Patent ID: 7370607
Filing Date: 2008-05-13
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
1. A receptacle adapted to be suspended from a support member for the care and maintenance of living things, comprising: (A) a housing having an interior with an access opening therein; (B) a lid adapted to be moved from an open position permitting access to the interior through the access opening and a closed position enclosing the interior such that said housing and said lid together form an assembled unit; (C) a mounting member disposed on said lid and including a shaft, an enlarged head portion with said shaft extending outwardly therefrom, and a passageway extending axially through said shaft and through said head portion, said head portion having a bore formed partially therethrough that intersects the passageway; (D) a flexible cable secured at a first end portion to said housing and having an opposite second end portion adapted to secure to the support member, said cable extending through the passageway in said mounting member; and (E) a latch mechanism associated with said mounting member and movable between a release position wherein said cable may slide in the passageway and a latch position wherein sliding movement of said cable in the passageway is resisted, whereby, said latch mechanism including a plunger slideably received in the bore and a spring element that biases said plunger outwardly from the bore with a restorative force so that said plunger can move between a retracted position and an extended position, said plunger having a port therethrough that registers with the passageway when in the retracted position such that in said release position said cable is received through said port for sliding movement in the passageway, said plunger operative to bind against said cable when in the extended position such that in said latch position sliding movement of said cable in the passageway is resisted.