US 11,771,240 B2
Containment system for the display of animals
Thomas Lutz, Cedar Rapids, IA (US); Phillip C. Bartoszek, New Berlin, WI (US); and Ernie Katris, Long Grove, IL (US)
Assigned to GloFish, LLC, Earth City, MO (US)
Filed by GloFish, LLC, Earth City, MO (US)
Filed on Oct. 17, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/656,066.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/747,104, filed on Oct. 17, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2020/0121097 A1, Apr. 23, 2020
Int. Cl. A47F 5/00 (2006.01); A47F 7/00 (2006.01); A47F 3/00 (2006.01); A01K 63/00 (2017.01)
CPC A47F 5/0025 (2013.01) [A01K 63/003 (2013.01); A47F 3/001 (2013.01); A47F 7/00 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A modular shelving system comprising:
a plurality of shelves, each shelf having a length and defining a first passage, a second passage, a first channel, and a second channel, wherein each of the plurality of shelves defines a top surface arranged to support an object and a bottom surface opposite the top surface, and wherein the first channel defines an open side that faces the top surface and the second channel defines an open surface that faces the bottom surface;
a plurality of bars, each bar defining a length and including a first end and a second end opposite the first end;
a plurality of connectors, shaped to be received in one of the first passage, the second passage, a first bar opening, or a second bar opening to interconnect each of the plurality of shelves and each of the plurality of bars;
a plurality of containers, the containers coupled to an air supply, wherein each of the plurality of containers being removeably disposed on one of the plurality of shelves; and
a lighting element positioned within the first channel of a first of the plurality of shelves and arranged to at least partially illuminate an object positioned on the top surface of the first of the plurality of shelves.