Collapsible cage
AssigneeWoodstream Corporation
InventorsWilliam E. Askins, Michael W. Stewart, Gary Roulston, Joseph F. Fiore, Jr.
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Abstract
A collapsible cage for dogs or rabbits has a rectangular base, fold-down end walls folding side walls and a roof. The walls and roof are made of metal grids. The end walls fold down onto the base one over the other. The side walls fold in the middle concertina-wise and are hinged at the top to opposite edges of the roof allowing the side walls and roof to collapse onto the base over the end walls. The base has a pull-out tray or pan and an access door is provided in one of the end walls. Releasable clips are provided to hold the walls and roof together in an elevated position of the structure.
Claims21
A collapsible cage structure comprising a rectangular base, a pair of side walls, a pair of end walls and a roof wherein at least the side walls, end walls and roof comprise rectangular metal grids, wherein the end walls are hinged along bottom edges thereof to respective end edges of the base for folding down onto the base and for unfolding from the base into an elevated upright position, the side walls each comprising upper and lower metal grids interconnected by a hinge joint, the lower metal grids being hinged along bottom edges thereof to respective side edges of the base, the upper metal grids being hinged along top edges thereof to respective side edges of the roof, the side walls being foldable inwardly concertina-wise about said hinge joints to collapse the side walls and roof onto the base over the end walls and being unfoldable about said hinge joints to elevate the side walls and roof prior to elevating the end walls, latching means for releasably securing the walls and roof in the elevated position means providing an animal access opening in one of the walls and stop means associated with each of said hinge joints for preventing each of the side walls from unfolding outwardly beyond a substantially planar configuration of the side wall.
A collapsible cage structure comprising a rectangular base, a pair of side walls, a pair of end walls and a roof wherein at least the side walls, end walls and roof comprise rectangular metal grids, wherein the end walls are hinged along bottom edges thereof to respective end edges of the base for folding down onto the base and for unfolding from the base into an elevated upright position, the side walls each comprising upper and lower metal grids interconnected by a hinge joint, the lower metal grids being hinged along bottom edges thereof to respective side edges of the base, the upper metal grids being hinged along top edges thereof to respective side edges of the roof, the side walls being foldable inwardly concertina-wise about said hinge joints to collapse the side walls and roof onto the base over the end walls and being unfoldable about said hinge joints to elevate the side walls and roof prior to elevating the end walls, latching means for releasably securing the walls and roof in the elevated position means providing an animal access opening in one of the walls and stop means associated with each of said hinge joints for preventing each of the side walls from unfolding outwardly beyond a substantially planar configuration of the side wall wherein the latching means comprises pivotal clips on respective ones of the grids for releasably latching with adjacent grids in the elevated positions of the walls and roof.
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