Feed dish for animal cages
AssigneeLouden Bros. Tool Co., Inc.
InventorRichard Louden
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Abstract
A feed dish for use in combination with a cage. The feed dish has at least one or a plurality of protrusions or elongated members that are capable of receiving a sliding member in adjustable positions so that the feed dish can be mounted on cages comprising on cage walls having different widths, thickness or sizes.
Claims64
A feed dish for attaching to a feed cage:
- a bowl;
- at least one adjustment projection extending from said bowl and for passing through a wall of said feed cage;
- and
- a cooperating member for situating on an opposite side of said wall and for slidably engaging said at least one adjustment projection to adjustably secure said bowl to said wall.
A feed dish for use in combination with a cage formed from a lattice of horizontal and vertical wire members, said feed dish comprising:
- a bowl comprising a sidewall, said bowl comprising mounting structure for attaching the bowl to said cage;
- said mounting structure comprising:
- at least one elongated member extending from said sidewall for extending through the lattice of the cage, said at least one elongated member comprising a plurality of channels defining a plurality of adjustment positions, respectively, for accommodating wire of different gauges;
- a sliding member comprising at least one slot for receiving said at least one elongated member and for cooperating with at least one of said plurality of channels in order to secure said bowl onto said lattice.
A feed dish for securing to a cage wall of a cage comprising:
- a bowl having a bowl wall;
- at least one protrusion extending from said bowl wall, said at least one protrusion comprising a plurality of adjustment areas;
- and
- a sliding member for mounting on at least one of said plurality of adjustment areas in order to secure said bowl to said cage wall,
- said plurality of adjustment areas being spaced to accommodate cage walls of different thickness.
A cage and feed dish system;
- a cage comprising a cage wall;
- a bowl having a bowl wall;
- a plurality of protrusions extending from said bowl wall, each of said plurality protrusions comprising a plurality of slots defining a plurality of adjustment positions, respectively, so that said bowl can be mounted on cage walls having different thickness;
- and
- a mounting member for mounting on at least one of said plurality of channels in order to secure said bowl to said cage wall.
A feed dish for securing to a cage wall of a cage comprising:
- a bowl comprising a bowl wall;
- and
- mounting means for mounting said bowl on said cage wall;
- said mounting means comprising at least one mounting member that mounts onto at least a portion of the bowl to secure said bowl to said cage wall and that is capable of accommodating cages having cage walls of varying thickness.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.