(under subclass 58) Traps which comprise two jawlike catching elements separated when the trap is set, which move toward each other to grip the animal between them.
(1) Note. While many of these traps, when sprung, deliver what amounts to a blow to the victim, they are distinguishable from smiting-traps of the swinging-striker class in that the present traps are designed especially to grip and not to smite and have two jaws moving toward each other, while all smiting-traps catch the animal between a single striker and some base, which is stationary. Traps including a stationary jaw and a movable jaw are not classified as jaw-traps, but as smiting-traps.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
81+, for single-jaw traps delivering a blow to the animal, but also holding it, as do jaw-traps, against escape.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS
293, Vehicle Fenders,
16, for vehicle fenders having laterally closable body traps.
