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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7347164 | Foldable/collapsible structures The present invention relates to a collapsible/foldable structure suitable for a variety of applications, such as an animal shelter, pet carrier transportation device, or a collapsible consumer storage container in general, such as a cooler or ice chest. The structu... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7152553 | Removable bird cage cantina A removable bird cage cantina is an adjunct to an existing bird cage, is removable and serves as a place where birds feed. It is comprised of a body and at least one niche but preferably two or more, removably attached, generally on a wall of the body. ... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7025019 | Foldable/collapsible structures The present invention relates to a collapsible/foldable structure suitable for a variety of applications, such as an animal shelter, pet carrier transportation device, or a collapsible consumer storage container in general, such as a cooler or ice chest. The structu... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6681720 | Wire cage A wire cage operable between an expanded position and a folded position includes a top wall and a bottom wall, a first sidewall, a second sidewall, a front wall and a rear wall attach to the bottom and top walls. The front and rear walls contain rounded s... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6152080 | Panel leveling system for use with animal kennels A panel leveling system for use in connection with animal kennel runs sharing a common sloping floor. The panel leveling system comprises a base extending parallel the slope of the floor, a vertically oriented wall panel and a sealing element extending be... | 11/28/2000 |
| 5957088 | Poultry flooring system A poultry breeder flooring system including a plurality of spaced apart and substantially parallel wire mesh channel defining beams, a wire mesh floor supported on the channel defining beams and a fastener mechanism interconnecting the floor and the chann... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5596949 | Hemisphere-belt floor system A conveyor belt having raised hemispheres serves as the floor for caged production of poultry. The belt is preferably molded plastic and moves continuously at a speed undetectable by the birds, allowing complete removal of manure before manure build-up be... | 01/28/1997 |
| 5570657 | Arrangement for breeding poultry in cage batteries The invention relates to a cage battery (1) for poultry breeding in which the birds are removed by making the actual grid base (8) of the individual cages or cage sections removable, i.e. it may be rolled up, pulled out or folded up, while beneath the gri... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5482005 | Animal cage A animal cage having an inclined floor, a plurality of upstanding walls mounted on the floor and an opening in the floor panel, positioned proximate an end of the floor panel, for evacuating waste material from the floor is disclosed. A cover, mounted on ... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5476066 | Sanitary dog kennel An apparatus for use in the housing of dogs includes a molded fiberglass flooring, fencing and a top. Alternatively, the flooring can be comprised of sections with flanged ends for facilitating the bolting together of the sections to form the flooring sur... | 12/19/1995 |
| 5335617 | Sanitary dog kennel An apparatus for use in the housing of dogs includes a molded fiberglass flooring, fencing and a top. The apparatus is movable and sanitary, and can be used in a modular fashion with standard-sizes of fencing that can be shared in part by adjacent modules... | 08/09/1994 |
| 5099795 | Apparatus for housing small animals Apparatus for housing small animals, especially poultry to be fattened, such as chickens, within a housing enclosure with a continuous, grate-shaped conveyor supporting floor (21) made of plastic, and which is supported by supporting members (38) extendin... | 03/31/1992 |
| 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 |
| 4498422 | Bottom box for pet cage A pet case comprising a bottom box body and a garbage receptacle being loaded in the former is disclosed, wherein the bottom box body has a circumferential wall plate consisting of a front plate, a rear plate, and both side plates, and is provided with a ... | 02/12/1985 |
| 4474137 | Broiler rearing unit A broiler rearing unit comprises an elongate housing which defines a continuous elongate space able to accommodate birds from chicks through to maturity and allow them to exercise, and having a floor 9 which extends longitudinally of, and is movable along... | 10/02/1984 |
| 4046107 | Laying cage subfloor The invention pertains to a subfloor for use in egg laying cages wherein the subfloor prevents caged fowl from catching their spurs in the conventional floor grate. The subfloor is formed of longitudinal and transverse members spaced apart a distance equa... | 09/06/1977 |
| 4023530 | Poultry cage bottom cover A grid cover for a wire cage bottom to eliminate the cage inhabitants' exposure to rust on the bottom of the cage. The cover comprises an overlay grid having cross members with longitudinal channels which substantially conform to and are aligned with the ... | 05/17/1977 |
| 4020793 | Apparatus and method for raising and transporting poultry An apparatus and method for raising and transporting poultry and which is adapted to substantially eliminate the necessity of repeated manual handling of the poultry to thereby reduce labor costs and injuries to the poultry. The apparatus includes a porta... | 05/03/1977 |
| 3994260 | Universal poultry cage A poultry cage for accomodating most species of domesticated birds from the day of hatching to maturity having a generally rectangular, rigid, open frame structure with the sides, top and floor covered with an open mesh material. The mesh on the top surfa... | 11/30/1976 |
| 3990399 | Animal cage An animal cage which has a removable spaced rod bottom strong enough for laboratory animals to walk on.... | 11/09/1976 |
| 3990398 | Animal cage An animal cage which has a removable wire mesh bottom strong enough for laboratory animals to walk on.... | 11/09/1976 |