With Animal Waste Handling Means Patents (Class 119/479)
  • Patent number: 11364945
    Abstract: The invention relates to a new manual cash cassette trolley (1), which is driven manually by the employee/security guard, said manual trolley (1) having a formal structure that greatly facilitates the displacement of the cash cassette, overcoming obstacles that usually cause inconvenience and demand physical strength and attention from the user who handles the cassette container boxes; said manual cash cassette trolley (1) having stoppers (7), spindles (4) on the internal faces of the extensions (6) and a smaller caster (5a) on each of its external faces; among the larger casters (5) positioned inferiorly and the smaller casters (5a) positioned centrally or intermediately, the other portion (2a) of said structure is positioned horizontally and orthogonal to the main vertical portion (2), which is “U” shaped and receives bilateral plates (8); the horizontal portion (2a) of the structure also receives bilateral tubular elements (9) in the form of right triangles; and the external and shorter section (10) of sai
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: TBFORTE SEGURANCA E TRANSPORTE DE VALORES LTDA
    Inventor: Edson Igor Cifuentes Lopez
  • Patent number: 10667490
    Abstract: A big-dog-accommodating triple-hinged multi-function-shelf-trunk-platform-and-door pet crate comprises top, bottom, left, right, front, and rear panels attached to one another, multi-function slanted urine-storing bed-roof-terrace having built-in gutters and ridges disposed on the bottom panel, a grooming platform, multi-function shock-absorbing gussets covering all the corners of the panels to lock the grooming platform and to absorb shocks and vibrations, a big-dog-accommodating triple-hinged multi-function-shelf-trunk-platform-and-door having triple hinges thereon to allow it to close after a big dog enters the pet crate and to allow it to also function as a shelf or a trunk or a platform, triple locking rods to lock the big-dog-accommodating triple-hinged multi-function-shelf-trunk-platform-and-door to the front panel, a palm knob with palm recesses and palm hills for an arthritic to use without the need for folding his or her fingers, a spring-loaded palm knob to lock the big-dog-accommodating triple-hin
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Inventor: Dee Volin
  • Patent number: 9504230
    Abstract: A pet carrier apparatus includes a main enclosure assembly, an extension assembly receivably connected to the main enclosure assembly, the extension assembly is movable relative to the main enclosure assembly to form a variable volume inner space, and a litter tray removably coupled to the extension assembly and extending within the inner space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Inventor: Joseph S. Schillero, Jr.
  • Patent number: 9363979
    Abstract: When a primate is t restrained by a movable partition wall, friction with vertical bars of a lattice of the partition wall causing damages on roots of limbs of the primate is alleviated to reduce or solve such damages. In a primate restraint device comprising a containing body having both side surfaces, a top surface and a bottom surface, a rear surface door capable of opening and shutting the rear surface side of the containing body, and a partition wall formed movably frontward and rearward in the containing body and capable of being fixed at a desired position in the containing body, some sites among vertical bar members of the partition wall, with which roots of limbs of the primate are brought into contact while the limbs are forced to protrude frontward and restrained, are covered with protective cylinders which are rotatable with respect to the vertical bar members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: SHIN NIPPON BIOMEDICAL LABORATORIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Ryoichi Nagata, Masatoshi Kashima, Hiroaki Magotani
  • Publication number: 20150128872
    Abstract: A rodent cage for housing a rodent comprises a cage body having an open bottom end and an open top end defined by integral sidewalls. An interior surface of each sidewall is adapted to carry a channel. The top end of at least one sidewall terminates below the channel to slidably accept a top panel within the channel. The top panel has at least one opening therein for passage of laboratory equipment. A tray having a bottom and upwardly extending integral tray sidewalls is proportioned so that the cage body rests within the tray during use. The cage body further includes a floor of parallel spaced rods such that bedding housed within the cage body passes through the spaces between the rods while the rodent remains within the cage body when the cage body is removed from the tray. The rodent cage is constructed of a non-permeable clear acrylic plastic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2013
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventors: Steven T. Marsh, Norman C. Wang
  • Publication number: 20150047572
    Abstract: A system for housetraining pets through the use of separated sleeping and waste areas contained within a pet cage. The cage encloses a waste tray section that runs along the floor of the cage, which holds an absorbent pad, secured by improved retention clips, for collecting pet waste that can be removed and replaced when soiled. A bedding area made of up a rectilinear frame covered in bedding material is raised above the floor of the cage by engaging frame extensions with perforations in the exterior of the cage. The system and associated method serve to aid in conditioning a pet for proper housetraining while the pet is confined to a cage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2014
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Inventors: Gary Rybka, Michael Schoeff
  • Patent number: 8910594
    Abstract: The invention relates to a poultry cage comprising: a cage floor (10), preferably having a grid structure, end (11, 13) and side walls (12, 14) which extend upward from the cage floor and define all sides of an area where the animals are kept, an introducing device (50) for introducing litter material (51), which is disposed above the cage floor and from which the litter material can be dispensed from at least one discharge opening, wherein at least one section of the device for introducing litter is disposed between the side walls, a litter plate (60, 160) connected to the cage floor, which has an upwardly facing floor standing area, comprising one section (66) which lies above the at least one discharge opening and has fixing means for fixing the litter plate to the cage floor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Big Dutchman International GmbH
    Inventor: Jörg Küking
  • Patent number: 8826861
    Abstract: A fluid absorbent assembly includes a fluid absorbent material located in an animal cage or in a liner inserted into the cage. The fluid absorbent material may comprise or be combined with a material that absorbs or neutralizes noxious vapors. A fluid permeable animal support structure may be located over the fluid absorbent material. The fluid absorbent material, which may be contained in a pad, may be contained in a housing that also forms the animal support structure. In the event of a drinking valve leak or other fluid leak within the cage, the fluid absorbent material expands and raises any animals located within the cage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Edstrom, Inc.
    Inventors: Russell F. Kuzniar, Peter Steven Planton, Robert Dellemann, Kevin J. Anderson
  • Publication number: 20140196666
    Abstract: A fluid absorbent assembly includes a fluid absorbent material located in an animal cage or in a liner inserted into the cage. The fluid absorbent material may comprise or be combined with a material that absorbs or neutralizes noxious vapors. A fluid permeable animal support structure may be located over the fluid absorbent material. The fluid absorbent material, which may be contained in a pad, may be contained in a housing that also forms the animal support structure. In the event of a drinking valve leak or other fluid leak within the cage, the fluid absorbent material expands and raises any animals located within the cage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2013
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Applicant: Edstrom Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Russell F. Kuzniar, Peter Steven Planton, Robert Dellemann, Kevin J. Anderson
  • Patent number: 8707903
    Abstract: Devices, apparatuses, systems and/or methods related to animal enclosures. Specifically, the disclosed devices, apparatuses, systems and/or methods relate to animal enclosure floor seal systems that may be coupled to an animal enclosure wall and may impede, restrict and/or reduce debris from entering or exiting the animal enclosure. In this manner, likelihood of contamination of the animal enclosure may be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: The Mason Company, LLC
    Inventors: Gary Silvis, Gregory N. Taylor, Jeffrey J. Ballman
  • Patent number: 8601982
    Abstract: A pet environment is disclosed that may have a platform having an outer edge and a platform aperture, the platform sloping downward from adjacent the outer edge to the platform aperture; a housing structure positioned above the platform aperture having at least one pathway in the housing structure, the pathway having at least one opening adapted to receive pet waste; and a gap between the platform and the housing structure extending along at least a portion of the platform aperture to receive pet waste from the platform. The pet environment may also have a container for collecting pet waste positioned below the aperture, and a support structure beneath the platform adapted to support the platform and the housing structure. The support structure may be flexible and may produce a vibratory effect in response to movement of an animal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Inventor: Jerome Shimizu
  • Patent number: 8561574
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include methods and apparatuses relating to animal specimen collection and animal specimen collection stations. In an embodiment, multiple chambers each contain a single animal, and wells on a removable floor on each of the chambers may collect animal specimens. The wells may be dimensioned with a depth and width such that the animals may not disturb, contact, or contaminate specimens contained within a well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Vanderbilt University
    Inventors: Elena E. Tchekneva, Mikhail M. Dikov, Veronika Kadkina, Dina Polosukhina
  • Patent number: 8544418
    Abstract: An intelligent doghouse full-automatic processor includes a cage bracket module, and an automatic excrement treating device, a feeding module, a water feeding module, a snack feeding module, a disinfection and heat preservation device and a video/audio module which are arranged on the cage bracket module as well as an automatic door control module, a host computer control module, a network communication module, a background control service module, a terminal use program and the like. With the modules, an owner can remotely monitor an intelligent doghouse, perform video/audio conversation with a pet dog and control and manage the eating and drinking, defecation and entering and exiting cage of the pet dog, disinfection of the cage and temperature regulation of air inside the cage by a computer or a mobile phone through a network browser. Moreover, parameters of the intelligent doghouse can be set through network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Hong Kong Tesla Technology Limited
    Inventors: Wei Jiang, Hailong Qin
  • Publication number: 20130014704
    Abstract: The invention relates to a poultry cage comprising: a cage floor (10), preferably having a grid structure, end (11,13) and side walls (12,14) which extend upward from the cage floor and define all sides of an area where the animals are kept, an introducing device (50) for introducing litter material (51), which is disposed above the cage floor and from which the litter material can be dispensed from at least one discharge opening, wherein at least one section of the device for introducing litter is disposed between the side walls, a litter plate (60, 160) connected to the cage floor, which has an upwardly facing floor standing area, comprising one section (66) which lies above the at least one discharge opening and has fixing means for fixing the litter plate to the cage floor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2010
    Publication date: January 17, 2013
    Inventor: Jörg Küking
  • Publication number: 20120318208
    Abstract: A draining floor system for a living area (1) for domestic animals is described, in which a floor (14) is provided with a number of drain openings (141), one or more reactors (15), which is/are arranged to bring about aerobic, biological degradation of nutrient-rich waste fluid (4), being arranged in connection with the floor (14) and being arranged to receive the nutrient-rich waste fluid (4) which is drained through the drain openings (141) of the floor (14) and carry a converted fluid (5) away from the living area (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2010
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: SmartStables AS
    Inventor: Torhild Hessevik Eikeland
  • Publication number: 20120291715
    Abstract: The invention discloses an intelligent doghouse full-automatic processor, which comprises a cage bracket module, and an automatic excrement treating device, a feeding module, a water feeding module, a snack feeding module, a disinfection and heat preservation device and a video/audio module which are arranged on the cage bracket module as well as an automatic door control module, a host computer control module, a network communication module, a background control service module, a terminal use program and the like. By means of the functions of the modules, an owner can remotely monitor an intelligent doghouse, perform video/audio conversation with a pet dog and control and manage the eating and drinking, defecation and entering and exiting cage of the pet dog, disinfection of the cage and temperature regulation of air inside the cage by a computer or a mobile phone through a network browser.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2011
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Inventors: Wei JIANG, Hailong Qin
  • Publication number: 20120210947
    Abstract: The present invention for a puppy apartment for use by domestic animals includes a container portion and a room divider having a kennel opening thereby allowing the animal to pass between apartment bedroom and bathroom portions. Adjustable apartment boundary regions for bathroom, bedroom, and living areas are adaptably configured to accommodate the pet in a comfortable domestic training environment. The present invention includes a method for providing positive and consistent household pet puppy training with the puppy apartment device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2011
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Inventor: Nicholas DiPaolo
  • Publication number: 20120180732
    Abstract: Devices, apparatuses, systems and/or methods related to animal enclosures. Specifically, the disclosed devices, apparatuses, systems and/or methods relate to animal enclosure floor seal systems that may be coupled to an animal enclosure wall and may impede, restrict and/or reduce debris from entering or exiting the animal enclosure. In this manner, likelihood of contamination of the animal enclosure may be reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2011
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Inventors: Gary Silvis, Gregory N. Taylor, Jeffrey J. Ballman
  • Publication number: 20120180733
    Abstract: A habitat (1) having a framed enclosure (2) with removable panels (25), preferably constructed out of a screen material and a basin (3) that collects waste, such as bird food and feces, and is use to collect and dispose of water when cleaning the habitat or to drain water if the habitat is being used for gardening. A removable perch (18) and carrying bag (21) allows a user a way to easily transport an animal from location to location. A cleaning perch (21) attaches to the top of the frame and provides a location for an animal to rest while the habitat is being cleaned. The cleaning perch also provides a ring (22) for attaching a shower curtain (23) that surrounds the habitat while it is being cleaned. One of many alternative uses for the habitat is as a portable garden.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2012
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Inventor: Peter F. Euse
  • Patent number: 8182593
    Abstract: A system and method of reducing ammonia emissions. The system and method include a facility having a waste storage compartment below a floor comprised of slats with openings therebetween. A plurality of injection pipes are attached to a bottom surface of the slats. Each of the plurality of injection pipes includes a plurality of precipitation nozzles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Inventor: Gary L. Rapp
  • Patent number: 8091511
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of cleaning animal cages, wherein a robot empties each cage from dirty bedding, puts the cage in a batch washing machine, and after a wash cycle, the washing machine is emptied and the cages are filled with clean bedding, manually or with the aid of a robot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: Detach AB
    Inventor: Magnus Nilsson
  • Publication number: 20110277694
    Abstract: A bird cage assembly with cleaning sinks that allows a user to clean a bird cage (1) without having to move the bird cage or dirtying the area around the bird cage. The bird cage rests in a lower cleaning sink (2) having a perimeter wall (4) extending upward from a floor (5) that angles downward towards a drain (6) having a drain pipe (7) extending from the drain. A flange (8) extends outward at an upward angle from an upper edge (9) of the perimeter wall and acts as a gutter to catch debris and water used to clean the bird cage. An upper cleaning sink (17) may be attached to the top of the bird cage to collect debris and water from a perch (18) located above the upper cleaning sink. The upper cleaning sink comprises a perimeter wall extending upward from a floor that angles downward towards a drain having a drain pipe extending downward from the drain. The drain pipe empties into the lower cleaning sink.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2010
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Inventor: Peter F. Euse
  • Patent number: 7975653
    Abstract: The bird waste catcher for a cage door is a device that is adapted for mounting on the door of a standard wire mesh birdcage. A pair of brackets attaches to the cage door with nuts and bolts and supports a detachable receptacle. The receptacle is mounted on the door of the birdcage for catching excrement and other debris created by a pet bird perched on top of the birdcage door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2011
    Inventor: Karen Cash
  • Patent number: 7971555
    Abstract: A method of treating waste from chickens in a chicken house includes applying a layer of short paper fibers over a floor of the chicken house horizontally below the chickens in the chicken house, mixing manure from the chickens with the layer of short paper fibers, and removing the mixed manure and short paper fibers from the chicken house. The manure is turned with the layer of short paper fibers such that the manure and the short paper fibers are intimately mixed together. The removed mixture can be spread over land.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Inventor: Joseph W. Laubenstein
  • Publication number: 20110126774
    Abstract: A pet environment is disclosed that may have a platform having an outer edge and a platform aperture, the platform sloping downward from adjacent the outer edge to the platform aperture; a housing structure positioned above the platform aperture having at least one pathway in the housing structure, the pathway having at least one opening adapted to receive pet waste; and a gap between the platform and the housing structure extending along at least a portion of the platform aperture to receive pet waste from the platform. The pet environment may also have a container for collecting pet waste positioned below the aperture, and a support structure beneath the platform adapted to support the platform and the housing structure. The support structure may be flexible and may produce a vibratory effect in response to movement of an animal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2010
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Inventor: Jerome Shimizu
  • Patent number: 7614365
    Abstract: A system and method for operating a manure conveyor device. The method includes driving a first return roller about which a manure conveyor belt circulates at a first rotational speed, and driving a second return roller about which the manure conveyor belt circulates at a second rotational speed. During a first interval the first rotational speed exceeds the second rotational speed, and during a second interval the second rotational speed exceeds the first rotational speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2009
    Assignee: Qalovis Farmer Automatic Energy GmbH
    Inventor: Josef Kühlmann
  • Publication number: 20090260579
    Abstract: A cage for small animals includes a generally closed base having an open top; a grating structure upon the base forming a closed structure for containing an animal therein; and a refuse catcher surrounding the grating structure and removably fastened to the base so as to permit the refuse catcher to be removed from the base by being detached from the base and moved upward away from the base without removing the grating structure from the base. The cage can be a bird cage, wherein the refuse catcher is a seed catcher that is formed of a plurality of mating parts, the parts being releasable attached to each other and to the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2009
    Publication date: October 22, 2009
    Inventors: Alan Cohen, Vincent Senese
  • Publication number: 20090250013
    Abstract: The bird waste catcher for a cage door is a device that is adapted for mounting on the door of a standard wire mesh birdcage. A pair of brackets attaches to the cage door with nuts and bolts and supports a detachable receptacle. The receptacle is mounted on the door of the birdcage for catching excrement and other debris created by a pet bird perched on top of the birdcage door.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2009
    Publication date: October 8, 2009
    Inventor: Karen Cash
  • Publication number: 20090223461
    Abstract: A multi-compartment pet training system includes a front compartment joined to a rear compartment to define a passage therebetween such that the pet may move freely between the front compartment and the rear compartment. The front compartment includes a front door for ingress and egress of the pet between a surrounding area and the front compartment. The front compartment provides an area in which the pet may eat, drink and sleep. The rear compartment is configured to allow the pet to carry out urinary and/or fecal elimination while its owner is away. As such, the pet may be trained to utilize the rear compartment for carrying out waste elimination activities while utilizing the front compartment for all other activities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2009
    Publication date: September 10, 2009
    Inventors: Douglas P. Trunnell, Becky L. Trunnell
  • Publication number: 20090114164
    Abstract: A pet showcase to raise small pet animals including rabbit, bird, chameleon, lizard, or insects that can be inlaid onto a wall or a cabinet and held tightly to the wall or the cabinet or simply placed in a living room to appreciate the pet through a glass door panel of the pet showcase for the pet showcase to be further infused in the setup of the living room and present an integrated aesthetic sense with the wall or the cabinet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2007
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Inventor: Chi-Yang Liu
  • Patent number: 7481182
    Abstract: An enclosure for a pet litter pan, having a moisture and odor-resistant plastic rattan-like material woven on a wire frame. The enclosure is quickly and easily assembled from multiple panels using pin connectors and connector feet. An openable panel provides access to remove the litter pan for cleaning, and has low-friction rails along its interior for facilitating easier removal and replacement of the pan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2009
    Inventors: Jeffrey M. Simpson, Mark A. Haley
  • Publication number: 20080295779
    Abstract: A cage cleaning device is provided. Such cage cleaning device includes an elongated rod member manufactured from a first predetermined material and having a first predetermined size, a first predetermined shape and a first predetermined length. A cleaning member including at least one of at least one scraping member for cleaning a bottom portion of a pet cage, at least one pointed member for cleaning corners of a pet cage, at least one notched member for cleaning in between bars of a pet cage, at least one cut out portion for cleaning bars of a pet cage, and a combination thereof is operably connected to such elongated rod member at a first predetermined end thereof. The cleaning member is manufactured from a second predetermined material and has a second predetermined size and a second predetermined shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2008
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Inventor: Debra A. Dehoff
  • Publication number: 20080264348
    Abstract: An animal training system, the system including: an enclosure; a resting pad disposed within the enclosure; and a latrine tray disposed with the enclosure, the latrine tray containing a receiving material. The receiving material includes wood chips. A method of training an animal, the method including: providing an enclosure, the enclosure having a resting area and a latrine area, the latrine area having a receiving material; keeping the animal in the enclosure for an extended period of time; having the animal learn that the resting area is not for relieving itself of urine and feces; and having the animal learn to use the latrine area for relieving itself of urine and feces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2007
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Inventor: Madeleine Gere
  • Publication number: 20080264346
    Abstract: Apparatus for use by a bird and for use with a roll of sheet material is disclosed. The apparatus includes a body, a perch and a support. The body is for receiving said roll of sheet material and for permitting said sheet material to be unfurled from said roll, the body having a structure over which said sheet material unfurled from the roll can be positioned. The perch is for said bird. The support is operatively fixedly secured to the body and to the perch to retain the perch at an operative position over the structure such that matter dropped by said bird when in use of the perch lands upon said sheet material positioned upon the structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2008
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Inventor: Adolfo T. Mazzucco
  • Publication number: 20080236510
    Abstract: A modular enclosure system, for example, for housing plants and/or animals is provided. The enclosure system includes a frame assembly having a plurality of vertical and horizontal members, and a plurality of connectors adapted to engage the horizontal and vertical members. The members include longitudinal projections or ribs adapted to engage a plurality of panel assemblies. The panel assemblies include first ends adapted to pivotally engage a rib of one member and a second end having a releasable locking mechanism adapted to engage a rib of a member. The enclosure may be used for any type of storage or housing, but is uniquely adapted to house animals, for example, pets, or plants. Aspects of the invention also include a structural system having horizontal and vertical members and connectors adapted to engage the members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2007
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Inventor: Stephen Silverman
  • Publication number: 20080173252
    Abstract: Described is a pet confinement cleaning device for automatically removing pet waste from a pet's structural confinement. The pet confinement cleaning device includes a confining structure, a conveyor belt device, and a receptacle. The confining structure is coupled to the frame of the conveyor belt device to create a pet confinement, whereby the confining structure serves as the walls and the ceiling of the pet confinement and a conveyor belt of the conveyor belt device serves as the flooring of the pet confinement. The receptacle is disposed proximately below the conveyor belt device such that when a pet deposits waste on the floor of the pet confinement, namely the conveyor belt, the conveyor belt device automatically moves the pet waste, in accordance with the operation of a conventional conveyor belt, to the receptacle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2007
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Applicant: Radio Systems Corporation
    Inventor: Randal D. Boyd
  • Patent number: 7380520
    Abstract: A keeping case provided with an upward-opening lower receiving base having a peripheral wall, a downward-opening small animal container disposed on the lower receiving base, and an upward-opening waste-receiving tray stored in the lower receiving base as to be drawn out. An inner brim portion along the peripheral wall is protruding from a middle position in vertical direction of the peripheral wall. An opening upper edge of the waste-receiving tray is hidden by the inner brim portion in a top view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2008
    Assignee: Sanko Shokai Inc.
    Inventor: Yuzo Migita
  • Patent number: 7185611
    Abstract: Waste containment systems for animal enclosures or animal support means, such as perches, are disclosed. A moving body of liquid in a tray traps waste and airborne contaminants and a filtration unit filters the waste. The filtered liquid is circulated with a pump. Methods for filtering waste from animal enclosures or animal support means are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2007
    Inventor: Rhonda Schrader
  • Patent number: 7114464
    Abstract: A cage has an enclosure and a waste-treatment tank. The waste-treatment tank has a holding tank and a holder. The holding tank has an internal chamber, multiple vertical partitions, a horizontal partition and multiple filter tubes. The vertical partitions and the horizontal partitions are mounted inside the internal chamber and the horizontal partition is mounted perpendicular to the vertical partitions and forms multiple chambers. The filter tubes are mounted on the horizontal partition. The holder is mounted on the holding tank and has a waste-collection tray with a flushing hole and a trap connected to the flushing hole. Excrement is collected by the waste-collection tray of the holder and divided by the filter tubes to prevent solid waste from flowing directly into a drainage system. Further, the trap is sealed by water and prevents noxious smells from escaping back into the enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2006
    Inventor: Jhu-Min Chang
  • Patent number: 7036456
    Abstract: The present invention pertains to a litter box and a method for dealing with cat litter. The litter box comprises a first litter box half with a first recess and a second litter box half with a second recess. The second litter box half engages with the first litter box half to form an enclosure such that the first recess aligns with the second recess to form an entrance to the enclosure through which an animal can enter the enclosure. Additionally, the litter box comprises a screen which fits into either the first litter box half or the second litter box half. The screen has panels so the screen can be lifted from either the first litter box half or the second litter box half.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2006
    Inventor: James R. Sage, Jr.
  • Patent number: 6968807
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cage arrangement for poultry having cage batteries arranged above a manure pit, each battery displaying two cages facing each other, the cages being placed one atop another in tiers, in which arrangement a manure scraper is arranged in each tier underneath each cage; between two cages facing each other an open space is present; under the open space, a passage is present in the cover plate of the manure pit for the manure conveyed into the open space by the manure scrapers; and the manure scrapers are driven in an back-and-forth manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2005
    Assignee: Farmer Automatic Josef Kuhlmann GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Josef Kuhlmann
  • Patent number: 6923143
    Abstract: A bird cage having a frame including a base assembly, cover assembly and corner towers that join the base and cover assemblies. The front, back, sides and top of the cage are enclosed by wire grills. The towers are made of light pervious material such as clear or translucent plastic and carry feeding stations. The cage is expandable. The base assembly includes an easily removable tray for collecting droppings in the cage, and the tray carries a wire grill platform within the cage which may be removed by partially withdrawing the tray and without otherwise disturbing the base assembly. A bird cage stand composed of two identical but inverse sub-assemblies provides storage space for feed and cage accessories.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2005
    Assignee: Rolf C. Hagen, Inc.
    Inventors: Robin Plante, Marc LaFond
  • Patent number: 6895899
    Abstract: Filtration systems for animal enclosures such as bird cages are disclosed. A moving body of liquid through a receptacle, traps waste and airborne contaminants from the enclosures, a filtration unit filters the waste, and a pump circulates the liquid. A sterilizing unit may be connected to inhibit microbial growth. An auto shut-off valve may be used to control the pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2005
    Inventor: Rhonda Schrader
  • Publication number: 20040149235
    Abstract: An improved apparatus and method of hydraulically removing animal waste from agricultural animal production facility surfaces utilizing a pressurized device and a series of pipes and nozzles joined to a control system designed to optimize the delivery of water needed to remove the waste from the buildings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2003
    Publication date: August 5, 2004
    Inventors: Albert S. Pogue, David C. Palmer
  • Patent number: 6742476
    Abstract: A litter box having a first litter box half with a first recess. The first litter box half triangularly shaped. The litter box having a second litter box half with a second recess. The second litter box half engages with the first litter box half to form an enclosure. The first recess aligning with the second recess when the first litter box half and second litter box half are engaged to form an entrance to the enclosure through which an animal can enter the enclosure. The second litter box half triangularly shaped, and with the first litter box half to fit into corners. The litter box having a screen which fits into either the first litter box half or the second litter box half. The screen having handles so the screen can be lifted from either the first litter box half or the second litter box half.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2004
    Inventor: James R. Sage, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20040094098
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to filtration systems for animal enclosures such as bird cages. A moving body of liquid traps waste and airborne contaminants and a filtration unit filters the waste.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2003
    Publication date: May 20, 2004
    Inventor: Rhonda Schrader
  • Patent number: 6626129
    Abstract: The Aqua Clean BirdCage Companion is a hydraulic waste and airborne contaminant containment system disposed beneath a birdcage, occupying a bird. The birdcage, having a grid floor retains and separates the bird from the system, while allowing the waste and airborne contaminants from the caged bird to gravitate to the system's constant medium being a hydraulic body of water contained in a tray beneath the birdcage. Our constant medium traps, contains and moves waste and airborne contaminants within it's water to a plurality of filters. The waste filled water passes through the filters. The filters remove the waste materials. The now filtered water is returned by electric pump and discharged into the tray's constant medium creating the hydraulic body, which traps and contains new waste for removal. The filters continually renew the water in this closed hydraulic waste and airborne contaminant containment system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2003
    Inventor: Rhonda Schrader
  • Patent number: 6584934
    Abstract: A habitat for caged animals such as nesting rodents. An envelope, penetrable by gnawing or chewing, is constructed of biodegradable, edible or food grade material, which contains litter and may also contain foodstuffs, medicaments or toys.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2003
    Assignee: University of Leicester
    Inventor: Peter Cliff Willan
  • Patent number: 6561130
    Abstract: A litter box including a first litter box half with a first recess. The litter box also includes a second litter box half with a second recess. The second litter box half engages with the first litter box half to form an enclosure. The first recess aligns with the second recess when the first litter box half and second litter box half are engaged to form an entrance to the enclosure through which an animal can enter the enclosure. Additionally, the litter box includes a screen which fits into either the first litter box half or the second litter box half. The screen has panels so the screen can be lifted from either the first litter box half or the second litter box half. The first and second litter box halves can be triangular shaped to fit into a corner, or, the screen can have a rim which scrapes the side walls to clean them as it is lifted. Or, the recesses can have a spout for pouring litter. Or, the screen can have handles which extend above the litter box halves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2003
    Inventor: James R. Sage, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20030056733
    Abstract: A changeable-floor type rearing cage for rearing small animals includes a hexahedral cage body having a top wall, four side walls and a bottom wall, and defining a space for rearing small animals therein, and a drawer-type floor board inserted through a slot formed in the front side wall into the cage body and placed in the cage body so as to be cover the bottom wall and to be drawn out of the cage body, and providing a surface with which the small animals come directly into contact. At least a part of the floor board is perforated or meshed to let liquid excrements excreted by the small animals drip from the floor board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2002
    Publication date: March 27, 2003
    Applicant: ATSUSHI KIDACHI
    Inventor: Motohiro Niki