US 12,144,439 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 Aug. 7, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/230,959.
Application 18/230,959 is a continuation of application No. 16/656,066, filed on Oct. 17, 2019, granted, now 11,771,240.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/747,104, filed on Oct. 17, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0371714 A1, Nov. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. A47F 5/00 (2006.01); A01K 63/00 (2017.01); A47F 3/00 (2006.01); A47F 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC A47F 5/0025 (2013.01) [A01K 63/003 (2013.01); A47F 3/001 (2013.01); A47F 7/00 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of displaying animals comprising:
providing a plurality of containers sized to hold one or more animals removeably disposed on a shelf;
the shelf being one of a plurality of shelves, each shelf defining a first channel and a second channel, wherein each of the plurality of shelves defines a top surface supporting the containers and a bottom surface opposite the top surface, an upper region being above the top surface, and a lower region being below the bottom surface; and wherein the first channel defines an open side that faces the upper region, and the second channel being enclosed on three sides defining an open bottom, facing the lower region; the plurality of shelves being connected to each other; and
at least partially illuminating the containers positioned on the top surface of a second of the plurality of shelves disposed below a first plurality of shelves using a lighting element positioned within the second channel of the first plurality of shelves.