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US 6,810,833 B2Granted
Animal habitat and display system
AssigneeNorth American Pet Products
InventorsRonald K. Bonner, Eric R. Knudsen
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Abstract
An animal habitat and display system provided in a frame having at least one set of guide rails supporting a pull-out drawer having at least one compartment with a viewing window and a movable wall section for gaining access into the compartment which defines an internal habitat environment. A selectively operable regulator element in communication with the internal environment is selectively operable via an environmental control unit having a control panel for regulating the internal habitat environment.
Claims46
An environmentally controlled animal habitat and display system comprising:
- a frame supporting at least one set of guide rails;
- a drawer slidably received on said guide rails with said drawer being movable relative to said frame and including a tray secured said guide rails, said drawer including a tank resting on said tray forming at least one compartment having a front wall defining a window and a top wall being slidably movable relative to a bottom of wall of said compartment for gaining access thereto, said compartment defining an internal environment;
- a bumper mounted on said frame and vertically aligned with a rear portion of said top wall, said bumper being operable to abut said top wall as a drawer in an extended position is slid back along said guide rails into a retracted position in said frame to close said compartment;
- a selectively operable regulator element in communication with said internal environment for regulating said internal environment;
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- an environmental control unit in electrical communication with said regulator element and including a control panel selectively operable to actuate said regulator element.
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An animal habitat and display system comprising:
- a frame supporting a plurality of guide rail sets, each of said guide rail sets being telescopically coupled to a tray supporting a lighting component including a plurality of heating lamps and a fluorescent lamp positioned to project light in a downward direction;
- an open topped rectangular tank resting atop each said tray and disposed beneath said lamps of an adjacent tray when said tray is in a closed position, said tank having a front wall with a transparent window region and at least one divider defining sub-compartments with discrete internal environments within said tank, said tank further including a slidably mounted perforated lid for each said sub-compartment movable relative to said tank for gaining access to said respective sub-compartment;
- a heating element on said tray and underlying said bottom wall of each said sub-compartment;
- a first locking component mounted to a back side of said frame and opposing a rear facing side of each tray;
- a second locking component connected to the back side of each tray aligned with said first locking component for magnetically coupling to said first locking component when said locking components abut one another;
- a controller in electrical communication with each said heating element, each said lamp, and said locking components, said controller including a control panel with a first control region for selectively operating said heating elements, a second control region for selectively operating said lamps and an access control region for selectively unlocking said locking components in order to move a selected tray on said rails in a forward direction to an extended position.
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An environmentally controlled animal habitat and display system comprising:
- a frame supporting at least one set of guide rails;
- a drawer slidably received on said guide rails with said drawer being movable relative to said frame, said drawer including at least one compartment having a front wall defining a window and at least one wall being movable relative to a bottom of wall of said compartment for gaining access thereto, said compartment defining an internal environment;
- a selectively operable regulator element in communication with said internal environment for regulating said internal environment;
- an environmental control unit in electrical communication with said regulator element and including a control panel selectively operable to actuate said regulator element;
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- a magnetic lock on said frame and aligned with a metallic portion of each said drawer, said magnetic lock being electronically coupled to said control unit and operable to release said drawer upon receiving an unlock signal from said control unit, said control unit being operable to selectively release said magnetic lock on a selected drawer whereby said drawer may be extended on said guide rails.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.