Animal cage feeding lid

Claim 1

A LID FOR COVERING AN OPEN-TOP CAGE BOTTOM FOR HOUSING SMALL ANIMALS SUCH AS MICE AND THE LIKE, THE LID HAVING A SKIRT AT ITS PERIPHERY FOR FITTING THE LID ON THE TOP OF THE CAGE BOTTOM, AN INTEGRAL FEEDER PROJECTING DOWNWARDLY FOR RECEPTION BY THE CAGE BOTTOM, THE FEEDER BEING ADAPTED TO HOLD PELLETS OF ANIMAL FOOD, THE FEEDER COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF SPACED BARS LOCATED IN GENERALLY PARALLEL PLANES AND ADAPTED TO HOLD FOOD PELLETS UNITL THEY HAVE BEEN PARTIALLY CONSUMED, THE SPACING OF THE BARS BEING SUFFICIENTLY WIDE TO PERMIT AN ANIMAL IN THE CAGE BOTTOM TO EAT FOOD PELLETS HELD IN THE FEEDER BETWEEN THE BARS, AT LEAST ONE REINFORCING ROD CONNECTING ADJACENT BARS OF THE FEEDER INTERMDIATE THE ENDS OF SAID BARS TO PREVENT SPREADING OF THE BARS BY AN ANIMAL IN THE CAGE, AND THE LID FURTHER COMPRISING A VALVED WATERING DEVICE FOR AN ANIMAL IN THE CAGE BOTTOM, THE LID HAVING A PLURALITY OF VENTILATING OPENINGS, AND THE LID BEING FREE OF EDGES OR PROJECTIONS OF A SIZE AND CONFIGURATION WHICH COULD BE CHEWED BY ANIMALS IN THE CAGE BOTTOM.