# US 2019/0075753 A1 · Wall element for an animal cage > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2019/0075753 A1 - Document ID: US20190075753A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 16/083,770 - Filed: 2017-02-24 - Published: 2019-03-14 - Earliest claimed: 2016-03-11 - Assignees: Brueggli - Applicants: Brueggli - Inventors: Marco STOFFEL; Benjamin BACHMANN; Arno LENZI; Nico SPINELLI; Remo SOMMER - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20190075753A1 ## CPC - A01K 1/0272: {Boxes, bags, cages, baskets, harnesses especially adapted for transport in or on automobiles} - A01K 1/0245: {Boxes or cages} - A01K: ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS ## Abstract The invention relates to a wall element (6) for an animal cage (1), particularly for a dog cage, particularly for housing an animal in the luggage compartment of a passenger-carrying motor vehicle. According to the invention, the wall element (6) comprises at least one elastically compressible cavity in order to increase the level of safety of said animal cage (1) in the event of a crash. ## Claims ### Claim at position 1 1-16. (canceled) ### Claim 17 A wall element for an animal cage, wherein the wall element has at least one elastically compressible cavity configured to increase a crash safety of the animal cage. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The wall element according to claim 17, wherein the wall element is manufactured by blow molding. ### Claim 19 (depends on 17) The wall element according to claim 17, further comprising a) a convexly curved inner surface facing an interior of the animal cage when assembled; and b) an exterior surface facing away from the interior of the animal cage when assembled, the exterior surface being substantially flat or concave or at least less convex than the interior. ### Claim 20 (depends on 17) The wall element according to claim 17, wherein the wall element comprises plastic. ### Claim 21 (depends on 20) The wall element according to claim 20, wherein the wall element comprises a material selected from the group consisting of polyethylene, PE-HD and ABS. ### Claim 22 (depends on 17) The wall element according to claim 17, wherein the cavity has a volume of at least 50 cm3. ### Claim 23 (depends on 17) The wall element according to claim 17, wherein the wall element has several ribs which each form a cavity. ### Claim 24 (depends on 23) The wall element according to claim 23, wherein the ribs run parallel to each other. ### Claim 25 (depends on 24) The wall element according to claim 24, wherein the ribs are arranged substantially equidistantly. ### Claim 26 (depends on 25) The wall element according to claim 25, wherein the ribs run upright in the assembled state. ### Claim 27 (depends on 26) The wall element according to claim 26, wherein the number of ribs is greater than 3. ### Claim 28 (depends on 27) The wall element according to claim 27, wherein the number of ribs is less than 10. ### Claim 29 (depends on 17) An animal cage comprising a wall element according to claim 17 for improving crash safety. ### Claim 30 (depends on 29) The animal cage according to claim 29, wherein a) the animal cage has four extruded profiles on a cage wall, which form a rectangle, and b) the wall element serving to improve crash safety is rectangular and is fitted between the four extruded profiles. ### Claim 31 (depends on 30) The animal cage according to claim 30, wherein a) the extruded profiles each have a longitudinal groove, and b) the side edges of the wall element serving to improve crash safety each form a tongue which forms a tongue-and-groove connection with longitudinal grooves in the extruded profiles. ### Claim 32 (depends on 31) The animal cage according to claim 31, wherein a) a metal insert is arranged at an end of a horizontal extruded profile for connection to an upright extruded profile, b) the metal insert has three tines which project substantially parallel to one another from the metal insert, c) the central tine of the metal insert engages axially in a cavity of the horizontal extruded profile, d) the two outer tines of the metal insert engage axially in two opposite longitudinal grooves of the horizontal extruded profile, and e) the metal insert is connected to the adjacent upright extruded profile. ### Claim 33 (depends on 32) The animal cage according to claim 32, wherein the metal insert is at least partially surrounded by a plastic sheath which prevents direct contact between the metal insert and the horizontal extruded profile. ### Claim 34 (depends on 29) The animal cage according to claim 29, wherein a) the animal cage has a cage door on one side, and b) the wall element serving to improve crash safety is arranged opposite the cage door. ### Claim 35 (depends on 30) The animal cage according to claim 30, wherein the extruded profiles are made of aluminum or an aluminum alloy. ### Claim 36 (depends on 29) The animal cage in accordance with claim 29, wherein the animal cage complies with at least one of technical standards ECE R17, ECE R126 and DIN75410 for crash safety and load securing. ### Claim 37 (depends on 29) The animal cage according to claim 29, wherein the wall element serving to improve crash safety is curved inwards.