Animal restraining apparatus

Animal restraining apparatus including a cage portion, a door portion, a door locking portion, a movable restraint portion and a restraint actuating portion;

• said cage portion incluindg a top section, a bottom section, a sidewall section and an end section, barrier sections covering said top, bottom, sidewall and end sections;
• said door portion including a movable door member covering a quadrangular end opening, a rod section disposed along each vertical side edge of said end opening, eyelet means extending from each lower corner of said door member in slideable engagement with said rod sections;
• said door locking portion including engaging means adjacent an upper end of said door member, said engaging means including a pivoting first handle member selectively engageable with an adjacent edge of said top section;
• said movable restraint portion including an elongated floating panel section enclosing free edges of said top, bottom, end sections and said door portion but spaced therefrom, said elongated panel section being oriented suubstantially parallel with said sidewall section, a panel supporting section extending between free edges of opposing cage sections, pivoting link support members joining said floating panel section with said supporting section;
• said restraint actuating portion including an elongated section handle member extending outwardly from said panel section centrally thereof, panel locking means disposed along the length of said handle member selectively engageable with said supporting section;
• whereby an animal may be restrained within said apparatus by raising said door member, inserting said animal within said cage portion, lowering said door member,pushing said second handle member to move said panel section toward said opposite sidewall section and fixing the position thereof by engaging said locking means with said supporting section.