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US 11,895,982 B2Granted
Cat furniture with panel elements
OwnerSusanna Vogelinventor
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Abstract
Cat furniture having at least one three-dimensional structure is composed of at least two panel elements which are connected together at at least one of their panel edges. One individual panel element is provided on at least one of its panel edges with a fastening means by means of which a connection with the fastening means of an adjacent panel element is to be made. The fastening means is attached in a foldable manner to the panel element via a perforation and via at least one groove extending along the perforation.
Claims12
A cat furniture item (10), comprising:
- a first panel element (24), comprising
- a first base plate (34) including at least two triangular basic forms (38) connected to one another at a connecting edge (66) formed by a perforation (36), and
- a first fastening means (28) connected in a foldable manner to the first base plate (34);
- and
- a second panel element (24), comprising
- a second base plate (34) extending in a second plane, and
- a second fastening means (28) connected in a foldable manner to the second panel element (24),
- wherein, in a pre-assembled state,
- the first fastening means (28) and the first base plate (34) are arranged in a first plane and the first fastening means (28) is attached to the first panel element (24) via a first perforation (36) and via a first groove (96) extending along the first perforation (36), and
- the second fastening means (28) is arranged in the second plane and attached to the second panel element (24) via a second perforation (36) and via a second groove (96) extending along the second perforation (36), and
- wherein, in an assembled state,
- the first panel element (24) is connected to the second panel element (24) to jointly form a three-dimensional structure (16),
- the at least two triangular basic forms (38) are pivoted against one another along the connecting edge (66),
- the first fastening means (28) is pivoted along the first groove (96) out of the first plane,
- the second fastening means (28) is pivoted along the second groove (96) out of the second plane, and
- the first fastening means (28) abuts and is connected to the second fastening means (28).
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A cat tree (10), comprising:
- a base element (14);
- and
- a plurality of three-dimensional structures (16),
- wherein the base element (14) comprises
- a planar trunk element (20);
- and
- planar foot elements (18) abutting the planar trunk element (20) at a right angle,
- wherein the three-dimensional structures (16) are composed of a plurality of modular panel elements (24),
- wherein a first of the modular panel elements (24) includes
- an equilateral triangular first base plate (34) and
- three first trapezoidal fastening means (28), one of the three first trapezoidal fastening means (28) being attached to each side of the first base plate (34) via a first perforation (36) and via a first groove (96) extending along the first perforation (36), and
- wherein a second of the modular panel elements (24) includes
- an isosceles triangular second base plate (34) and
- three second trapezoidal fastening means (28), one of the three second trapezoidal fastening means (28) being attached to each side of the second base plate (34) via a second perforation (36) and via a second groove (96) extending along the second perforation (36), and
- wherein a third of the modular panel elements (24) includes
- a rectangular third base plate (34) composed of two triangular basic forms (38) connected to one another at a connecting edge (66) formed by a perforation (36), and
- four third trapezoidal fastening means (28), one of the four third trapezoidal fastening means (28) being attached to each side of the third base plate (34) via a third perforation (36) and via a third groove (96) extending along the third perforation (36).
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.