal arms, a torsion spring coil, a slotted trigger platform, and a hooked safety catch, labeled with numbered reference lines 1 through 22.TRAP FOR ANIMALSFrank Edmund Sawyer · February 27, 1951Patent drawing of a jawed animal trap with serrated jaw edges, showing a spring-loaded toggle and trigger mechanism, a pivoting safety strip with a lug, and cross-sectional views labeled Fig. 1 through Fig. 5 with numbered parts.ANIMAL TRAPMary A. Clayton · June 5, 1951Exploded and sectional patent drawings of a rectangular plastic rodent exterminator box showing a handle, bait access opening, internal transformer compartment, and two parallel rod grills forming electrodes inside an open-front chamber.RODENT EXTERMINATORSIrving Levine · June 18, 1968Line drawing of a four-armed net-launching device suspended above a net spread over two deer, with a remote hand-held trigger connected by wire.METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DEPLOYING AN ANIMAL RESTRAINING NETHarry Mattox · July 15, 2008