US 4,285,301 AGranted

Bird cage

AssigneeJosef Voss

InventorJosef Voss

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Abstract

A bird-cage includes an elongated barrel, which has a wall bounding the interior thereof, upper and lower open ends. The upper open end can be detachably closed by a first discrete end closure, which is formed with a first bent portion directed upwardly when the first closure is installed on the barrel in an operative position to increase the interior volume of the container. The first closure is adapted to be inverted with its bent portion directed down and inwardly into the container in a collapsed position. The lower open end can be detachably closed by a second discrete end closure, which is formed with a second bent portion directed downwardly when this closure is installed in the barrel in the operative position to further increase the interior volume of the container. The second closure can also be inverted with its bent portion directed up and inwardly into the interior in the collapsed position.

Claims6

Dependent claims

A collapsible bird-container of the cage type, comprising an elongated cage-type barrel having a rigid peripheral wall bounding the interior of the barrel and an upper and a lower open end;

a first discrete end closure detachably mountable on said barrel in an operative position for closing said upper end, said first closure being formed with a first reduced cross-section portion directed upwardly when said closure is installed on said barrel in said operative position;
a second discrete end closure detachably mountable on said barrel in an operative position for closing said lower end, said second closure also being formed with a second reduced cross-section portion directed downwardly when said second closure is installed on said barrel in said operative position, at least one of said end closures being invertable to a storage position in which the reduced cross-section portion thereof extends into and said one end closure is received substantially completely in said barrel to thereby decrease the overall height of the container in order for the container to require less space for storage or transport;
and means for detachably securing said end closures to said barrel in at least said operative positions.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.