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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7584720 | Canine habitat An animal habitat is disclosed for confining an animal in a livable area that may adapted to have distinct areas. The habitat may be formed of sections are used to form modules. The modules may be joined by attaching two or more modules laterally, or the modules may... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7578263 | Articles for enhancing the environment of contained animals An enrichment article for animals. The article generally includes a platform that is suspended from the floor of a cage or other containment. The article may be a tray having a flange for suspension from the walls of a container. The platform bottom may have an open... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7243613 | Multi-chamber selective-exposure aquarium A multi-chamber selective-exposure aquarium apparatus including: a first portion forming a first aquarium chamber having a first transparent primary wall; a second portion forming a second aquarium chamber having a second transparent primary wall; and a visual barri... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7146935 | Animal training method A method for training an animal to proceed through an enclosure begins with the act of providing a generally clear or translucent enclosure having a first end, which serves as an entrance and a second end, which serves as an exit. A trainer encourages the animal to ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7114463 | Articles for enhancing the environment of contained animals An enrichment article for animals. The article generally includes a platform that is suspended from the floor of a cage or other containment. The article may be a tray having a flange for suspension from the walls of a container. The platform bottom may have an open... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7093564 | Bird cage A bird cage having a frame including a base assembly, cover assembly and corner towers that join the base and cover assemblies. The front, back, sides and top of the cage are enclosed by wire grills. The towers are made of light pervious material such as clear or tr... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7044081 | Bifurcated habitat for animals A bifurcated habitat includes a bifurcated frame having a divider traversing the frame and a plurality of compartments defined on opposed sides of the divider. One compartment is isolated from the remaining compartments for maintaining a predetermined volume of wate... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7044082 | Environmental enrichment of caged animals A cage or an item of cage furniture for use by a caged rodent comprises a coloured material which is transparent or translucent to a human observer, but is perceived as being substantially darkened or opaque by the caged rodent. The cage or item of cage furniture ty... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7000569 | Automatic cat grooming, feeding, and litterbox apparatus An apparatus for grooming cats which includes a source of food located in an enclosure and a grooming brush assembly forming an adjustable aperture which is mounted between a portal formed in the enclosure and the source of food. ... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6935272 | Animal treatment/confinement apparatus An animal treatment/confinement device is described, with apparatus to aid in the provision of medications, fluids or other supportive care therapy to the animal. The device includes a fluid container support used to support a fluid container, or a syringe cradle us... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6851388 | Cage with intercommunicating modular compartments Cage (10) with intercommunicating modular compartments, for example for small domestic rodents, comprising a first compartment (11) provided with an aperture (12) which can be closed by a cover (13), wherein the first compartment comprise... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6832580 | Modular cage A modular cage comprising first and second profiled elements connected by interlocking corner joints for reversible joining so as to constitute a supporting frame and grille-like wall elements connected to the frame to constitute the cage, with the corner joints com... | 12/21/2004 |
| 6793630 | Method and system for detecting estrus in swine There is provided a moveable cart for use in transporting an animal, as a male hog, past one or more rows of cages containing sows to permit the determination of estrus in the sows and also to increase the success rate during artificial insemination by permitting sn... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6357394 | Cage for housing dangerous animals A cage for housing animals, particularly for dangerous animals like venomous snakes, is disclosed. The cage has at least two compartments, one of which is an externally sealable drawer that can be removed from the cage by sliding it from the other compone... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6289848 | Method and device for distributing fowl within an enclosure A fowl attraction device for causing fowl to be distributed within an enclosure includes a support stand for placement in or on the ground or flooring surface within the enclosure and a mesh screen attached to the support stand to be generally vertically ... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6269774 | Receptacle adapted to receive a plant and provide a sheltered habitat for a living creature An apparatus for receiving a plant and providing a habitat for a living creature is comprised of a housing having an interior defined by a bottom portion and a surrounding sidewall that extends upwardly from the bottom portion. A divider disposed in the h... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6234115 | Nesting box for excreta collection from nesting dams through parturition and lactation A nesting box is provided for use with a metabolism cage. The nesting box comprises an enclosure for receiving a nesting dam. The enclosure has a top wall, a bottom wall and sidewalls. Either the top wall or one of the sidewalls includes an entrance/exit ... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6209490 | Living quarters container for cats or ferrets A preferred embodiment has a generally rectangular solid shaped housing to allow side-by-side and stacked arrangements of a plurality of housings and provide for good floor space utilization, with connected interior compartments for feeding and watering, ... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6123047 | Animal cage The disclosure relates to a cage for small domestic pet animals which provides space saving yet permits ready expansion in the event of pet population growth. The cage is of a hanging-up-on-the-wall type having a relatively small depth and width. It inclu... | 09/26/2000 |
| 6044799 | Lip member for an opening of a housing for a small pet animal such as a rodent and housing system A lip member for an opening of a housing for a small animal such as a rodent, or the like, includes a main lip member body made of synthetic resin. The main lip member body has an opening for the small pet animal to pass through. The main lip member body ... | 04/04/2000 |
| 5862778 | Housing for small pet animals such as rodents or the like A housing for small pet animals such as rodents or the like has a base box with an underground passage forming member disposed in a front portion of the base box. The underground passage forming member has a front-opened underground passage portion formed... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5671697 | Expandable pet cage and method An expandable pet cage for animals, and a method for house-training pets of various sizes comprises two complimentary compartments that are in telescopic relation to each other, thereby providing an adjustable composite volume to house a pet. The adjustab... | 09/30/1997 |
| 5555845 | Container and method for transporting live crustaceans This invention provides a container and method of transport for transporting lobster and like live cargo. The container comprises a bin stackable on similar bins with a divider assembly mountable within the bin. The divider assembly has runner partition w... | 09/17/1996 |
| 5361725 | Litter containment apparatus for kittens and cats A carryable enclosure having front, back and opposing side walls, at least one of which is provided with an entry opening to admit a kitten or cat to access a litter box supported within by a floor panel. Removable, and preferably, reversible dividers are... | 11/08/1994 |
| 5349924 | Animal kennel An animal kennel (10) comprises a removable partition (16) which is inserted into a housing (12) through a partition slot (52) in a rear housing sidewall (22). The removable partition is guided by partition tracks (58, 60) extending between the rear housi... | 09/27/1994 |
| 5320064 | Small animal breeding cage having a solid floor nesting section and a screen floor waste section A cage defined by walls and floor has a dividing wall thereacross dividing the floor area into two portions. Each floor portion, together with the adjacent wall portions, defines a functional section of the cage. The first floor portion is about one-half ... | 06/14/1994 |
| 5199379 | Breeding box construction and method for temporizing male aggression The present invention relates to a breeding box that temporizes aggression of strong beaked exotic birds. In one aspect, the assembled box comprises (i) a central section having a pair of arms defining non-parallel axes of symmetry and a nesting arm exten... | 04/06/1993 |
| 5134969 | Cage configuration for arboreal reptiles A cage for arboreal animals includes two compartments, each having a hinged, latched, door. The two compartments are separated by a sliding panel to enable maintenance to be performed easily and safely, minimizing unwanted contact between hazardous animal... | 08/04/1992 |
| 5078095 | Breeding box for temporizing male aggression The present invention relates to a breeding box that temporizes aggression of strong beaked exotic birds. In one aspect, the assembled box comprises a Tee-shaped central section having a pair of parallel arms defining a pair of spaced apart anteroom regio... | 01/07/1992 |
| 5044317 | Adjustable animal boxing (cage) An adjustable animal cage is provided and consists of a grid configuration enclosure, a pair of support bars removably installed horizontally in a spaced apart relationship in the enclosure and a pair of separator partitions which are removably attached o... | 09/03/1991 |
| 4736709 | Pole and cage housing for large monkeys A device for the long-term securing or "housing" of large or aggressive monkeys on poles within an enclosure is disclosed wherein a tether with rotatable joints is connected at one end to a collar around a monkey's neck and at the other end to a ring loos... | 04/12/1988 |
| 4648351 | Animal cage insert and convertible animal cage A convertible animal cage particularly suited for use in laboratories utilizing more than one kind of small rodent to minimize storage area and cage inventories. In one embodiment, a standard hanging cage with a relatively large grid bottom and front is c... | 03/10/1987 |
| 4332214 | Heated bed for animals A protective, heated bed or support is disclosed suitable for use in the care and treatment of sick, injured, weak or young animals, such as human beings, dogs and cats, reptiles and birds, hereafter referred to as animals, for brevity. The bed is compris... | 06/01/1982 |
| 4222348 | Starter-grower cage A starter-grower cage for animals particularly for poultry is disclosed. The cage includes a pivotable partition which forms part of the entire cage in one position and part of a smaller cage in another position. In the illustrated embodiment, the top of ... | 09/16/1980 |
| 4104986 | Bird cage with transparent shield A bird cage of triangular configuration for positioning in the corner of a room or the like constructed of spaced, parallel, inclined wires extending between an imperforate bottom and an imperforate top with a removable central partition or floor being di... | 08/08/1978 |
