Animal husbandry – Confining or housing – Animal display or open work enclosure
Reexamination Certificate
1999-07-30
2001-05-01
Jordan, Charles T. (Department: 3644)
Animal husbandry
Confining or housing
Animal display or open work enclosure
C119S462000, C119S469000, C119S479000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06223692
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to debris catching troughs for depending below a bird cage and more particularly pertains to a new debris catching trough for debris catching troughs for depending below a bird cage for collecting debris that falls out from the sides of the bird cage.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The use of debris catching troughs for depending below a bird cage is known in the prior art. More specifically, debris catching troughs for depending below a bird cage heretofore devised and utilized are known to consist basically of familiar, expected and obvious structural configurations, notwithstanding the myriad of designs encompassed by the crowded prior art which have been developed for the fulfillment of countless objectives and requirements.
Known prior art includes U.S. Pat. No. 2,028,612; U.S. Pat. No. 1,094,423; U.S. Pat. No. 2,045,472; U.S. Pat. No. 5,201,278; U.S. Pat. No. 1,460,102; and U.S. Pat. No. Des. 384,778.
While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objectives and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not disclose a new debris catching trough. The inventive device includes an open ring trough having spaced apart inner and outer side walls and a bottom wall connecting the inner and outer side walls of the ring trough together, the inner side wall of the ring trough defining a central opening. A plurality of spaced apart hangers upwardly extend from the bottom face of the ring trough to permit hanging of said ring trough beneath a bird cage.
In these respects, the debris catching trough according to the present invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs of the prior art, and in so doing provides an apparatus primarily developed for the purpose of debris catching troughs for depending below a bird cage for collecting debris that falls out from the sides of the bird cage.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of debris catching troughs for depending below a bird cage now present in the prior art, the present invention provides a new debris catching trough construction wherein the same can be utilized for debris catching troughs for depending below a bird cage for collecting debris that falls out from the sides of the bird cage.
The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new debris catching trough apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the debris catching troughs for depending below a bird cage mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new debris catching trough which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art debris catching troughs for depending below a bird cage, either alone or in any combination thereof.
To attain this, the present invention generally comprises an open ring trough having spaced apart inner and outer side walls and a bottom wall connecting the inner and outer side walls of the ring trough together, the inner side wall of the ring trough defining a central opening. A plurality of spaced apart hangers upwardly extend from the bottom face of the ring trough to permit hanging of said ring trough beneath a bird cage.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the invention in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the invention that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting.
As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception, upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for the designing of other structures, methods and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
Further, the purpose of the foregoing abstract is to enable the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally, and especially the scientists, engineers and practitioners in the art who are not familiar with patent or legal terms or phraseology, to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and essence of the technical disclosure of the application. The abstract is neither intended to define the invention of the application, which is measured by the claims, nor is it intended to be limiting as to the scope of the invention in any way.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new debris catching trough apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the debris catching troughs for depending below a bird cage mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new debris catching trough which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art debris catching troughs for depending below a bird cage, either alone or in any combination thereof.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new debris catching trough which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new debris catching trough which is of a durable and reliable construction.
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new debris catching trough which is susceptible of a low cost of manufacture with regard to both materials and labor, and which accordingly is then susceptible of low prices of sale to the consuming public, thereby making such debris catching trough economically available to the buying public.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new debris catching trough which provides in the apparatuses and methods of the prior art some of the advantages thereof, while simultaneously overcoming some of the disadvantages normally associated therewith.
Still another object of the present invention is to provide a new debris catching trough for debris catching troughs for depending below a bird cage for collecting debris that falls out from the sides of the bird cage.
Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new debris catching trough which includes an open ring trough having spaced apart inner and outer side walls and a bottom wall connecting the inner and outer side walls of the ring trough together, the inner side wall of the ring trough defining a central opening. A plurality of spaced apart hangers upwardly extend from the bottom face of the ring trough to permit hanging of said ring trough beneath a bird cage.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new debris catching trough that catches bird droppings, bird feed, feathers, water and bedding that falls from the sides of a bird cage before the debris lands on the floor.
Even still another object of the present invention is to provide a new debris catching trough that may be constructed to have any configuration including rectangular and circular configurations to fit any shape of bird cage.
These together with other objects of the invention, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the invention, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure. For a be
Abbott Yvonne R.
Jordan Charles T.
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