Title: Animal cage lid

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Claims: Having thus described the invention, it is claimed:

1. An animal cage lid having a top portion and a portion extending below the level of the top portion to form a food trough, the said food trough having a front wall and a bottom wall, a separator unit pivotly mounted in said trough for separating the trough into two sections, said separator unit being pivotly mounted on the bottom wall of said trough and movable from the upright position to a prone position and support means extending transversely from the separator unit and having a portion adapted to abut the said bottom wall of the trough for holding said separator in its upright position.

2. An animal cage lid as claimed in claim 1 wherein said feed trough comprises a plurality of spaced longitudinal wires and said separator unit is pivotly mounted on one of said wires.

3. An animal cage lid as claimed in claim 2 wherein said separator unit comprises a partition and wherein said lower part of said partition is pivotly mounted on said wire.

4. An animal cage lid as claimed in claim 3 wherein said support means comprises a front wall extending from the partition.

5. An animal cage lid as claimed in claim 4 wherein said front wall extends at right angles to said partition.

6. An animal cage lid as claimed in claim 5 wherein said front wall has a lower edge adapted to abut the trough when the separator unit is in the upright position.

7. An animal cage lid as claimed in claim 6 wherein the width of the front wall is such that the partition does not extend above the depth of the trough when the partition is in the folded position.

8. An animal cage lid as claimed in claim 7 wherein the edge of the front wall opposite the partition abuts the edge of the trough when the partition is in the upright position.

9. An animal cage lid as claimed in claim 8 wherein said front wall has an opening therein.

10. An animal cage lid as claimed in claim 9 wherein the opening in said front wall is in alignment within the spaces between the adjacent wires in said trough.

11. An animal cage lid as claimed in claim 10, wherein said trough comprises a front portion and wherein the front wall of the separator is substantially parallel to the said front portion of the trough.

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Inventors: Mehn, Robert P. (Cleveland, WI, US)

Application Number: 431894
Filing Date: 1974-01-09
Publication_date: 1976-04-20
Assignee: IPCO Hospital Supply Corporation (White Plains, NY)
Primary Class(es): 119/475 D30/119
Other Classes:
US Patent Ref:

3381665	May, 1968	Naturale	119/18.
3572293	Mar, 1971	Schroen	119/18.

Other Refs:
Primary Examiner: Mancene, Louis G.
Assistant Examiner: Skiff, Peter K.
Attorney: Holland, Armstrong, Wilkie & Previto