(under subclass 73) Traps having a door rotated on a vertical axis or a platform rotated on a horizontal axis by means of a spring or the like.
(1) Note. In either case the animal is forced or precipitated into a receiver, from which it is prevented from escaping by the closing of the trapdoor or by other means.
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69+, for self and ever-set traps having a tilting platform.
71, for self and ever-set traps having a rotatable platform.