US 12,250,919 B2
Small animal cage with integrated cleaning door
Gregory Paul Swartz, Woodland Hills, CA (US); Matthew Siff, Newton, MA (US); and Andrew Siff, Newton, MA (US)
Filed by Gregory Paul Swartz, Woodland Hills, CA (US); Matthew Siff, Newton, MA (US); and Andrew Siff, Newton, MA (US)
Filed on Nov. 13, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/097,949.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/936,475, filed on Nov. 16, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0144952 A1, May 20, 2021
Int. Cl. A01K 1/01 (2006.01); B65F 1/00 (2006.01); B65F 1/02 (2006.01)
CPC A01K 1/01 (2013.01) [B65F 1/0013 (2013.01); B65F 1/02 (2013.01)] 30 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cage system for housing a small animal, the cage system comprising a cage that includes:
a basin defining a floor having a floor surface, a wall perimeter, and a wire mesh extending upward from the wall perimeter, the basin and wire mesh defining an enclosure volume sufficient to contain a small animal and materials for the small animal, the floor surface facing the enclosure volume including a chamfered region adjacent the opening;
a panel defining a portion of the floor or wall perimeter in a closed state and configured to enable a user to transition the panel into an open state, the open state defining an opening through the floor or wall perimeter of sufficient size to allow the user to pass the materials therethrough.