Abstract: A locking assembly for securing a cage door, such as a bird cage door, wherein the locking assembly includes a substantially M-shaped wire support, which may be made of a resilient material, such as a plastic or a metal, having two bottom ends which are each attached to a pivot support of the cage door. The opposite end of the M-shaped wire locking device has two foot-shaped locking feet, which may be engaged under two locking slots, or loops, provided in the bird cage adjacent to the cage door. The locking device further includes a pair of finger grips which, when squeezed together by a user, cause inward displacement of the locking feet, such that they are removed, or displaced from, the locking slots or loops of the cage. In this “squeezed” position, the door of the bird cage can be pivoted to an “open” position for allowing entry into the cage.

Abstract: A stand for supporting a fishbowl thereon in which the stand includes a base, a support surface for supporting at least a portion of a bottom of the fishbowl, and at least one upwardly extending portion attached to said base which is positioned and dimensioned to extend about and around at least a side portion of a fishbowl placed on the support surface. At least one of the base and the upwardly extending portion simulate a three-dimensional pictorial representation, such as a landscape or aquatic scene, individual, object, or a combination thereof, in which a fishbowl placed on the support surface is incorporated. Preferably, the support surface is disposed in an elevated and parallel relation relative to the base. Desirably, the upwardly extending portion extends around a portion of the lower side portion, upper side portion and top of the fishbowl.