Patent ID: 6516752
Filing Date: 2003-02-11
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
A veterinary bathing station for washing small animals, the bathing station comprising:a washing stall having a bottom wall and surrounding side walls, at least one of the surrounding side walls having an opening of sufficient size to allow an animal to pass through; a plurality of leg elements for elevating the bottom wall of the washing stall above a surrounding support surface a selected distance, thereby creating an open space between the bottom wall and the surrounding support surface; a ramp having an inclined ramp surface defined between a top end and a bottom end of the ramp for allowing ingress and egress of an animal from the surrounding support surface through the wall opening without the necessity of lifting the animal; a rotatable coupling attaching the top end of the ramp to the bottom wall of the washing stall, whereby the ramp is rotatable about a vertical axis into and out of the open space created under the bottom wall of the stall between a retracted position and an extended position, the extended position serving to align the ramp with the wall opening to thereby allow the animal ingress and egress through the wall opening.