Patent ID: 6905233
Filing Date: 2005-06-14
Classification: A01K,F21V

Abstract:
1. A lamp assembly for use in heating a cage having an animal therein, comprising: a) a lamp disposed in the cage for providing light and heat to the cage, said lamp having a base for mounting a bulb and a concave reflector extending outwardly in the form of a cone from said base, said concave reflector having an open end thereon, a lip being disposed on said open end of said reflector; b) said bulb being a light source for providing light and heat to the cage; c) a flat, circular screen guard disposed on said lip of said lamp to prevent the animal from contacting the light source; d) a plurality of three fasteners disposed on said screen guard to permit the screen guard to be attached to the lip of the reflector, two of said fasteners being fixedly attached by welding to said screen guard, wherein at least one of said fasteners is removably attached to said screen guard, said removably attached fastener comprising a pem-type fastener to permit the screen guard to be removably attached to the lamp, all of said fasteners being U-shaped having a first and second sides wherein said sides form a pair of flanges, one side of said removably attached fastener having a threaded aperture therein for receiving a mating threaded nut, said threaded nut having a nut end and a threaded end, said threaded end of said threaded nut passing through said screen guard, said threaded end of said threaded nut mating with a threaded insert disposed inside said screen guard to permit said fastener to be removably attached to the lamp, wherein said flanges receive said screen guard and said lip between said sides thereof to permit the screen guard to be attached to the lamp; and a flat, circular deflector plate disposed spaced from said screen guard and between said screen guard and said bulb to permit light to be deflected into said reflector to prevent the animal from being burned by the light source, said deflector plate being wider than said bulb, said deflector plate being spaced from and connected to said screen guard by a threaded fastener, said screen guard having an aperture therein, wherein said aperture is centrally located in said screen guard, said deflector plate having a female threaded insert centrally disposed therein, said threaded fastener having a screw head end and a threaded end, said threaded end passing through said aperture in said screen guard to mate with said female threaded insert centrally disposed in said deflector plate to permit the deflector plate to be connected to the screen guard.