Portable knock-down pigeon cage

An improved foldable pigeon cage for transportation of homing pigeons, comprising:

• a bottom base;
• a pair of longitudinal foldable fences pivotally engaged with said bottom base;
• a pair of lateral side walls pivotally secured to the lateral sides of said bottom base;
• a top roof with which being engaged said foldable fences being provided with a central opening;
• a cover plate pivotally located at said central opening for closing the same up;
• and a net-like board removably mounted onto said bottom base;
• a waste collecting board removably engaged with said bottom base under said net-like board for collecting pigeon droppings;
• said bottom base rectangular in shape being provided with a slide track on each longitudinal flanged inner side thereof so as to permit said waste collecting board to be removably attached to the bottom base;
• a recess being defined on each lateral flanged side of said bottom base;
• at each corner of said bottom base being disposed a vertical protrusion stud;
• each of said foldable fences being made up of an upper portion and a lower portion that being hinged together for folding purpose;
• said upper portion being a window provided with a plurality of parallel bars with two right-angle cuts defined at the upper right and left corner of said upper portion;
• said lower portion being also a window provided with a screen and a pair of right angle cuts defined at the lower left and right corners;
• on an inner side adjacent each of said upper right and left cuts of each upper portion being provided with a protruded retaining rod;
• each side wall provided with parallel bars on the upper portion and a screen on the lower portion thereof having a locking groove at each upper end of each longitudinal side thereof, in correspondence to each retaining rod of the upper portions of the foldable fences;
• said top roof being a bracket provided with a downwardly protruded rod at each corner thereof and having a central opening encircled by two longitudinal bars and two lateral bars;
• on each longitudinal side of said roof of the bracket being disposed round holes for the attachment of handles each provided with a locking member at each end thereof;
• said cover plate of a rectangular shape having a pair of hinge hooks at one lateral side and a locking member disposed near the opposite side thereof;
• said net-like board mounted onto the bottom base by engaging the lateral edges with the recesses on the lateral flanged sides of said bottom base in such a manner that the waste collecting board being movable under said net-like board;
• whereby in assembly, said right-angle cuts of said lower portion of said foldable fences being placed in alignment with the protrusion studs of said bottom base and being pivotally secured thereto;
• said right-angle cuts of said upper portions of said foldable fences being put in pivotal engagement with said protruded rods of said top roof so as to make said top roof foldable with respect said fences;
• then, said side walls being pivotally secured to each lateral side of said bottom base between a pair of the protrusion studs respectively so that said side walls can be foldably operated;
• said pivots of said side walls being located at a lower position than that of the pivots of the foldable fences on the protrusion rods;
• next, said cover plate being pivotally mounted onto said top roof by way of the hinge hooks engaged with one of the lateral bars, with the locking member engaged with said one of the lateral bars so as to close up the opening of said top roof;
• said net-like board being placed in position by way of the recesses.