Collapsible cage
AssigneeWoodstream Corporation
InventorsWilliam E. Askins, Michael W. Stewart, Gary H. 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.
Claims12
In a collapsible cage structure comprising a base, a pair of end walls, a pair of side walls and a roof, the walls and roof each formed of grids with parallel rods, wherein selected ends of said walls, said base and said roof are hinged together and other ends of said walls, said base and said roof have releasable latching means therebetween whereby the cage structure can be secured in a erected condition by engaging the latching means and can be folded into a collapsed condition by disengaging the latching means, the improvement wherein said walls, said base and said roof to be releasably secured to each other include juxtaposed end rods in the erected condition of the cage structure, said latching means comprising a plurality of releasable clips, each clip including spaced end portions and an intermediate portion, one end portion of each clip being pivotally mounted on a selected rod of one of said grids for swinging over an end rod of an adjacent grid to releasably grip said end rods together in the erected condition of the cage structure, at least one end portion of said clip engaging a rod parallel to, and spaced from, said end rod of one of said grids.
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