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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7296539 | Spill resistant water and food dish for pets A spill resistant pet food and water dish is provided which incorporates features to prevent contents from spilling over the side of the dish when the dish is jarred or bumped during transport or while in use in feeding, the pet food and water dish being adaptable t... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7222587 | Accesible view-in housing structure for cavity dwelling animals A housing structure that includes a transparent opening in one wall thereof, the opening being covered with a transparent material such as PLEXIGLAS®. This opening allows a user to view the interior of the structure and ascertain the welfare of any animals within o... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7213368 | Apparatus for vertical sliding pet door The vertical sliding pet door can be used to let pets in and out easily by themselves. The pet needs to be trained in the usage of the pet door, and it also protects the house from unwanted bugs and other creatures such as rodents, as it closes as soon as the pet ge... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7100536 | Fowl retention and territory compression system A fowl retention system is used to passively retain fowl in a preselected natural habitat or a preselected created habitat and to compress the fowl territory. The fowl retention system includes a food/water station contained within a barrier assembly, a protective s... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7013837 | Method for building environment-affinitive pigpen and pigpen structure A pig pen structure has a walking passage and a plurality of pig houses for housing an animal installed along the walking passage. Each pig house has an evacuation room, a lodging room having front, back, and two side walls, and an evacuation room gate installed bet... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6945194 | Box stall for farm animals An animal holding pen comprises front, rear, left and right rigid plastic panels that interlock to one another by means of a coupling system including stainless steel fasteners that remain physically attached to the side panel assemblies when the front and rear pane... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6837185 | Religious meditation apparatus A religious meditation apparatus includes at least two feed receptacles, a feed box formed by walls, a removable sliding plate disposed over the feed box, where the sliding plate is both removable in the plane perpendicular to the front wall and has a plate hole, a ... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6722312 | Super hydration product mix tray An improved poult box for transportation of newly hatched turkey poults. The box has an open top, a bottom joined by opposing sidewalls and at least one box divider. Positioned on the box divider is a removable poult feed tray which rests over the divider and presen... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6336427 | Feeder assembly for use in a cage A rodent cage including a cage bottom having a plurality of integral side walls, a floor and an open top end. A peripheral lip extends continuously around the top end. A pair of recesses are disposed on the peripheral lip. A feeder assembly has a frame an... | 01/08/2002 |
| 6227146 | Filter top for rodent cage A filter bonnet for an open-top cage includes: a filter top adapted to cover the open top of the open-top cage. The filter top has a body portion with a perforated top wall and side walls extending therefrom forming an open bottom end. A shield is permanently ... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6189489 | Animal feeding bowl A self attaching, rugged animal feeding bowl for use in cages, kennels, compounds, and/or animal transportation containers. The bowl is constructed of a rigid hard surfaced polymer. The material used is molded with a heavy wall thickness which greatly red... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6158388 | Watering attachment for cage for baby fowl A device for providing water to young birds and fowl. The waterer is attached to a cage for the birds and includes a bottle which can be detached for cleaning or replacement and reattached when full without any spillage. The device also includes a removab... | 12/12/2000 |
| 6142100 | Water and/or liquid foodstuff dispenser for small pets A water and/or liquid foodstuff dispenser for small pets which comprises a container having, at a bottom thereof, a dispensing device which is constituted by a tubular element arranged at an obtuse angle with respect to a longitudinal extension of the con... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6041741 | Multispecies rodent cage A rodent cage including a cage bottom having a plurality of integral side walls, a floor and an open top end. A peripheral lip extends continuously around the top end. A pair of recesses are disposed on the peripheral lip. A feeder assembly has a frame an... | 03/28/2000 |
| 5988110 | Pet enclosure with waste tray A pet enclosure and waste tray system includes a rectilinear cage, an detachably integrated waste pan removably attached to the bottom portion of the cage, a molded waste tray into which the combination cage and waste pan may be nested, and a dolly upon w... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5950565 | Animal husbandry containment apparatus A system for housing animals in animal husbandry, particularly for raising pigs comprises a separately transportable container (15) manufactured from metal walls (20-24) which is individually supplied with a fan ventilation system (37), a bottom manure co... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5931121 | Easy-maintenance kennel water pan A water dish cleaning system including a dish and a least one rigid pivot rod connected between the dish and one of the side walls of a cage thereby allowing the pivot rod and dish to pivot about a horizontally oriented axis. Further provided is a lifting... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5797350 | Enclosure for small animals An enclosure for small animals, such as rodents, is described wherein the enclosure is constructed of various component parts. The component parts of the enclosure can be easily replaced when either damaged or destroyed, thus eliminating the need to repla... | 08/25/1998 |
| 5706761 | System for providing water and liquid food to animals A system for providing water and liquid food to animals includes a container for water or liquid food, a support having an aperture for receiving the container and an elastomeric washer-like attachment having an inner wall and a spaced outer wall, the inn... | 01/13/1998 |
| 4010888 | Small animal carrying case A shipping container for small animals or the like is prepared from a cut and scored blank of paperboard that can be shipped and stored in knocked down condition, but readily set up to form an enclosure having main and side walls said container having top... | 03/08/1977 |