GB2240024A

GB2240024A - Pet house

Info

Publication number: GB2240024A
Application number: GB9001239A
Authority: GB
Inventors: Fu Peing Chang
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1990-01-19
Filing date: 1990-01-19
Publication date: 1991-07-24
Also published as: FR2657747A3; GB9001239D0

Abstract

A pet house includes a front wall (1) having an entrance (16) formed in a centre portion, a rear wall (2), two side walls (3), two roof sheets (4), a floor (5) and a tray (7). One or more protrusions (14, 24, 31) are formed on a top surface of the front wall (1) and the rear wall (2) and on each side surface of the vertical side edges of the side walls (3). One or more dents (23) are formed in the front wall (1), the rear wall (2) and the roof sheets (4) for receiving the protrusions (14, 24, 31). The walls, roof and floor slot together and are held in place by the protrusions. <IMAGE>

Description

TITLE: PET HOUSE COMBINATION The present invention relates to a pet house, and more particularly to a pet house combination.

More and more people raise pets nowadays. The pet houses are generally made of wood which has a tendency to suffer from corrosion. Another type of pet house is made of grate bars. It can not provide a warm home for peis during winter.

The present invention has ariser to mitigate and/or obviate the afore-desoribed disadvantages of the conventional pet house.

The primary objective of the present invention is to provide a pet house combination which cari be easily assembled Another objective of the present invention iE to provide a pet house combination which can be separated into pieces and can be packed with the smallest volune so that transportation fee thereof is decreased.

In accordance with one aspect of the invention, there is S provided a pet house which includes a front wall having an entrance formed in a center portion, a rer wall, two side wails, two roof sheets, a floor and a tray. An H-shaped slot is formed in an inner surface of the rear wall A latenal groove is formed in a lower end of each side wall and is aitned with a lateral portion of the slot. A peripheral edge of the floor is received in the lateral portion of the solt ond lateral grooves of the side walls. Each vertical side edge of the side walls is received in a vertical portion of the slot. One or more protrusions are formed on a top surface of the front wall and the rear wall and on each side surface of the vertical side edges of the side walls.One or more dents are formed in the slot of the rear wall and the recesses of the roof sheets for receiving the protrusions. Fach part has a hollow interior.

FurAhoI objectives and advantages of the present invention will become apparent froi a careful reading of the detailed description providcd hereinbelow, with appropriate reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a perspective vie of a pet house in accordance with the present invention; FIG. 2 is an exploded view of the pet house; and FIG. 3 is a partial cross sectional view illustrating an engagement between a roof and a side wall of the pet house.

Referring to the drawings and initially to FIG. 1, the pet house combination in accordance with the present invention comprises generally a front wall 1, a rear wall 2, two side walls 3, two roof sheets 4, a floor 5 and a removable trav 7.

Referring next to FIGS. 2 and 3, the front wall 1 is substaiitially a pentagon having an entrance 16 for therein and having i inclined surfaces 11 formed on a top end thereof. Two protrusionn 14, which are best shown in FIG. 3, are preferably formed on two ends of each inclined surface 11. Two inward flanges 17 are provided on the bottom of the front wall 1 and extend inwards. The rear wall 2 has an outer shape similar to that of the front wall 1. T'o inclined surfaces 21 are formed on the top end of tiio rear wall 2. Two protrusions 14 are provided oil both ends of each inclined surface 21.An H-shaped slot 22 end an eir hole 26 are formed in an inner surface of the rear wall 2. The front wall 1 has an H-sbaped slot (not shown) formed in aJI inner surface thercof and faeing the }1- shaped slot 22 of the rear wall 2.

The side walls 3 are substantially rectangu) ar with a vertical rib 30 formed on each side thereof. Two protrusions 31 arc formed on the outer surface of each vertical rib 30. The vertical ribs 30 of the side walls 3 are received in the vertical portions of the respective H-shaped slots 22 of the front wall 1 and the rear wall 2. A plurality of dents 23 are formed in the H-shaped slots 22 of the front. wall 1 and the rear wall 2 for receiving the protrusions 31 of the side walls 3. The protrusions 31 are fixed in position by screws, for example. A lateral groove 32 is formed in the inner surface of each side wall 3 and is aligned with the lateral portions of the II-shaped slots 22 cif the front wall 1 and the rear wall 2.A lateral flangs 33 is formed on the inner surface of each side wall and is located below the lateral groove 32.

Two recesses 40, 42 are formed in each side of the lower surface of each roof sleet 4. Two dents 41 are formed in the two ends of each recess 40, 42. Each inclined surface 11 of the front wall 1 is receivable in either recess 40 of the two recesses 40 located on one side of the roof sheet 4, , and each inclined surface 21 of the rear wall 2 is receitabie in cithar recess 42 of the to recesses 42 located on tii other side of the roof sheet 4. The protrusions 1, 24 of the front wail 1 and the rear wall 2 are received in the respective dents 41 of the roof sheets 4 and are fixen in positions by such as screws.

A plurality of openings 50 are formed in the floor 5. The peripheral edge of the floor 5 is received in the lateral portions of the slots 22 of the front wall 1 and the rear wall 2 and in the lateral grooves 32 of the side walls 3. The tray 7 which is provided for collecting discharge of the pets is removably inserted into the space below the floor 5 and is supported by the lateral flange 33 of the side walls 3 and the inward flanges 17 of the front wall 1. The discharge of the pets on the floor 5 drops down to the trey 7 from the openings 50. A roof sheath 6 wl i Cll is substantially V-shaped is provided on top of the roof sheeis 4 and is fixed in position by the screws.

As is best shown in FIG. 3, thr front all 1 aml the roof sheets 4 are praferably mads of parot materials or the like and have a hollow interior.

Similarly, the rear wall 2, the sides walls 3 and the floor 5 are preferably made of plastic materials or the like, and each has a hollow interior. They are made b molding method, for example. Pressurized air is injected into the interior of the parts during molding processes so as to form the hollow interior.

Accordingly, the present invention has the following advantages: (a) The pet house combination can bc separated iiito pieces arid can be packed with the smallest volumm so that transportation fee thereof is decreased.

(b) The pet house combination can be easily assembled in a fast speed.

(c) The parts of the pet house combination have hollow interiors so that they have iight weights, which is also good for transportation purposes.

(d) The pet house combination provides a warm home for pets during winter.

Although this invention has been described with a certain degree of particularity, it is to be understood that the present disclosure has been made by way of example only and that numerous changes in the detailed construction and the combination and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without deputing from thP spirit and scope of the invention as hereinafter claimed.

Claims

I CLAIM:

1. A pet house comprising a front wall having an entrance formed in a center portion thereof, a rear wall, two side walls, two roof sheets, a floor and a.

tray; said front wall and said rear wall each having two inclined surfaces formed on a top end thereof; characterized in that a substantially H-shaped slot is formed in a respective inner surface of said front wa]J and said rear wall; a lateral groove is formed in a loweer end of each said side wall and is aligned with a lateral portion of each said slot, a peripheral edge of sail floor is received in said lateral portion of said slots and said lateral grooves of said side walls; each vertical side edge of said side walls is received in a respective vertical portion of said slots; a recess is formed in each side of an inner surface of each said roof sheet for receiving said inclined surfaces of said front wall and said rear wall; a plurality of protrusions are forked on said inclined surfaces of said front wall, said rear wall and on each side surface of said vertical side edges of said side walls; plurality of dents are formed in said slots of said front wall and said rear wall and said recesses of said roof sheets for .eceiv..l. said protrusions; and said tray is removably inserted into a space below said floor.

2. A pet house according to claim 1, wherein a vertical rib is formed in each lateral side of said side walls and is received in a respective vertical portion of said slots of said front wall and said rear wall; an air hole is formed in said rear wall; a plurality of openings are formed in said floor; a lateral flange is formed on said inner surface of each said side wall and is located below said lateral groove, az inward flange is provided on each end of a bottom end of said front wall and extends inward, and said tray js removably supported on said lateral flaiges of said side walls and on said inward flanges of said front wall; and a roof sheath is provided on top of said roof sheets.

3. A pet house according to claim 1, wherein said front wall, said rear wall, said side walls, said floor and said roof sleets have a hollow interior.

4. A pet house substantially as herein described with reference to the accompanying drawings.