Small animal cage

Claim 1

A SMALL ANIMAL CAGE COMPRISING A UNITARY BODY OF RELATIVELY RIGID SHEET MATERIAL HAVING AN APERTURED QUADRANGULAR BOTTOM WALL PANEL THROUGH WHICH ANIMAL WASTES ARE ADAPTED TO PASS AND APERTURED SIDE WALL PANELS INTEGRAL WITH SAID BOTTOM PANEL AND RISING THEREFROM AT APPROXIMATELY RIGHT ANGLES, SAID BOTTOM WALL PANEL JOINING EACH OF SAID SIDE WALL PANELS IN A SMOOTHLY CONTOURED CURVE, THE LENGTH OF EACH OF SAID SIDE WALLS BEING SHORTER THAN THE CORRESPONDING EDGES OF SAID BOTTOM, WHEREBY ADJACENT EDGES OF SAID SIDE WALL PANELS ARE SPACED FROM EACH OTHER TO PROVIDE ELONGATE SLOTS, SAID SHEET MATERIAL BEING ADAPTED TO MAINTAIN THE CAGE IN A BOX-LIKE FORM, WHEN SAID SIDE WALLS ARE POSITIONED GENERALLY NORMAL TO THE PLANE OF SAID BOTTOM WALL PANEL, SAID SLOTS TERMINATING AT THEIR LOWER ENDS IN OPENINGS IN SAID BOTTOM WALL PANEL; FLANGES ON THE UPPER ENDS OF A PAIR OF OPPOSED SIDE WALL PANELS EXTENDING OUTWARDLY THEREFROM AND ADAPTED TO REST UPON L-SHAPED SUPPORTING RAIL FOR SUSPENSION THEREFROM.