Patent ID: 6832580
Filing Date: 2004-12-21
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
A modular cage, comprising:corner joints having a corner body and at least three tangs that protrude at right angles from said corner body; reversible locking devices provided at said tangs; first profiled elements, comprising first seats which have surfaces thereof shaped complementary to the tangs, said tangs being insertable with said reversible locking devices in said first seats for interlocking; second profiled elements comprising first seats which have surfaces thereof shaped complementary to the tangs, said tangs being insertable with said reversible locking devices in said first seats for interlocking; grill-like wall elements; additional supporting seats provided both at said first and second profiled elements; said grill-like wall elements being removably accommodated and retained in said additional supporting seats and said first and second profiled elements being removably connected to each other and interlocked by way of said corner joints so as to form a supporting frame on which said grill-like wall elements are removably supported so as to form said cage; and auxiliary connection components, each one of said corner bodies of said corner joints being provided with a dead hole for accommodating a respective one of said auxiliary connecting components.