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Abstract

A stackable poultry coop comprising upper and lower wall sections joined by a plurality of side sections to form an enclosure, at least one of the wall sections including an access opening adapted to be closed by a door. Complementary male and female locking members are disposed on the outer surface of a pair of oppositely disposed sidewall sections for providing lateral interlockability of the coops when a plurality of coops are arranged in side-by-side relationship, the male and female locking members extending out from the outer surface of the sidewall sections a predetermined distance so that when the coops are arranged in side-by-side abutting relationship, the male locking members are slidably received within the female locking members on the adjacent coops with the amount of overlap of the male locking members within the female locking members being equal to the sum of the predetermined distances which each of the male and female locking members extend outwardly from the outer surface of the sidewall sections. Also, the improved coop includes first and second reinforced pad means on the upper and lower wall sections in vertical alignment with the sidewall sections so that when the coops are arranged in vertical stacked relationship, the reinforced pad means are adapted to engage one another so that substantially the entire weight of the coops are borne by the sidewall sections of the coops. Still further, improved door mounting means are provided for the coop which comprise rod means disposed along an edge of an access opening and U-shaped hinge members disposed along a corresponding edge of the door, the U-shaped hinge members having side arms defining a recess for receiving a portion of the rod means therebetween and the side arms of at least one of the U-shaped members including protruding portions defining a gap therebetween which is less than the diameter of the rod means.

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