Patent ID: 8191511
Filing Date: 2012-06-05
Classification: A01K,F21V,F21Y

Abstract:
1. An animal exercise wheel comprising: a rotatable cage having an opening that can be entered by an animal weighing five pounds or less; said cage capable of being rotated by said animal; one or more lights; a battery; a switch connecting said one or more lights and said battery; and a switch actuator; wherein one of said switch and said switch actuator is mounted on said rotatable cage and the other one of said switch and said switch actuator is located on a non-moving surface adjacent said rotatable cage and sufficiently close to said rotatable cage that said switch can be actuated by said switch actuator; and wherein weight is distributed on said rotatable cage so that, if there is no animal on said rotatable cage, said cage tends to stop in a position wherein said switch and switch actuator are sufficiently separated so said switch actuator does not actuate said switch.