US 12,356,959 B2
Animal caging system for remote monitoring
Robert Tierney, Centennial, CO (US); Andrew Poulter, Littleton, CO (US); Eric Corell, Morrison, CO (US); David Russell Heldt, Littleton, CO (US); and Bryan Reagan, Madison, WI (US)
Assigned to ANIMAL CARE SYSTEMS, INC., Centennial, CO (US)
Filed by ANIMAL CARE SYSTEMS, INC., Centennial, CO (US)
Filed on Aug. 10, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/885,264.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/231,540, filed on Aug. 10, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0046736 A1, Feb. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. A01K 1/03 (2006.01)
CPC A01K 1/031 (2013.01) 37 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A monitoring system for use with an animal caging system comprising:
a support leg;
a mounting arm configured to attach the support leg to the animal caging system;
a first sensor attached to the support leg,
wherein the support leg is configured to be mounted to the animal caging system in a monitoring position, in which the first sensor is in a position to monitor the animal caging system; and
a motor configured to removably engage with an on-rack drive system of the animal caging system and rotate a portion of the animal caging system relative to the first sensor,
the motor being capable of being controlled to automatically disengage from the on-rack drive system when the portion of the animal caging system has stopped rotating.