Patent ID: 6230655
Filing Date: 2001-05-15
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
A locking assembly for locking and unlocking a door of a bird or pet cage, said locking assembly in combination with said cage comprising:a resilient wire support being pivotally-attached at two points at a first end of said resilient wire support to an outer side of a door of a cage, said resilient wire support having, at a second end distal from said first end, two substantially foot-shaped members said resilient wire support being substantially M-shaped with a generally U-shaped middle leg defining a pair of spaced-apart arms for squeezing said resilient wire support for causing said inward displacement of said two substantially foot-shaped members; and,two locking slots being provided for the cage adjacent the door of the cage, each of said two locking slots being capable of receiving a respective member of said two substantially foot-shaped members of said resilient wire support, so that when said resilient wire support is gripped and squeezed together via said U-shaped middle leg thereof, thereby causing an inward displacement of said two substantially foot-shaped members, said two substantially foot-shaped members are each able to be placed within a respective one of said two locking slots for said cage and then released, or removed from a respective one of said two locking slots provided for said cage, to either lock, or unlock, respectively, the door of said cage.