Collapsible sound-deadening animal shelter
OwnerTom Willardinventor
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Abstract
The invention is a collapsible, sound-deadening shelter that can provide pets a place of refuge from noise. The shelter has a top panel formed from a sound-deadening material; at least two flaps coupled to the top panel; at least two side panels formed from a sound-deadening material, wherein each of the side panels is coupled to one of the two flaps; a rear panel formed from a sound-deadening material, wherein the rear panel is coupled by an additional flap to one of the top panel or the two side panels; and wherein the rear panel is removably coupled to the remaining of the top panel and the two side panels to which the rear panel is not already coupled by the additional flap. The shelter may be used as a stand-alone shelter, but it may also be placed over a pet container in order to make the container quieter.
Claims7
A collapsible shelter for protecting an animal from noise, the shelter comprising:
- a top panel formed of a sound deadening material;
- a first side panel formed of the sound deadening material and fixedly coupled to the top panel by a first flap, wherein the first flap is positioned between the top panel and the first side panel and wherein the first flap creates a flexible junction between the top panel and the first side panel;
- a second side panel formed of the sound deadening material and fixedly coupled to the top panel by a second flap, wherein the second flap is positioned between the top panel and the second side panel and wherein the second flap creates a flexible junction between the top panel and the second side panel;
- a rear panel formed of the sound deadening material, wherein the rear panel is fixedly coupled by a third flap to one of the top panel, the first side panel, and the second side panel;
- a slip cover for covering the top panel, first side panel, second side panel, and rear panel, wherein the first flap, second flap and third flap are respectively configured between the panels when the slip cover is covering the panels, and
- wherein in an assembled position the rear panel is configured to releasably couple to the remaining of the top panel, the first side panel, and the second side panel to which the rear panel is not fixedly coupled by the third flap;
- and
- a pet container,
- wherein the collapsible shelter is structured to be deployed over and conformed to the pet container and to encompass the animal within the collapsible shelter.
A collapsible shelter for protecting an animal from noise, the shelter comprising:
- a first panel of sound deadening material;
- a second panel of sound deadening material fixedly coupled to the first panel at a first joint;
- a third panel of sound deadening material fixedly coupled to the first panel at a second joint, wherein the second joint is on a side of the first panel opposite the side of the first panel with the first joint;
- a fourth panel of sound deadening material coupled to the third panel by a third joint, wherein the third joint is transverse to the first and second joints,
- wherein the shelter is configured to transition between a stored state, an unassembled state, and an assembled state,
- wherein in the assembled state, the first panel, the second panel, the third panel, and the fourth panel are configured to bend about the first, second, and third joints, respectively, such that the panels are coupled together to define an interior space wherein the animal may be housed,
- wherein in the unassembled state, the first panel, the second panel, the third panel, and the fourth panel are configured to bend about the first, second, and third joints, respectively, such that the panels are side-by-side and coplanar, and
- wherein in the folded state the first panel, the second panel, the third panel, and the fourth panel are configured to bend about the first, second, and third joints, respectively, such that the panels lie flat on one another;
- and
- a pet container,
- wherein the collapsible shelter conforms to the pet container to thereby encompass the animal within the collapsible shelter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.