Collapsible pet bed
AssigneeMetro Marketing Group, Inc.
InventorAlfred Silber
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Abstract
A collapsible pet bed has a base. A rear wall is hinged to a rear side of the base and can rotate between a collapsed position where the rear wall and the base lie in a common plane and an erected position where the rear wall is perpendicular to the base. A side wall is hinged to a side of the base and can rotate between a collapsed position where the side wall and the base lie in a common plane and an erected position where the side wall is perpendicular to both the base and the rear wall. Snaps or other such connections releasably hold the rear wall and the side wall at a vertical corner when the pet bed is in the erected condition. Corner guards can be mounted on the convex corners of the pet bed to prevent damage caused by a pet gnawing at the corners.
Claims17
A collapsible pet bed comprising:
- a base with opposite top and bottom surfaces, opposite front and rear ends and opposite first and second sides, the front end and the second side of the base meeting at a convex base corner;
- a rear wall with opposite top and bottom surfaces, opposite front and rear ends and opposite first and second sides, the front end of the rear wall being connected hingedly to the rear end of the base for rotation of the rear wall between a position where the rear wall and the base are in a common plane and an erected position where the rear wall is substantially perpendicular to the base, the rear end and the second side of the rear wall meeting at a convex rear wall corner;
- a side wall with opposite top and bottom surfaces, opposite front and rear ends and opposite first and second sides extending between the front and rear ends thereof, the second side of the side wall being connected hingedly to the first side of the base for rotation of the first side wall between a position where the first side wall and the base are in the common plane and an erected position where the first side wall is substantially perpendicular to the base, the front end of the first side wall and second side of the first side wall meeting at a convex side wall corner;
- connecting means disposed adjacent the first side of the rear wall and the rear end of the side wall, the connecting means adjacent the first side of the rear wall being releasably connectable to the connecting means adjacent the rear end of the side wall for releasably holding the rear wall and the side wall in the erect positions thereof to define a vertical corner between the rear wall and the side wall;
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- corner guard assemblies mounted respectively adjacent at least one of the base corner, the rear wall corner and the side wall corner, each of the corner guard assemblies having opposed first and second members configured to cover parts of the top and bottom surfaces adjacent the respective corner, and connecting members holding the first and second members of the respective corner guard assemblies adjacent the respective corner so that areas of the top and bottom surfaces adjacent the respective corner are sandwiched between the first and second members of the respective corner guard assembly.
A pet bed comprising:
- a base with opposite top and bottom surfaces and side surfaces extending between the top and bottom surfaces, at least two of the side surfaces meeting to define at least one convex corners on the base;
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- at least one corner guard assembly mounted to the base at a position adjacent to the at least one convex corner, the at least one corner guard assembly having opposed first and second members configured to cover parts of the top and bottom surfaces and the side surfaces of the base adjacent the at least one convex corner, and at least one connecting member holding the first and second members of the at least one corner guard assembly on the base adjacent the at least one convex corner so that areas of the base adjacent the at least one convex corner are sandwiched between the first and second members of the respective corner guard assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.