JP2007181412A - Cover for small animal-raising cage - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cover for a small animal-rearing cage, designed to be easy to see small birds or the like in the cage and easy to exchange or replenish feed or the like, and devised so as not to entangle the feet's nails of small birds sat on the flank of the cage. <P>SOLUTION: The cover has the following construction: A transparent front plate 6 is detachably fixed to the front face of the cage 1 and fitted with the cover 12's frame 7 situated a given distance apart from the top face 1b, both of the flanks 1c and 1d and the back face 1e, the frame 7 is covered, from above, with a meshy net 11 having the top face 11b, both of the flanks 11c and 11d and the back face 11e corresponding to the top face 1b, both of the flanks 1c and 1d and the back face 1e of the cage 1 respectively, and the front end of the net 11 is fixed to the outer rim of the front plate 6. Thus, as the front plate 6 in the front face 1a of the cage 1 is transparent, small animals in the cage 1 are easy to be seen clearly. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a cage cover for raising small animals.

  Conventionally, as a cover for a birdcage, there is one in which a fine net is placed on a birdcage and the bottom is squeezed with rubber (see Patent Document 1).

  In addition, there is a type in which a cover using a net-like or nylon fabric is attached to the side surface of the birdcage and the top and bottom are elastic.

Such a bird cage cover is for preventing feathers in the cage, skin of food, etc. from scattering around the cage.
Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 63-186244 Japanese Utility Model Publication 1-155356

  However, in each background art, since the entire cage or the peripheral surface including the front of the cage is covered with a fine net or net-like or nylon fabric cover, it is difficult to clearly see a bird or the like entering the cage, When replacing or replenishing bait, it is necessary to remove the net or cover from the basket, so it is not easy to replace or replenish bait, etc., and when removing the net or cover from the car, the net or cover is removed from the cage. There was a problem that feathers and skins of food that spilled during this time were scattered around the cage.

  In addition, even if the cover is covered with a margin from the cage, there are many problems that the toenails get entangled with the cover when the bird stops on the side of the cage because the cover is often caught on the cage. It was.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems. It is easy to clearly see a bird or the like in a cage, and can easily replace or replenish food, etc. The object of the present invention is to provide a cover for a small animal breeding cage that is designed so that the nails do not get tangled.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention detachably fixes a transparent front plate to a front portion of a car, and is located on the front plate at a predetermined distance from the top surface, both side surfaces, and the back surface of the car. A frame body is attached, and a mesh-shaped net having an upper surface, both side surfaces, and a rear surface corresponding to the upper surface, both side surfaces, and the back surface of the car is covered from above, and the front end portion of the net is attached to the front plate. The present invention provides a cage for raising small animals characterized by being fixed to the outer edge.

  It is preferable that a door corresponding to the door portion of the car is attached to the front plate.

  The front end portion of the net is preferably configured to be detachably locked to the outer edge portion of the front plate with a mechanical fastener.

  It is preferable that a tray having an upper receiving port wider than the lower portion of the car is attached to the lower portion of the car so that the lower end portion of the front plate and the net is placed in the upper receiving port.

  According to the present invention, since the front plate on the front side of the cage is transparent, small animals (for example, birds) in the rearing cage can be clearly seen, and only by removing the front plate from the front side of the cage, Etc. can be easily replaced or replenished. In addition, the front, top, both sides, and back of the car are covered with a front plate and a mesh net, so the inside of the car is not darkened and air permeability is ensured. Etc. will not be scattered around the car, so the car can be placed in the room hygienically. Furthermore, since the net is located at a certain distance (for example, 1 cm) from the cage by the frame body, it is possible to prevent the toenails from getting entangled with the net when a small bird or the like stops on the side of the cage. become.

  Further, if a door corresponding to the door portion of the car is attached to the front plate, it is possible to easily replace and replenish food and the like without removing the front plate.

  Furthermore, if the net is detachably locked to the front plate with a mechanical fastener, it can be easily detached from the front plate and washed, so that the net can be kept hygienic.

  Furthermore, if the front plate and the lower end of the net are placed in the tray's upper receiving opening at the bottom of the car, feathers and food skin spilled from the car between the front plate and the net will naturally enter the tray from the upper receiving opening. Since it is collected, the area around the car will not become dirty.

  Hereinafter, the best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

  1 is a perspective view in which a cover 12 is attached to a cage 1 for raising a small animal (for example, a small bird), FIG. 2 is a perspective view in which a net 11 (see a two-dot chain line) of the cover 12 is removed from the cage 1, and FIG. It is the rear view which removed the net | network 11 of the cover 12 from the cage | basket | car 1.

  4A is a front view in which the cover 12 with the net 11 omitted is attached to the car 1, FIG. 4B is a plan view of FIG. 5A, and FIG. 5A is the cover 12 with the net 11 omitted from the car 1. (B) is a cross-sectional left side view of the main part in which a cover 12 with the net 11 omitted is attached to the car 1.

  The car 1 is formed in a square box shape with a front surface 1a, an upper surface 1b, both side surfaces 1c and 1d, a rear surface 1e and a bottom surface (not specifically shown) formed by combining thin metal wires in a lattice shape.

  A central door 1A for inserting and removing small birds and the like is attached to the central portion of the front surface 1a of the car 1, and a left door 1B and a right for inserting and removing a food box and a water container are provided on the left and right sides thereof. Doors 1C are respectively attached, and the doors 1A to 1C can open and close the opening of the car 1 by sliding in the vertical direction. A handle 1 </ b> D for carrying the car 1 is attached to the upper surface 1 b of the car 1.

  A bottomed square box-like tray 2 is attached to the lower part of the car 1. While the tray 2 is bent outward on both sides thereof, a locking hole (not shown) is forcibly fitted to the lateral locking projections 1g of the side surfaces 1c and 1d of the car 1, The car 1 is detachably attached to the lower part. A drawer 3 that is slidable in the front-rear direction is provided at the lower portion of the tray 2 so that the urine of a bird can be cleaned. The structure of the car 1 and the tray 2 up to this point is the same as that of the prior art.

  On the other hand, the tray 2 is formed with an upper receiving opening 2 a wider than the lower portion of the car 1.

  A square frame-shaped front frame 5 made of sheet metal is applied to the front surface 1 a of the car 1, and the lower end portion of the front frame 5 is placed in the upper receiving port 2 a of the tray 2. A plurality of brackets 5c projecting rearward are formed on both side portions 5a and 5b of the front frame 5, and the front frame 5 is mounted on both side surfaces 1c and 1d of the car 1 by using screw holes 5d of the bracket 5c. Both side portions 5a and 5b are fixed with screws or the like (not shown). On both side portions 5a and 5b of the front frame 5, hook portions (or loop portions) of the mechanical fastener 14 are attached to portions separated from the bracket 5c.

  Here, with the mechanical fastener, when the hook part and the loop part make a pair and the two parts are strongly pressed, the hook part and the loop part are locked so that they are not easily detached from each other. When it is strongly peeled off by hand, it means that the hook part and the loop part are unlocked, which is also called a hook-and-loop fastener.

  A guide groove 5e in the vertical direction is formed inside the both side portions 5a and 5b of the front frame 5, and a transparent synthetic resin front plate 6 is inserted into the guide groove 5e from above, so that the front frame 5 The front opening is closed so that it can be seen through. The front plate 6 is detachably fixed to the front portion of the car 1 through the front frame 5.

  Doors 6A to 6C corresponding to the doors 1A to 1C of the car 1 are attached to the front plate 6, and the doors 6A to 6C are slid vertically in the same manner as the doors 1A to 1C of the car 1. Thus, the opening of the front plate 6 can be opened and closed.

  And each door 1A-1C of the cage | basket | car 1 can be opened in the state which opened each door 6A-6C of the front plate 6. FIG.

  Both ends of a substantially U-shaped horizontal frame 7A opened forward are detachably fixed to the upper portions of both side portions 5a and 5b of the front frame 5 by nut members 8 and are attached to the rear end of the horizontal frame 7A. The vertical frame 7B is hingedly connected to the hinge member 9 in a substantially U-shape opened downward. A frame body 7 is constituted by the horizontal frame 7A and the vertical frame 7B. Therefore, by removing the nut member 8, the frame body 7 can be removed from the front frame 5, and the horizontal frame 7 </ b> A and the vertical frame 7 </ b> B of the removed frame body 7 can be folded flat by the hinge member 9.

  Both lower end portions of the vertical frame 7B can be detachably locked by hook members 10 at the corner portions of the side surfaces 1c, 1d and the rear surface 1e of the car 1 so as not to swing back and forth.

  The horizontal frame 7A and the vertical frame 7B of the frame body 7 are set so as to be separated from the upper surface 1b, both side surfaces 1c, 1d, and the rear surface 1e of the car 1 by a certain distance (for example, 1 cm).

  A mesh-like net made of synthetic fiber (such as a net for a household screen door) 11 having an upper surface 11b corresponding to the upper surface 1b, both side surfaces 1c and 1d, and the back surface 1e of the car 1, both side surfaces 11c and 11d, and the back surface 11e. The net 11 can be provided on the horizontal frame 7A and the vertical frame 7B of the frame body 7 from above.

  Loop portions (or hook portions) facing the hook portions of the mechanical fasteners 14 on the both side portions 5a and 5b of the front frame 5 are attached to the front end portions of the both side surfaces 11c and 11d of the net 11. The front end of 11 can be detachably locked to the outer edge of the front frame 5.

  The lower end portion of the net 11 covered with the frame body 7 can be put into the upper receiving port 2a of the tray 2 by utilizing the flexibility of the net 11.

  In addition, it is preferable to form a slit for pulling out the handle 1 </ b> D at the top of the car 1 on the upper surface 11 b of the net 11.

  The front frame 5, the front plate 6, the frame body 7, the net 11, and the like constitute the cover 12 of the car 1.

  In the case of the cover 12 of the car 1 as described above, the front plate 6 on the front surface 1a of the car 1 is transparent, so that it is easy to clearly see the birds and the like that have entered the car 1, and the front plate 6 includes Since the doors 6A to 6C corresponding to the doors 1A to 1C are formed, it is possible to easily replace or replenish food without removing the front plate 6.

  If the front plate 6 can be easily inserted and removed from the guide groove 5e of the front frame 5 so that the front plate 6 can be attached and detached, it is not always necessary to form the doors 6A to 6C on the front plate 6; By simply removing the front plate 6, it is possible to easily exchange or replenish food.

  Further, since the front surface 1a, the upper surface 1b, the both side surfaces 1c, 1d, and the rear surface 1e of the car 1 are covered with the front plate 6 and the mesh-like net 11, the inside of the car 1 is not darkened and air permeability can be secured. At the same time, since the feathers, food skin, etc. in the car 1 do not scatter around the car 1, the car 1 can be placed in the room hygienically. Further, since the net 11 is located at a certain distance (for example, 1 cm) from the cage by the frame body 7, when a bird or the like stops on the side surfaces 1c, 1d, etc. of the cage 1, the toenails get entangled with the net 11. Can be prevented in advance.

  Furthermore, the net 11 can be easily detached and washed from the front frame 5 by being detachably locked and fixed to the front frame 5 into which the front plate 6 is inserted by a mechanical fastener 14, so that the net 11 can be sanitized. Can keep.

  Further, by inserting the front frame 5 into which the front plate 6 was inserted and the lower end of the net 11 into the upper receiving port 2a of the tray 2 at the bottom of the car 1, the car 1 spilled between the front plate 6 and the net 11. Since feathers, food skin, and the like are naturally collected in the tray 2 from the upper receptacle 2a, the periphery of the car 1 is not soiled.

  In the above embodiment, the front frame 5 is fixed to the car 1 and the front plate 6 is inserted into the front frame 5. However, the front frame 5 is omitted and the front plate 6 is directly fixed to the car 1. Thus, the frame body 7 can be fixed to the front plate 6.

  In the embodiment, the square box-shaped cage 1 is used, but the present invention can also be applied to a polygonal or cylindrical cage such as a hexagonal shape.

  In the above embodiment, a bird cage is assumed. However, the present invention is not limited to a small bird, but can be applied to a small animal cage such as a hamster or a guinea pig.

It is the perspective view which attached the cover to the cage for small animal breeding concerning the embodiment of the present invention. It is the perspective view which removed the net | network of the cover from the cage | basket | car. It is the rear view which removed the net | network of the cover from the cage | basket | car. (A) is the front view which attached the cover which abbreviate | omitted the net | network to the cage | basket | car, (b) is a top view of (a). (A) is the left view which attached the cover which abbreviate | omitted the net to the cage | basket | car, (b) is the principal part cross-section left side view which attached the cover which abbreviate | omitted the net | network to the cage | basket | car.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Car 1A-1C Door 1a Front 1b Upper surface 1c, 1d Both sides 1e Back 2 Tray 2a Upper receiving port 5 Front frame 6 Front plate 6A-6C Door 7 Frame body 11 Net 11b Upper surface 11c, 11d Both sides 11e Back 12 Cover 14 Mechanical fastener

Claims (4)

  A transparent front plate is detachably fixed to the front portion of the car, and a frame body located at a certain distance from the top surface, both side surfaces, and the back surface of the car is attached to the front plate, and the car body is attached to the frame body. A small animal breeding system characterized in that a mesh-shaped net having an upper surface, both side surfaces, and a rear surface corresponding to the upper surface, both side surfaces, and the back surface of the front plate is covered from above, and the front end portion of the net is fixed to the outer edge portion of the front plate. A basket cover.   The cage cover for raising small animals according to claim 1, wherein a door corresponding to a door portion of the cage is attached to the front plate.   The small animal breeding cage cover according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the front end portion of the net is detachably locked and fixed to the outer edge portion of the front plate with a mechanical fastener.   The tray which formed the upper receptacle opening wider than the lower part of a cage | basket | car was attached to the said cage | basket | car lower part, and the lower end part of the said front plate and a net | network was put in the upper receptacle mouth, The any one of Claims 1-3 characterized by the above-mentioned. Cover of the cage for raising small animals according to one item.

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