Multispecies rodent cage

US6336425B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Lab Products, Inc. · US

Inventors

• George S. Gabriel · Seaford, US
• Neil E. Campbell · Eden, US
• Chin Soo Park · Salisbury, US
• Albert P. Ruggieri · Flourtown, US
• John E. Sheaffer · Perryville, US
• Dale Murray · Elkton, US
• Eric A. Deitrich · Woodbine, US
• Lynn Irwin · Seaford, US
• Rodney Gerringer · Belcamp, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 13, 2000
• Grant date: Jan 8, 2002
• Expiry date: Jun 13, 2020

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B01D2255/91
• WIPO field: Chemical engineering
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

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 and at least one section descending therefrom. The frame has pair of flanges extending therefrom so that when the feeder assembly is disposed in the cage bottom the pair of flanges are mated with the pair of recesses, respectively. A bonnet is dimensioned in size for sealing the top end of the cage bottom. A lock is disposed on the bonnet for preventing rodents housed in the cage from displacing the bonnet from the cage bottom.