Locking assembly for securing a door for a cage, especially a bird cage and, alternatively, for porting said door in an open position

Abstract

A locking assembly for securing a cage door, such as a bird cage door, wherein the locking assembly includes a substantially M-shaped wire support, which may be made of a resilient material, such as a plastic or a metal, having two bottom ends which are each attached to a pivot support of the cage door. The opposite end of the M-shaped wire locking device has two foot-shaped locking feet, which may be engaged under two locking slots, or loops, provided in the bird cage adjacent to the cage door. The locking device further includes a pair of finger grips which, when squeezed together by a user, cause inward displacement of the locking feet, such that they are removed, or displaced from, the locking slots or loops of the cage. In this “squeezed” position, the door of the bird cage can be pivoted to an “open” position for allowing entry into the cage. When it is desirable to re-lock the cage, the cage door is readily pivoted back toward the “closed” position, after which the finger grips are then released by the user for allowing the locking feet to re-enter the locking slots or loops, for locking the cage door in place. In an alternative embodiment, the M-shaped wire support is replaced by a scissors-like wire support, which operates similarly, but causes an outward displacement of the locking feet when squeezed at its base portion.

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