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US 7,681,532 B1Granted
Expandable carrier for an animal
OwnerThomas Clarke Deaneinventor
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Abstract
A carrier for an animal providing expanded and collapsed configurations. The carrier may include an inner shell and an outer shell with respective openings that are co-positioned when the carrier is in the collapsed configuration. A moving wall may effectively block one of the openings when the carrier is in the expanded configuration.
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An expandable animal carrier comprising:
- an outer shell defining a first opening;
- an inner shell defining a second opening, the inner shell configured to be at least partially slidably containable within the outer shell;
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- a movable member coupled to the inner shell and configurable to block at least a portion of the second opening when the inner shell is at least partially withdrawn from the outer shell wherein the moveable member comprises a wall having a first end coupled to slide relative to the inner shell and a second end coupled to a stationary member of the outer shell.
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An expandable animal carrier comprising:
- an outer shell defining a first opening;
- an inner shell configured to be at least partially slidably containable within the outer shell such that the inner and outer shells are configurable to define a collapsed configuration and an expanded configuration, the inner shell defining a second opening configured to be co-positioned with the first opening in the collapsed configuration;
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- a movable member coupled to the inner shell and configured to move relative to the inner shell from a first position associated with the collapsed configuration to a second position associated with the expanded configuration, wherein at the second position the movable member is configured to block at least a portion of the second opening wherein the moveable member comprises a wall having a first end coupled to slide relative to the inner shell and a second end coupled to a stationary member of the outer shell.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.