US 4,763,606 A · Modular animal cage

Abstract

An animal cage comprises an outer frame defining the peripheral edges of a box like enclosure, and a series of wall panels for releasably mounting in respective faces of the enclosure to form spaced side, end, and top and bottom walls of the enclosure. Each panel is held in the surrounding frame by spring loaded latch pins adjacent each end of the frame which are urged into corresponding openings in the frame and can be released at either end for swinging the panel open about the opposite end latch pin, or released at both ends for removing the panel from the frame. The frame is releasably securable to one or more additional frames arranged one on top of the other, side to side, or end to end. The internal wall panels may be removed to increase the height, width or length of the enclosure, or left in place to provide an assembly of separate cages for different animals.

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Dependent claims

An animal cage, comprising:

an outer frame defining the peripheral edges of a box like enclosure having opposite open side, end and upper and lower faces;
a series of wall panels for mounting in the open faces of the frame to form the opposite side, end, and upper and lower walls of the cage;
hinge latch means for releasably securing each panel adjacent two opposite edges to the surrounding frame at a respective cage face;
each latch means comprising means for hingeably securing the respective edge of the panel to the frame and for allowing the panel to pivot about the hinge latch means when the opposite edge latch means is released, the frame surrounding each wall opening having aligned latch openings for slidably receiving respective panel latch means.

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An animal cage, comprising:

an outer frame defining the peripheral edges of a box like enclosure having opposite open side, end and upper and lower faces;
a series of wall panels for mounting in the open faces of the frame to form the opposite side, end, and upper and lower walls of the cage;
hinge latch means for releasably securing each panel adjacent two opposite edges to the surrounding frame at a respective cage face;
each latch means comprising means for hingeably securing the respective edge of the panel to the frame and for allowing the panel to pivot about the hinge latch means when the opposite edge latch means is released, the frame surrounding each wall opening having aligned latch openings for slidably receiving respective panel latch means;
two rectangular side frame portions for defining the cage side wall openings and spaced pairs of end frame members connecting the four corners of each side frame portion to the corresponding corners of the other side frame portion to define the upper, lower and end wall openings of the cage, the end frame members being pivotally connected to the respective side frame portion corners and each end frame member having a central pivot for allowing the cage frame to collapse for storage.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Modular animal cage

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Modular animal cage

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Abstract

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