Animal cage

• US 3,958,534 A
• Filed: 01/10/1975
• Issued: 05/25/1976
• Est. Priority Date: 01/14/1974
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Armitage Brothers PLC of
• Original Assignee: Genyk Products Limited
• Inventors: Calvert, John Richard, Perkins, Roy Frederick
• Primary Examiner(s): Mancene, Louis G.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Eskovitz, J. N.
• Application Number:
  US05/540,295
• Time in Patent Office: 501 Days
• Field of Search: 119/1, 119/15, 119/17, 119/18, 119/19
• US Class Current: 119/455
• CPC Class Codes: A01K 1/03 Housing for domestic or laboratory animals

Abstract

An enclosure for small domestic pet animals, such as hamsters and gerbils for example, comprising two compartments interconnected by a hollow passageway member, wherein one of the compartments and said hollow member are together adjustable in position while part of the other compartment remains stationary.

In a preferred form said stationary part carries an obturating member with which said hollow member can be brought into engagement upon rotation of said hollow member, so as to close off said other compartment from the passageway afforded by said hollow member.

The enclosure may additionally comprise a third compartment.

Claims

1. An enclosure for small domestic pet animals comprising a first compartment having a floor, walls and a roof, and an aperture through said floor, a second compartment having a circular floor, a roof having an aperture therethrough and a continuous circular wall having a lower edge cooperating with said circular floor to permit relative rotation between said continuous circular wall and said circular floor to thereby provide means for adjusting said roof with respect to said circular floor, and a hollow passageway member joining said first and second compartments through said apertures.

2. An enclosure for small domestic pet animals as claimed in claim 1 wherein said floor of said second compartment includes an obturating member projecting within said second compartment, said obturating member being adapted for cooperation with said hollow passageway member to close off the interior of said second compartment from the passageway afforded by said hollow member.