Patent ID: 7739984

Claim:
A rodent containment cage rack comprising: a plurality of stackable rack modules, wherein each rack module comprises: a plurality of shelves each having an air supply port and an air exhaust port, wherein shelves are configured to hold a corresponding rodent cage and mate with a corresponding rodent cage air supply port and air exhaust port; a tube that engages with a corresponding tube of an adjacent rack module in a stacked configuration; an air blower connection at one end of the tube and conduits connected to the tube that deliver air from a blower at each of the shelves to the air supply port and the air exhaust port; a first vertical side wall; a second vertical side wall; a front wall, wherein a first portion of the plurality of shelves are attached to the front wall; a rear wall, wherein a second portion of the plurality of shelves are optionally attached to the rear wall; wherein the front wall and rear wall extend vertically between the first and second vertical side wall; and wherein the first and second vertical side wall are connectable to corresponding vertical side walls of a corresponding adjacent module in the stacked configuration.