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US 8,707,903 B2Granted
Animal enclosure floor seal
AssigneeThe Mason Company
InventorsGary Silvis, Gregory N. Taylor, Jeffrey J. Ballman
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Abstract
Devices, apparatuses, systems and/or methods related to animal enclosures. Specifically, the disclosed devices, apparatuses, systems and/or methods relate to animal enclosure floor seal systems that may be coupled to an animal enclosure wall and may impede, restrict and/or reduce debris from entering or exiting the animal enclosure. In this manner, likelihood of contamination of the animal enclosure may be reduced.
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A kennel floor seal for impeding debris flow to and from a kennel, the kennel floor seal comprising:
- a mounting portion positioned between a bottom portion of a kennel wall and a kennel floor, the mounting portion having a length, the mounting portion including a wall-facing surface and a floor-facing surface, a wall plane coplanar with the kennel wall extending along the length of the mounting portion creating an interior side of the mounting portion on one side of the wall plane and an exterior side of the mounting portion on the opposite side of the wall plane;
- a first barrier portion coupled to the mounting portion and extending along the length of the floor-facing surface of the mounting portion proximate the interior side of the mounting portion;
- a second barrier portion coupled to the mounting portion and extending along the length of the floor-facing surface of the mounting portion proximate the exterior side of the mounting portion;
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- an extrusion configured to couple the mounting portion to the kennel wall, the extrusion including a first receiver to couple to the wall-facing surface of the mounting portion and a second receiver to couple to the kennel wall.
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A kennel seal system comprising:
- a kennel wall for a kennel, the kennel wall having a height in a vertical dimension, a thickness in a lateral dimension, and a length in a longitudinal dimension, where the vertical dimension is perpendicular to the lateral and longitudinal dimensions, and the lateral dimension is perpendicular to the longitudinal dimension;
- a floor seal cap configured to engage and mount to the kennel wall, the thickness of the floor seal cap being greater than the thickness of the kennel wall;
- a floor seal including a base, a first barrier flange and a second barrier flange, the base having a floor facing side and a wall facing side, the wall facing side configured to be mounted to the floor seal cap, each of the first and second barrier flanges having a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal ends of the first and second barrier flanges being coupled to the floor facing side of the base, the first and second barrier flanges being acutely angled in opposite directions with respect to the floor facing side of the base, the first and second barrier flanges being deformable to change the acute angles with respect to the base, wherein decreasing the acute angle of the first and second barrier flanges with respect to base is operative to increase a distance between the distal ends of the first and second barrier flanges.
A kennel wall seal system comprising:
- a kennel wall for dividing a first kennel enclosure from a second kennel enclosure, the kennel wall having a length, a width and a height, a wall plane coplanar with the length and height of the kennel wall extending between the first and second kennel enclosures;
- an extrusion configured to engage and mount to the kennel wall,
- a floor seal including a base, a first barrier flange and a second barrier flange,
- the base extending between the first and second kennel enclosures, the base having a floor facing side and a wall facing side, the wall facing side of the base being configured to engage and mount to the extrusion,
- the first barrier flange having a first end and a second end, the first end being connected to the floor facing side of the base on the first kennel enclosure side of the wall plane, and the second end extending further towards the first kennel enclosure,
- the second barrier flange having a third end and a fourth end, the third end being connected to the floor facing side of the base on the second kennel enclosure side of the wall plane, and the fourth end extending further towards the second kennel enclosure.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.