Ventilated cage

Claim 1

A CHICK HANDLING ASSEMBLY COMPRISING A SUBSTANTIALLY FLAT TRAY OF DISPOSABLE MATERIAL, A PLURALITY OF PLASTIC CAGES HOUSING SUCH CHICKS PROVIDING CONTINUOUS PERFORATED SUBSTANTIALLY FRUSTO-PYRAMIDAL WALLS OF RESILIENTLY PLIABLE MATERIAL, EACH OF SAID WALLS HAVING OPPOSITE SUBSTANTIALLY RECTANGULAR UPPER AND LOWER EDGES CIRCUMSCRIBING AN INDIVIDUAL CHAMBER THEREIN, A FLANGE INTEGRAL WITH EACH OF SAID WALLS BEING CONTINUOUS WITH AND INWARDLY EXTENDED FROM THEIR RESPECTIVE UPPER EDGES TO DEFINE SUBSTANTIALLY RECTANGULAR RESTRICTED OPENINGS INTO THE CHAMBERS FOR LOADING SUCH CHICKS INTO THE CAGES, SAID WALLS ALSO INCLUDING A SUBSTANTIALLY ERECT BAND PORTION ADJACENT TO THEIR LOWER EDGES SAID TRAY BEING ADAPTED TO SUPPORT SAID LOWER EDGES OF SUCH CAGES IN CHICK CONSTRAINING JUXTAPOSITION WITH EACH OTHER WHEREBY ADJACENT WALLS OF THE CAGES DIVERGE FROM THEIR BAND PORTIONS UPWARDLY OUTWARDLY OF SAID TRAY TO DEFINE PASSAGES BETWEEN THE CAGES SO THAT ALL OF THE PERFORATED WALLS THEREOF ARE EXPOSED TO THE ATMOSPHERE, AND SAID CAGES BEING REMOVABLE FROM SAID TRAY AUTOMATICALLY TO LIBERATE THE CHICKS WITHOUT PHYSICALLY HANDLING THE SAME AND THEREAFTER BEING NESTED FOR STORAGE WHEREIN SAID BAND PORTIONS MINIMIZE STICKING AND INSURE READY DISSEMBLY OF SUCH NESTED CAGES.