Collapsible animal cage
AssigneeTokyo Petcage Co., Ltd.
InventorMasami Sugiura
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Abstract
A collapsible animal cage wherein a cover frame includes two pairs of pivot projections, each pair of which extend downwards at different distances from sides of each end. A pair of side plates, one of which is higher than the other, upper parts of them are pivotally mounted to the pivot projections of the cover frame. Upper parts of a pair of end plates are also pivotally mounted to the cover frame and lower parts of the end plates are fixed to the side plates and are detachable therefrom. A bottom plate is inserted into bottom grooves formed in the lower ends of the side plates. A carry handle may be attached to one of the side parts of the cover frame.
Claims4
A collapsible animal cage comprising:
- a cover frame having two pairs of pivot projections, each pair of which extend downwards at different distances from both sides of each end, the two lower pivot projections being positioned in one side of the cover frame and the two higher pivot projections in the other side;
- a pair of side plates, one of which is higher than the other, each having a bottom groove in its lower end, the upper parts of the higher and the lower side plates being pivotally mounted to the lower and the higher pivot projections of the cover frame;
- a pair of end plates whose upper parts are pivotally mounted to the end portions of the cover frame and whose lower parts are fixed to the side plates and are detachable therefrom;
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- a bottom plate which is slidably inserted in the bottom grooves of the side plates.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.