Split level bird cage

Claim 1

A cAge assembly for retaining at least one bird or animal, said cage assembly comprising: a. an upper enclosed cage section open at its lower end, b. a lower enclosed cage section open at its upper end and having a cross sectional configuration identical to the upper cage section, said lower section having a bottom floor surface and means on said floor surface for supporting seed and water cups for feeding the bird to be contained within the cage, c. a coupling section having an inner configuration corresponding to the sides of the upper and lower cage sections and arranged to be disposed between said sections, said coupling section includes side walls forming a closed perimeter and open through the center portion, an elongated transverse slot extends horizontally across a portion of said side walls and guide means is arranged along the inside surface of said side walls aligned with said transverse slot, d. said coupling section being sized to permit the slidable insertion of the open end of said lower section and said upper cage section to form the enclosed cage assembly, and e. said coupling section includes a flat separator means arranged to be slidably inserted into said transverse slot and said guide means, said separator member being sized to close off the internal opening of said coupling section whereby said cage assembly can be internally divided to retain the bird in either the upper section or the lower section so that the opposite section may be removed for cleaning.