US 12,433,241 B2
Device for live animal transport
Jiao Mo, Shanghai (CN); Ke Ma, Shanghai (CN); Paola Trapani, Shanghai (CN); Saverio Silli, Shanghai (CN); Yiwei Liu, Shanghai (CN); Jialin Yuan, Shanghai (CN); Yuchen Tan, Shanghai (CN); Jiyu Song, Shanghai (CN); Kudilaiti Kuerban, Shanghai (CN); Peizhong Gao, Shanghai (CN); Long Long, Beijing (CN); and Cynthia A. Vandewall, Snohomish, WA (US)
Assigned to The Boeing Company, Arlington, VA (US)
Filed by The Boeing Company, Arlington, VA (US)
Filed on May 29, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/676,906.
Claims priority of application No. 202310716152.0 (CN), filed on Jun. 15, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0415089 A1, Dec. 19, 2024
Int. Cl. A01K 1/02 (2006.01)
CPC A01K 1/0272 (2013.01) 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device for live animal transport, comprising:
a bottom plate, comprising a liquid guide plate and a non-liquid guide plate, wherein the liquid guide plate has a first end and a second end opposite the first end, and the non-liquid guide plate extends transversely at the first end of the liquid guide plates in a direction perpendicular to the liquid guide plate and is spaced apart from the liquid guide plate;
a plurality of support members, symmetrically provided at predetermined intervals on the bottom plate at the first end of the liquid guide plate and on the bottom plate at the second end of the liquid guide plate, and extending in a first direction perpendicular to the bottom plate;
a plurality of pillars, one end of each pillar being nested in a corresponding one of the support members, and the plurality of pillars being configured to be capable of telescoping in the first direction;
a plurality of beams, extending in a second direction from the first end of the liquid guide plate to the second end of the liquid guide plate, each beam being supported by an other end of the pillar at the first end of the liquid guide plate and the other end of the pillar at the second end of the liquid guide plate;
side plates, provided on the bottom plate and extending in the first direction around edges of the bottom plate; and
a top portion, supported by the plurality of beams to cover an interior space formed by the bottom plate and the side plates, wherein the interior space is used to accommodate the live animal, and
wherein the plurality of pillars are configured to telescope in the first direction so as to adjust a contour of the top portion.