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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2011
Filed:
May. 08, 2006
Giovanni Malnati, Malnate, IT;
Paolo Tamborini, Somma Lombardo, IT;
Giovanni Malnati, Malnate, IT;
Paolo Tamborini, Somma Lombardo, IT;
Tecniplast, S.p.A., Buguggiate, IT;
Abstract
A closure system for a cage containing laboratory animals, where in an upper edge of the base of the cage an U-shaped housing towards the outside of the edge hosts a gasket having a lip projecting out of the upper edge, and s bending in contact with a side rim of the top, the side rim overlapping the upper edge, and comprising at least two latches, connected on one side to the base, and having a bending line with a smaller thickness, and a projecting hook at the opposite side, to be restrained in a slot in the top, so that in operation the latch bends in the bending line and the projecting hook can be engaged to or disengaged from the slot.