US 8,757,095 B2 · Pet enclosure

Abstract

A pet enclosure includes a cover and a collapsible support frame. The cover includes a bottom panel, a top panel opposite the bottom panel, and a plurality of side panels extending between the bottom panel and the top panel to define an interior space of the cover, wherein an aperture is defined in the cover for accessing the interior space. The collapsible support frame is configured for insertion into the interior space of the cover via the aperture, and the support frame includes a floor arrangement, a first truss hingedly connected to the floor arrangement, and a second truss hingedly connected to the floor arrangement opposite the first truss. The first truss and the second truss are movable relative to one another within the interior space of the cover between a collapsed configuration of the support frame and an uncollapsed configuration of the support frame.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A pet enclosure comprising:

a cover comprising a bottom panel, a top panel opposite the bottom panel, and a plurality of side panels extending between the bottom panel and the top panel to define an interior space of the cover, wherein an aperture is defined in the cover for accessing the interior space;
and
a collapsible support frame configured for insertion into the interior space of the cover via the aperture, wherein the support frame comprises:
a floor arrangement;
a first truss hingedly connected to the floor arrangement;
and
a second truss hingedly connected to the floor arrangement opposite the first truss, wherein the first truss and the second truss are movable relative to one another within the interior space of the cover between a collapsed configuration of the support frame and an uncollapsed configuration of the support frame.

4 more elements

A cover for a pet enclosure having a support frame that is pivotable between a collapsed configuration and an upright configuration, the cover comprising:

a bottom panel;
a top panel opposite the bottom panel;
and
at least one side panel extending between the bottom panel and the top panel, the bottom panel, the top panel, and the at least one side panel collectively defining an interior space of the cover, the top panel comprising a top aperture and a top closure for selectively covering and uncovering the top aperture to provide access to the interior space through the top aperture such that the support frame can be inserted into the interior space through the top aperture in the collapsed configuration and pivoted between the collapsed configuration and the upright configuration while being disposed within the interior space, the front panel comprising a front aperture and a front closure for selectively covering and uncovering the front aperture to provide access to the interior space through the front aperture,
wherein the front panel has a panel perimeter, and the front aperture has an aperture perimeter smaller than the panel perimeter such that the front panel is configured to facilitate retaining the upright support frame within the interior space when the front aperture is not closed by the front closure.

2 more elements

A method of folding a pet enclosure that includes a cover and a support frame, the cover having a plurality of panels defining an interior space for stowing a pet and at least one aperture providing access to the interior space, the support frame being pivotable between a collapsed configuration and an upright configuration, the method comprising:

inserting the support frame through the aperture in the cover and into the interior space while the support frame is in the collapsed configuration;
and
folding the cover atop of the collapsed support frame such that the cover is configured to be at least one of transported and stored with the collapsed support frame being disposed within the interior space.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

13/349,196Filed 12 Jan 2012 · division

Priority

12 Jun 2002

Published

US 2012/0103273 A13 May 2012

Granted

24 Jun 2014

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification6 codes

A01K 1/0035
Housing animals; Equipment therefor: transportable or mobile animal shelters
A01K 1/0254
Transport boxes, bags, cages, baskets, harnesses for animals; Fittings therefor: bags or baskets
A01K 1/033
Housing for domestic or laboratory animals: cat or dog houses
E04H 15/48
Collapsible, e.g. breakdown type: foldable, i.e. having pivoted or hinged means

Family

Application60/388,514Us provisional application · filed 12 Jun 2002

Application10/460,046Parent of this continuation · filed 12 Jun 2003

Application11/434,483Parent of this continuation · filed 15 May 2006

Application11/828,002Parent of this division · filed 25 Jul 2007

Application12/347,696Parent of this continuation · filed 31 Dec 2008

Application12/726,193Parent of this division · filed 17 Mar 2010

US 2012/0103273 A1Pre-grant publication · published 3 May 2012

US 8,117,993 B2Parent of this division

US 7,753,003 B2Parent of this continuation

Application12/726,193Parent of this continuation

US 7,703,416 B2Parent of this division

Application12/347,696Parent of this division

Application11/828,002Parent of this continuation

US 7,044,083 B2Parent of this continuation

US 2004/0194723 A1Published application

US 2005/0005871 A2Published application

US 2006/0201442 A1Published application

US 2008/0011238 A1Published application

US 2009/0165730 A1Published application

US 2010/0242855 A1Published application

US 8,757,095 B2This patent

From the US filing history. Foreign family members aren’t listed.

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Abstract

Claims20