Soft-sided kennel cover
AssigneeDoskocil Manufacturing Company, Inc.
InventorMichael A. Foster
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Abstract
A soft sided cover for a kennel having a top wall, a bottom wall, a front wall, a rear wall and a pair of side walls forming an enclosure for covering a kennel. The bottom contains an aperture so that the cover can be placed over the kennel to protect the kennel interior from the outside environment. To assist in installing the cover, a detachment mechanism is provided in order to detach a sidewall and the rear wall. This expands the bottom wall aperture. A channel, disposed around the bottom wall aperture, contains a drawstring operable to control the size of said adjustable aperture. Once the cover is installed, the detachment mechanism is used to re-attach the separated walls.
Claims15
A soft sided kennel cover for covering a kennel, the kennel cover comprising:
- a top wall;
- first and second spaced apart sidewalls:
- a front wall and a rear wall;
- a bottom wall attached to said front wall, said rear wall, and said first and second sidewalls for fastening the kennel cover to the kennel, said bottom wall spaced apart from said top wall and extending generally parallel to said top wall, said bottom wall including a bottom wall aperture having a size for receiving the kennel;
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- one of said sidewalls being selectively attachable to said rear wall such that during assembly of the kennel cover to the kennel, said one of said sidewalls and said rear wall are detached to thereby expand said bottom wall aperture, and after assembly, said one of said sidewalls and said rear walls are attached.
A soft sided kennel cover for covering a kennel, the kennel cover comprising:
- a top wall;
- first and second spaced apart sidewalls:
- a front wall and a rear wall;
- a bottom wall attached to said front wall, said rear wall, and said first and second sidewalls for fastening the kennel cover to the kennel, said bottom wall spaced apart from said top wall and extending generally parallel to said top wall, said bottom wall including an aperture having a size for receiving the kennel;
- one of said sidewalls being selectively attachable to said rear wall along an edge;
- a detachment mechanism disposed on said edge wherein said detachment mechanism is operable between a detached position and an attached position;
- wherein when said detachment mechanism is in said detached position, said sidewalls and said rear wall are separated to thereby expand said bottom aperture;
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- wherein when said detachment mechanism is in said attached position, said sidewall and rear wall are attached together.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.