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US 6,553,940 B1Granted
Dog kennel
AssigneePowell & Powell Supply Co., Inc.
InventorsTony A. Powell, Billy R. Powell, David R. Powell
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Abstract
An animal or dog kennel kit comprising a plurality of panels that can be connected or coupled together to form an enclosure. The plurality of panels includes at least one relatively small panel and one relatively large panel. The relatively small panel can be nested or placed within the relatively large panel to form a compact package for economical shipment.
Claims11
A animal kennel kit that assumes:
- (1) an assembled mode and (2) a disassembled packaging and shipping mode, the kit comprising:
- at least two small panels and at least two large panels;
- each panel having an outer frame supporting an open mesh that extends between the outer frame and substantially covers the area bounded by the outer frame;
- the outer frame of each small panel being sized to fit within the outer frame of each large panel;
- wherein when the animal kennel kit assumes the assembled mode, a plurality of fasteners connect the outer frames of the small panels and the large panels end to end to form an enclosure;
- wherein when the animal kennel kit assumes the disassembled packaging and shipping mode, the small panels and the large panels are disconnected and secured together in a nested configuration for shipment;
- and
- whereby in the nested configuration, at least one small panel is nested within the outer frame of at least one of the large panels such that the outer frame of the large panel extends around the outer frame of the nested small panel, and the outer frames of both the small panel and the large panel lie substantially in the same plane.
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