Cat trap/carrier/cage
OwnerMarie H. Versawinventor
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Abstract
A cat trap and cage for capturing, transporting, and temporarily housing stray, unclaimed, or feral cats. The trap is an elongated, box-shaped enclosure having a trap door at one end and a guillotine type sliding door at the other end. The trap door is mounted on hinges attached to the top wall of the cage and actuated when the cat steps on a rectangularly shaped pedal in the floor of the enclosure, causing the trap door to rotate to a closed position in order to trap the cat inside the enclosure. The guillotine door is used to obtain normal access to the cat, and the trap may be locked end to end with a litter box having a similar guillotine door. The trap door includes a detachable “squeeze” panel which may be used to urge the cat against the guillotine door at the other end of the enclosure.
Claims14
A cat trap, carrier and cage for trapping, transporting and housing small animals, comprising;
- a) an elongated box-shaped enclosure having a roof, a floor, a pair of opposing side walls joining the roof to the floor, a first open end and a second open end;
- b) a vertically slidable guillotine door disposed in the first open end of said box-shaped enclosure having an open position when the guillotine door is raised and a closed position for enclosing the first open end when the door is lowered;
- c) a trap door rotatably disposed at the second open end of said box-shaped enclosure, the trap door being rotatable about a horizontal axis on the roof of said enclosure between an open position and a closed position;
- d) a squeeze panel detachably disposed in said trap door for squeezing a cat against said guillotine door;
- e) a trip means for tripping said trap door between the trap door open position and the trap door closed position for trapping a cat;
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- f) a litter box having a roof, a floor, two opposing side walls joining said roof to said walls, a first end having a guillotine door slidably disposed therein, and a second end having a squeeze wall detachably disposed therein;
- g) wherein said litter box is attachable end to end with said cat trap, the guillotine door of said cat trap and the guillotine door of said litter box being latched in an open position in order to provide communication between said cat trap and said litter box.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.