Patent ID: 6526911
Filing Date: 2003-03-04
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
A dish assembly for use in combination with a cage having a cage side formed as a lattice of horizontal and vertical members, said dish assembly comprising:a dispenser and a mounting structure for attaching the dispenser to a cage side; the dispenser further comprising at least one planar surface; said mounting structure comprising an elongated leg structure including a pair of elongated legs extending from said planar surface of said dispenser, away from said planar surface, for extending through the lattice of the cage side; each elongated leg including a respective enlarged portion located distal from said planar surface of said dispenser; said mounting structure further including a slide member for engaging the leg structure in linear sliding movement wherein said slide member comprises a top edge and a bottom edge and includes slots extending from said bottom edge toward said top edge for engaging over the elongated leg structure in linear sliding movement perpendicular to the leg structure and parallel to said planar surface of said dispenser whereby the slide member is located between said planar surface and the enlarged portions of the legs.