Modular component knock-down animal cage structure and assembly

A plurality of knock-down cage units for animals or the like, said units being capable of rapid assembly and disassembly and comprising the following elements in combination:

• a pair of side wall sections, a top wall section, and a rear wall section, each of said sections being essentially rectangular and consisting essentially of a plurality of wires framed peripherally by wire or rod, and a bottom wall or floor section having openings therein, and each of said sections comprising at peripheral edges a plurality of short sockets or sleeves adapted to juxtapose and align with complementary sockets or sleeves at peripheral edges of adjacent or contiguous wall sections, the total length of the combined sockets on any section peripheral edge being much less than the total length or reach of that edge, said sockets or sleeves when complementarily juxtaposed and aligned being adapted to be releasably secured together by the insertion of a plurality of unconnected and independently releasable lock pins therein, and lock pins in sockets or sleeves on adjacent or contiguous wall sections releasably securing said sections and forming a rectangular cage unit which is open at the front, said side and/or rear wall sections comprising optional splash-guard segments at the lower portions thereof,
• said modular cage units being suspended in a frame unit comprising upright members and horizontal or transverse members by suspension means securing said cage units, at their upper peripheral edges, to transverse members of said frame unit, whereby said cage units are suspended from said frame unit without the necessity of coming into contact with said frame unit.

A plurality of knock-down cage units for animals or the like, said units being capable of rapid assembly and disassembly and comprising the following elements in combination:

• a pair of side wall sections, a top wall section, and a rear wall section, each of said sections being essentially rectangular and consisting essentially of a plurality of wires framed peripherally by wire or rod, and a bottom wall or floor section having openings therein, and each of said sections comprising at peripheral edges a plurality of short sockets or sleeves adapted to juxtapose and align with complementary sockets or sleeves at peripheral edges of adjacent or contiguous wall sections, the total length of the combined sockets on any section peripheral edge being much less than the total length or reach of that edge, said sockets or sleeves when complementarily juxtaposed and aligned being adapted to be releasably secured together by the insertion of a plurality of unconnected and independently releasable lock pins therein, and lock pins in sockets or sleeves on adjacent or contiguous wall sections releasably securing said sections and forming a rectangular cage unit which is open at the front, said side and/or rear wall sections comprising optional splash-guard segments at the lower portions thereof,
• said cage units comprising face plates secured at the front peripheral edges of wall sections, a first face plate attached to one of said wall sections comprising a plurality of sockets or sleeves, and a second face plate attached to an opposite wall section comprising latch means, a door section comprising at its one peripheral edge complementary sockets or sleeves adapted to juxtapose and align with the plurality of sockets or sleeves on said first face plate, lock pins in said sockets or sleeves on said first face plate and on said peripheral edge of said door section for hinging said door to said face plate, and cooperating latch means on the opposite peripheral edge of said door section, whereby said door section may be swung upon hinges on said first face plate on said one wall section into juxtaposition with the second face plate on the other of said wall sections, thereby closing the open front of said cage unit, and whereby said door may be secured in closed position by said latch means on said door section and by said cooperating latch means on said second face plate,
• said modular cage units being suspended in a frame unit comprising upright members and horizontal or transverse members by suspension means releasably securing said cage units, at their upper peripheral edges, to transverse members of said frame unit, whereby said cage units are suspended from said frame unit without the necessity of coming into contact with said frame unit.

A modular cage unit suspended in a frame unit comprising upright members and horizontal or transverse members by suspension means releasably securing said cage unit, at its upper peripheral edges, to transverse members of said frame unit, whereby said cage unit is suspended from said frame unit without the necessity of coming into contact with said frame unit, said modular cage unit comprising a pair of side wall sections, a top wall section, and a rear wall section, each of said sections being essentially rectangular and consisting essentially of a plurality of wires framed peripherally by wire or rod, and a bottom wall or floor section having openings therein, and each of said sections comprising at peripheral edges a plurality of short sockets or sleeves adapted to juxtapose and align with complementary sockets or sleeves at peripheral edges of adjacent or contiguous wall sections, the total length of the combined sockets on any section peripheral edge being much less than the total length or reach of that edge, said sockets or sleeves when complementarily juxtaposed and aligned being adapted to be releasably secured together by the insertion of a plurality of unconnected and independently releasable lock pins therein, and lock pins in sockets or sleeves on adjacent or contiguous wall sections releasably secured said sections and forming a rectangular cage unit which is open at the front.