Animal display and habitat assembly
AssigneeNorth America Pet Products
InventorsRonald Bonner, Eric Knudsen
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Abstract
An animal display and habitat assembly having a number of modular animal display units coupled together to enclose a common access area, each of the display units including an outwardly facing display frame with a viewing section between opposing upright members and laterally disposed transition members that include first sections coupled to the upright members and second sections projecting inwardly from their respective first sections to provide a pair of door jambs across which an access door may enclose a display compartment or may be opened into the common access area.
Claims27
An animal display and habitat assembly comprising:
- a frame defining a transparent viewing section between a pair of opposing upright frame members;
- a first transition member including a first section for connecting multiple frames together and connected to one of said upright frame members and a second section projecting inwardly from said first section and including a first doorjamb;
- a second transition member including a first section for connecting multiple frames together and connected to the other of said upright frame members and a second section projecting inwardly from said first section and including a second door jamb;
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- an access door coupled to one of said door jambs and projecting to the other of said door jambs when in a closed position, said access door cooperating with said frame and said transition members to form a first modular display unit with a display compartment and an outwardly facing viewing window;
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- at least one other modular display unit connected to one of said transition members of said first modular display unit with said modular display units cooperating to define a common access area at a point interior to said access door of each said display unit.
An animal display and habitat assembly comprising:
- a plurality of modular display units arranged around a central common access area, each said display unit including an outwardly facing frame with a viewing window, a pair of laterally disposed wedge-shaped transition members and an access door spanning from a section of one said transition members to a section of the other of said transition members with said frame, said transition members, and said access door cooperating to define a display compartment;
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- means for coupling adjacent said modular display units together with said access door of each said display unit opening into said common access area.
An animal display and habitat assembly comprising:
- a ring of access doors surrounding a common access area;
- a plurality of individual display panels, each display panel including a pair of opposing upright members and a window disposed therebetween for viewing through said display panel;
- a plurality of individual transition panels, each transition panel including a connecting member having a first end and an opposing second end;
- a framework defined by alternating individual of said display panels and individual said transition panels and removably coupling said panels together defining an outwardly facing faceted structure concentrically arranged about said ring of access doors;
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- a plurality of divider panels, each said divider panel being connected at one end to an intermediate point of a selected transition panel and at an opposing end to one side of a selected access door with adjacent said access doors having at least one side coupled to a common divider panel with each said access door cooperating with a pair of transition panels and an opposing display panel to define a display compartment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.