Device for live animal transport

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12433241-B2
Application number	US-202418676906-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 29, 2024
Priority date	Jun 15, 2023
Publication date	Oct 7, 2025
Grant date	Oct 7, 2025

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a device for live animal transport, comprising: a bottom plate, comprising a liquid guide plate and a non-liquid guide plate, wherein the liquid guide plate has a first end and a second end opposite the first end; a plurality of support members, symmetrically provided at predetermined intervals on the bottom plate at the first end and the second end of the liquid guide plate, and extending in a first direction perpendicular to the bottom plate; a plurality of pillars, one end of each pillar being nested in a corresponding one support member, and the plurality of pillars being capable of telescoping in the first direction; a plurality of beams, extending in a second direction from the first end of the liquid guide plate to the second end of the liquid guide plate, each beam being supported by the other end of the pillar at the first end of the liquid guide plate and the other end of the pillar at the second end of the liquid guide plate; side plates, provided on the bottom plate and extending in the first direction around edges of the bottom plate; and a top portion, supported by the plurality of beams to cover an interior space formed by the bottom plate and the side plates, wherein the plurality of pillars are configured to telescope in the first direction so as to adjust a contour of the top portion

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A device for live animal transport, comprising:
a bottom plate, comprising a liquid guide plate and a non-liquid guide plate, wherein the liquid guide plate has a first end and a second end opposite the first end, and the non-liquid guide plate extends transversely at the first end of the liquid guide plates in a direction perpendicular to the liquid guide plate and is spaced apart from the liquid guide plate;
a plurality of support members, symmetrically provided at predetermined intervals on the bottom plate at the first end of the liquid guide plate and on the bottom plate at the second end of the liquid guide plate, and extending in a first direction perpendicular to the bottom plate;
a plurality of pillars, one end of each pillar being nested in a corresponding one of the support members, and the plurality of pillars being configured to be capable of telescoping in the first direction;
a plurality of beams, extending in a second direction from the first end of the liquid guide plate to the second end of the liquid guide plate, each beam being supported by an other end of the pillar at the first end of the liquid guide plate and the other end of the pillar at the second end of the liquid guide plate;
side plates, provided on the bottom plate and extending in the first direction around edges of the bottom plate; and
a top portion, supported by the plurality of beams to cover an interior space formed by the bottom plate and the side plates, wherein the interior space is used to accommodate the live animal, and
wherein the plurality of pillars are configured to telescope in the first direction so as to adjust a contour of the top portion.

2. The device for live animal transport according to claim 1 , wherein the liquid guide plate comprises a plurality of liquid guide members and a plurality of liquid absorption members, wherein the plurality of liquid guide members are arranged side by side along the second direction, each liquid absorption member is provided at the end of each liquid guide member at the second end of the liquid guide plate, the plurality of liquid guide members are configured to guide liquid excreted from the live animal, and the plurality of liquid absorption members are configured to absorb the liquid guided by the corresponding liquid guide members.

3. The device for live animal transport according to claim 1 , wherein the bottom plate further comprises a base, provided with recesses, wherein the liquid guide plate and the non-liquid guide plate can be snap-fitted in the recesses.

4. The device for live animal transport according to claim 1 , wherein the bottom plate has:
a first side;
a second side, opposite the first side;
a third side, adjacent to the first side; and
a fourth side, opposite the third side,
and the side plates comprise:
a first side plate, provided on the first side of the bottom plate;
a second side plate, provided on the second side of the bottom plate;
a third side plate, provided on the third side of the bottom plate; and
a fourth side plate, provided on the fourth side of the bottom plate,
wherein the device for live animal transport further comprises:
a first inspection window, provided at a middle portion of the first side plate;
a second inspection window, provided at a middle portion of the second side plate; and
a door, provided at the end of the first side plate adjacent to the fourth side plate,
wherein a caretaker of the live animal touches and inspects the live animal accommodated in the interior space through the first inspection window and/or the second inspection window, and the caretaker of the live animal can enter the interior space through the door.

5. The device for live animal transport according to claim 3 , further comprising a first digital system, configured to acquire physiological characteristic data of the live animal and send the acquired physiological characteristic data to the outside by a wireless transmission manner.

6. The device for live animal transport according to claim 5 , wherein the first digital system comprises:
a pulse sensor, configured to sense the pulse of the live animal to obtain pulse data of the live animal;
a respiratory rate sensor, configured to sense the respiratory rate of the live animal to obtain respiratory rate data of the live animal;
a temperature sensor, configured to sense the body temperature of the live animal to obtain temperature data of the live animal;
a GPS sensor, configured to position the position of the live animal to obtain position data of the live animal;
an RFID tag, configured to record identity identification information of the live animal; and
a solar cell, configured to supply power to the pulse sensor, the respiratory rate sensor, the temperature sensor and the GPS sensor,
wherein the physiological characteristic data comprises the pulse data, the respiratory rate data and the temperature data, and
the physiological characteristic data, the identity identification information and the position data of the live animal are sent to the outside in a correlated manner by a wireless transmission manner.

7. The device for live animal transport according to claim 6 , wherein the first digital system is integrated in straps or belts worn on the body of the live animal.

8. The device for live animal transport according to claim 6 , further comprising:
a second digital system, configured to:
sense first data characterizing environmental conditions in the interior space;
receive the physiological characteristic data, the identity identification information and the position data of the live animal from the first digital system;
analyze the first data and the physiological characteristic data, to obtain an analysis result; and
display the analysis result.

9. The device for live animal transport according to claim 8 , wherein the second digital system comprises:
a control portion, having a front face and a back face, a plurality of serial interfaces being provided on the back face;
a gas sensor, in communication connection with the control portion via the serial interfaces, and configured to sense the contents of predetermined gases in the interior space to obtain gas content data and to transmit the gas content data to the control portion via the serial interfaces;
an environmental sensor, in communication connection with the control portion via the serial interfaces, and configured to sense environmental data in the interior space and to transmit the environmental data to the control portion via the serial interfaces;
a dust sensor, in communication connection with the control portion via the serial interfaces, and configured to sense the concentration of dust in the interior space to obtain dust concentration data and to transmit the dust concentration data to the control portion via the serial interfaces;
a wireless communication portion, provided on the back face of the control portion, the control portion receiving the physiological characteristic data, the identity identification information and the position data of the live animal from the first digital system via the wireless communication portion;
a processor, provided on the back face of the control portion, the processor comprising a GPU chip, wherein the GPU chip can process multi-modal data comprising the gas content data, the environmental data, the dust concentration data and the physiological characteristic data which are received in real time, and can predict the health state and the risk of illness of the live animal by a prediction model according to the processed multi-modal data; and
a display portion, provided on the front face of the control portion, wherein the display portion h

Assignees

• Boeing Co

Inventors

• Mo Jiao
• Ma Ke
• Trapani Paola
• Silli Saverio
• Liu Yiwei
• Yuan Jialin
• Tan Yuchen
• Song Jiyu
• Kuerban Kudilaiti
• Gao Peizhong
• Long Long
• Vandewall Cynthia A

Classifications

• A01K29/005

  Monitoring or measuring activity · CPC title

• A01K1/01

  Removal of dung or urine {; Removal of manure from stables}(A01K1/015 takes precedence) · CPC title

• A01K1/0272 Primary

  Boxes, bags, cages, baskets, harnesses especially adapted for transport in or on automobiles · CPC title

• A01K1/0035 Primary

  Transportable or mobile animal shelters · CPC title

• A01K1/0263 Primary

  Harnesses · CPC title