Improvements in and relating to Coops and the like.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 14th Oct., 1892-Accepted, 19th Nov., 1892
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Coops and the like.
I, JOSEPH COLLINGWOOD of Market Place March Cambridgeshire Builder
and Auctioneer do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement :-
This invention relates to an improved construction of coops and such like articles,
and consists in making them collapsible, or capable of being folded into a small
compass, and in combining a collapsible run with a coop, so that the whole may be
folded together, or the coop may be used while the run is folded up at its end and
out of use, without being in the way. The coop may also be of the ordinary con-
struction, and the run attached to it at its end, so that it can be extended or
collapsed, as desired.
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In carrying out my invention I provide at the end of the coop or such like
article, a run formed of two or more side pieces, hinged to the end frame of the
coop in such a manner that they may be folded across it, forming a door when not
in use.
These sides are of about half the height of the end of the coop, and may
each be made in one, two or more pieces according to the length of the run, each
section being hinged to the next, so that they all fold on each other to form the
door. To form the roof and end of the run, a flap is hinged to a rail in the end
frame of the coop, a little higher than the side pieces, and of such a size that it can
be turned up under the roof of the coop, and be fastened by a catch of any
suitable construction. To the end of this flap is hinged two or more wire frames,
to form the remainder of the top and the end of the run, each frame being pre-
ferably about the same size as the flap, so that they can all fold on top of it, each
frame being hinged in a manner to allow of this. The frames are thus, when the
flap has been turned up, secured on its inner side. The whole run can thus be
folded up completely, and secured to the end of the coop, a button, lock or other
device being employed to fasten the doors formed by the collapsed sides.
The collapsible coop is constructed as follows:-To the frame above mentioned
are hinged at each side the sides of the coop, which are preferably of a length a
little less than the width of the coop, so that they can be turned inside the main
frame. The end is hinged in one or two parts to one or both of the sides, so that
it can be turned over on the side or sides and folded along with them. The roof
is hinged at the top, the top board of the frame projecting slightly, so that after
the sides and end have been folded, the roof will hang down over all.
In order that the invention may be more clearly understood, reference is had to
the accompanying sheet of illustrative drawings, in which
Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a coop and run, constructed as above described,
in its extended position.
Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section and Fig. 3 a sectional plan, the section being
taken on the line x-y, Fig. 2, of the extended coop and run.
Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the coop with run collapsed, and Fig. 5 is a
vertical section of the coop and run, both collapsed into the smallest possible
compass.
A is the end frame of the coop, provided with the rails a at its upper part, to
which the sides B of the run are attached. According to the drawings, two extra
flaps B' are provided, increasing the length of the run, hinged to B and to each
other, and folding one over the other as shown more clearly in Fig. 3, so that they
can all turn into the position shown in dotted lines in that figure, each side taking
up half the width when folded. When the sides B only are employed they will
extend when folded right across the frame A. and fold over one another. C is the

page_text: flap hinged to the cross rail A', which forms part of the roof of the run, to which
is hinged the wire frames C¹, forming the remainder of the roof and carrying the
frame D forming the end of the run. These can all be folded over on one
another, taking up the position shown in section in Fig. 5, when the flap is
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raised, being attached by any suitable fastening such as that shown at c.
whole run when collapsed takes up the position shown in perspective in Fig. 4,
closing the coop. This figure also illustrates the arrangement in which only the
run is made collapsible, the coop being of ordinary construction. The collapsible
coop is formed of the two hinged sides E, E', hinged to the frame A, one side of
the frame preferably projecting slightly beyond the other, as shown in Fig. 3,
thereby allowing the side E to be turned over the other. The end of the_coop
is made, as illustrated in Fig. 3, in two parts, F, F; hinged to the sides E, E¹
respectively, and folded as shown in dotted lines. The roof G is hinged to the
top of the frame A, which projects slightly over the sides when folded, so that
the roof will hang down as shown in Fig. 5, enclosing the other parts, and
fastened in any suitable manner, the whole forming with the collapsible run, a
very compact arrangement, made up almost completely of flaps folding over on
one another, thus being very easily removed for transport, and put up again
rapidly. The run can be closed up in the manner shown every night, and opened
in the morning, the operations being very simple and rapidly performed.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is
(1.) A coop or the like, having a collapsible run attached to it, comprising the
hinged sides B, the flap C hinged to the cross rail A' with wire frames, exten-
sions C¹ and end D hinged together, the whole being capable of folding over on
the end of the coop, and closing up substantially in the manner described.
(2.) A coop or the like, having a collapsible run attached, comprising the
sides B hinged to the frame A, the hinged extensions B', the flap C hinged to the
cross rail A', with extensions C¹, to which is hinged the end piece D, the whole
folding and collapsing substantially in the manner described and shown.
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(3.) A coop or similar article constructed with an end frame A to which is hinged
the two sides E and E¹, and the roof G, the end being hinged to one or both of
the sides, and the whole folding up or collapsing, substantially as described.
(4.) The improved combined collapsible coop and run, constructed and operating
substantially in the manner described and shown.
Dated this 13th day of October 1891.
GEO. H. RAYNER,
37, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.