US 6,691,463 B1Granted

Kennel door apparatus

OwnerRobert A Richmondinventor

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Abstract

A kennel door apparatus for selectively “opening” and “closing” a kennel door, the kennel door is sized to cover an opening located in a kennel wall between a kennel pen and a common kennel area for selective access thereto. A door opening attachment may be used to cover the opening in the kennel wall. The kennel door apparatus is adapted for horizontal and vertical sliding door actuation. First and second opposing channel guides are secured to opposing sides of a protective panel. A sliding door is slidably received between the wall confronting side and the panel side of the opposing channel guides. The opposing channel guides are secured about an opening in the kennel wall, and at least one cable is used to pull the sliding door between “open” and “closed” positions. A weather strip is secured to the sliding door between the opposing channel guides. The weather strip is positioned beneath the protective panel when the sliding door is in the “closed” position. The cable may be remotely actuated to selectively move more than one kennel door between “open” and “closed” positions by manual, electrical, hydraulic, or pneumatic.

A vertically actuated kennel door apparatus for selective access of an animal through an opening in a kennel wall, comprising:

a) a first channel guide having a first wall portion, a first side portion, a first panel portion, a bottom end portion and a top end portion;
b) a second channel guide having a second wall portion, a second side portion and a second panel portion in opposing alignment with the first channel guide;
c) a protective panel having a first panel side, a second panel side, a top panel side and a bottom panel side, the first panel side of the protective panel secured to the first panel portion of the first channel guide, with a portion of the first channel guide extending below the protective panel, and the second panel side of the protective panel secured to the second panel portion of the second channel guide, with a portion of the second channel guide extending below the protective panel;
d) a sliding door slidably received between the first channel guide and the second channel guide and between the protective panel and said kennel wall, said sliding door having a first door side, a second door side, a top door side and a bottom door side, the first door side slidably received between the first wall portion and the first panel portion of the first channel guide member, the second door side slidably received between the second wall portion and the second panel portion of the second channel guide member, the top door side extending behind and above the bottom of the protective panel when the sliding door is positioned in a closed position;
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e) a cable secured to the top portion of the sliding door, for remote actuation of the sliding door between open and closed positions, said protective panel secured above and in front of the sliding door when the sliding door is in a closed position to protect the cable from being chewed upon by said animal when said animal is on the protective panel side of said kennel door apparatus.

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