Animal husbandry – Confining or housing – Birdhouse
Patent
1998-02-02
1999-09-28
Lavinder, Jack W.
Animal husbandry
Confining or housing
Birdhouse
119432, 119469, 119463, A01K 3106
Patent
active
059570865
ABSTRACT:
A cage particularly adapted for maintaining birds in a residential setting includes an upper enclosure having spaced apart, bar-formed top wall, bottom wall, and sidewalls. Corner posts of the enclosure are carried on corner posts of a caster riding carriage allowing ready cage relocation. Slidably carried by the carriage below the enclosure bottom wall is a bottom tray. The attached to the carriage and positioned about a lower end of the enclosure is a seed deflection screen. This screen includes a set of readily removable side panels having fastening elements that slide into openings in the carriage posts. The deflection screen additionally includes a front and a rear panel having end flanges that slip into channels on ends of the side panels to form interference fits. As carried, bottom edges of the screen panels are positioned to divert any seeds striking the panels into the bottom tray. A front wall of the enclosure includes a hinged door that may be locked shut or maintained closed by a spring biased latch. Sidewalls of the enclosure then have openings fitted with removable bird seed cup holders. Above the enclosure top wall is a slidable top tray located below a bird playground unit. During use the trays and screen panels can be readily removed and cleaned of any collected bird excrement and uneaten food and then returned to the cage.
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Abbott Yvonne R.
Lavinder Jack W.
Schmitt John L.
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