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US 11,882,810 B2Granted
Disposable animal cage for use in ventilated rack
AssigneeAllentown, LLC
InventorsJohn Coiro, Steve Miller, Alastair MacLennan, III
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Abstract
A disposable animal cage which can be used in a ventilated or static caging rack system includes a cage top and a cage base. Any corner or edge present in the interior of the cage base or the cage top that is accessible to an animal that can be contained in the cage is defined by surfaces having a conical section which is non-circular to prevent gnawing of the cage. A perforation section including a plurality of small apertures adjacent to one another can be formed in the cage for ventilation and prevention of gnawing by the animals.
Claims45
A animal cage assembly comprising:
- a cage top, the cage top including one or more walls extending from a ceiling, the ceiling is substantially flat;
- a cage base, the cage base including one or more walls extending from a floor, and
- a structure including a front section and a rear section, the structure configured to be received under said cage top, a middle section joining the front section to the rear section, the middle section extending downwardly, the rear section extending into the cage top and the front section and a part of the middle section extending into the cage base, the front section, the rear section and the middle section being formed of a plurality of wires in a side by side configuration extending a length of the cage base,
- wherein a height of the animal cage assembly with the cage top attached to the cage base is less than a width of the cage top.
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A animal cage assembly comprising:
- a cage top, the cage top including one or more walls extending from a ceiling, the ceiling is substantially flat;
- a cage base, the cage base including one or more walls extending from a floor;
- a structure including a fiont section and a rear section, the structure configured to be received under said cage top, a middle section joining the front section to the rear section, the middle section extending downwardly, the rear section extending into the cage top and the front section and apart of the middle section extendinginto the cage base, and
- a water housing mount pocket formed in the cage top, the water housing mount pocket being adapted to receive a container, wherein the water housing mount pocket includes a support, a bottom end of the support including an aperture wherein a height of the animal cage assembly with the cage top attached to the cage base is less than a width of the cage top and wherein the ceiling of the cage top includes one or more openings, the one or more openings being covered respectively by one or more filters, a feed tray being positioned beneath the one or more filters after the cage top is attached to the cage base, and the front section being positioned below said water housing mount pocket and the rear section being positioned below the one or more openings.
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An animal cage system comprises:
- at least one animal cage assembly, the at least one animal cage assembly comprising a cage top, the cage top including one or more walls extending from a ceiling, the ceiling is substantially flat and a cage base, the cage base including one or more walls extending from a floor;
- a structure including a front section and a rear section, the structure configured to be received under said cage top, a middle section joining the front section to the rear section, the middle section extending downwardly, the rear section extending into the cage top and the front section and a part of the middle section extending into the cage base, the front section, rear section and middle section being formed of a plurality of wires in a side by side configuration extending a length of the cage base;
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- a rack for supporting the at least one animal cage assembly;
- wherein a height of the animal cage assembly with the cage top attached to the cage base is less than a width of the cage top.
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An animal cage system comprises:
- at least one animal cage assembly, the at least one animal cage assembly comprising a cage top, the cage top including one or more wails extending from a ceiling, the ceiling is substantially flat and a cage base, the cage base including one or more walls extending from a floor;
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- a rack for supporting the at least one animal cage assembly;
- wherein a height of the animal cage assembly with the cage top attached to the cage base is less than a width of the cage top and wherein the cage base and the cage top are snap fit together, and the rack includes a suspended runner system, the cage base includes a top edge which extends from the cage base, the top edge being received in the suspended runner system for automatically locking the cage base and the cage top together when the cage top and cage base are inserted into the rack.
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An animal cage system comprises:
- at least one animal cage assembly, the at least one animal cage assembly comprising a cage top, the cage top includiug one or more walls extending from a ceiling, the ceiling is substantially flat and a cage base, the cage base including one or more walls extending from a floor;
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- a rack for supporting the at least one animal cage assembly;
- wherein a height of the animal cage assembly with the cage top attached to the cage base is less than a width of the cage top wherein at least one edge junction of the one or more walls of the cage top and/or at least one corner junction of the one or more wall or walls of the cage top and the ceiling are defined by surfaces having an angle greater than or equal to about 180 degrees and less than or equal to about 360 degrees wherein the ceiling of the cage top includes one or more openings formed, punched or milled in the ceiling of the cage top, the one or more openings being covered respectively by one or more filters and wherein the ceiling of the cage top includes one or more openings, the one or more openings being covered respectively by one or more filters, a feed tray being positioned beneath the one or more filters after the cage top is attached to the cage base, the front section being positioned below said water housing mount pocket and the rear section being positioned below the one or more openings.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.