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US 12,219,923 B2Granted
Pet vestibule
OwnerChristopher James Dixinventor
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Abstract
A pet vestibule configured for being attached to a door and to either swing open with the door or to be removably installed so the vestibule can be released from the interior side of the door before the door is opened, and the door can swing freely. The vestibule can then be rolled out of the doorway. The vestibule provides a protected shelter area for pets and animals to come and go into a structure without the need for human assistance, while also inhibiting rain, snow, and other inclement weather from entering the structure through the pet door.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- providing a door having a pet door therein:
- providing a pet vestibule comprising:
- an open side comprising at least one post extending therefrom, said at least one post having a length greater than the thickness of said door and a bore disposed therethrough at a distal end;
- a first wall side;
- a second wall side;
- a third wall side having an animal passage opening therein;
- a top side attached to said open side, said first wall side, said second wall side, and said third wall side;
- a floor side opposing said top side and attached to said open side, said first wall side, said second wall side, and said third wall side;
- and
- a movement means;
- drilling at least one hole through said door, said hole having a diameter effective to receive said at least one post;
- using said movement means, moving said pet vestibule to place said open side adjacent said pet door;
- passing said at least one post through said drilled hole;
- and
- after said moving and passing, installing in said receiving bore a locking means inhibiting axial movement of said at least one post in said drilled hole.
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A pet housing system comprising:
- a pet vestibule for installation on a door and having a pet door therein, said pet vestibule comprising:
- an open side comprising at least one post extending therefrom, said at least one post having a length greater than the thickness of said door and a bore disposed therethrough at a distal end;
- a first wall side;
- a second wall side;
- a third wall side having an animal passage opening therein;
- a top side attached to said open side, said first wall side, said second wall side, and said third wall side;
- a floor side opposing said top side and attached to said open side, said first wall side, said second wall side, and said third wall side;
- and
- a movement means;
- and
- a locking means;
- an indoor animal kennel comprising:
- a first side having a latchable door, and an opposing open side having a receiver adapted to receive said at least one post, said receiver having a radial through bore adapted to receive said locking means;
- wherein when said at least one post is received by said receiver, said bore aligns with said through bore to receive said locking means.
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A pet vestibule comprising:
- an open side comprising at least one post extending therefrom, said at least one post having a receiving bore disposed therethrough at a distal end;
- a first wall side;
- a second wall side;
- a third wall side having an animal passage opening therein;
- a top side attached to said open side, said first wall side, said second wall side, and said third wall side;
- a floor side opposing said top side and attached to said open side, said first wall side, said second wall side, and said third wall side;
- a movement means;
- a locking means;
- and
- a sleeve having a diameter larger than a diameter of said each at least one post, said sleeve comprising:
- an externally threaded first sleeve element having a flange at an end thereof;
- and
- an externally threaded second sleeve element having a flange at an end thereof;
- wherein said sleeve is assembled by counter-rotating said first sleeve element onto said second sleeve element;
- wherein said pet vestibule is generally in the configuration of a right trapezoidal prism.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.