JP2002097861A - Door panel for pet - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To allow a pet in a house to freely go outdoors and to prevent a stray cat or the like from getting indoors while allowing selective locking operation of outward opening impediment, inward opening impediment and inward- outward opening impediment and allowing the complete lock of opening/closing of an entrance door in a door panel for the pet constituted by providing the entrance for the pet at the lower end of the panel erected in a window frame and providing the entrance with a hanging door pushed open by the pet. SOLUTION: This door panel for the pet is provided with a first locking means 17 allowing only the outward opening of the hanging door 11 while impeding its inward opening, at one corner part of the lower end of the hanging door 11 and the lower end of an entrance for the pet, and a second locking means 18 allowing only the inward opening of the hanging door 11 while impeding its outward opening, at the other corner part.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a pet door panel provided with an entrance so that pets such as cats and dogs can move between indoors and outdoors.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Pets such as cats and dogs that are kept indoors must be taken out of the room several times a day for excretion and walking, but every time someone has to open and close the door. In order to solve the inconvenience,
No. 486 is equipped with a swing door that can swing in both directions indoors and outdoors at the entrance (opening) of the pet, so that the pet can push open the swing door and freely enter and exit the room. A doorway is disclosed.

[0003]

However, the conventional pet door has a problem that stray cats other than pets at home can freely enter the house.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Therefore, the present invention appropriately solves the above-mentioned problems, and enables the opening and closing direction of the entrance to be selected while enabling the opening and closing of the entrance and exit. Provide a pet door panel that can be used freely, but stray cats can be prevented from entering the room.

In this pet door panel, a pet door is provided at a lower end of a panel which is detachably mounted in a window frame, and a hanging door which is swingable inward and outward with the upper edge of the door as a fulcrum is provided at the door. A pet door panel that allows a pet to push and open the hanging door inward or outward so that the pet can move in or out of the room from the entrance.
At the lower end of the entrance and the lower end of the hanging door, a first locking means is provided at one corner of the lower end of the hanging door, which prevents only the inside of the hanging door from opening while allowing only the outside opening. A second locking means is provided which allows only the inner opening while preventing the opening.

[0006] The first lock means allows the pet at home to go out but not the stray cats, and the first lock means and the second lock means allow the hanging door to be used simultaneously. Can be completely locked and the doorway can be closed.

As the first locking means, a first slide lock is attached to the inner surface of one corner of the lower end of the hanging door, and the outer surface is attached to the vertical frame of the panel which defines one corner of the lower end of the entrance. Provide a locking groove that opens toward
The first slide lock is disengaged from the locking groove by sliding the first slide lock laterally, and a second slide lock is attached to the inner surface of the other corner of the lower end of the hanging door as the second lock means. A locking groove that opens toward the inner surface is provided in a vertical frame portion of the panel that defines the other corner portion of the lower end of the doorway, and the second slide lock is slid laterally to disengage the locking groove.

The first and second slide locks are attached to the inner surface of the hanging door, so that the operation of preventing the opening, the opening of the inside, and the opening of the inside and outside can be easily performed from the room.

[0009]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. As shown in FIG. 1, the pet door panel 1 of the present invention is supported by a rectangular frame composed of an upper frame 2, a right vertical frame 3, a lower frame 4, and a left vertical frame 5. The pet door panel 1 is detachably mounted on an open portion formed by sliding one sliding door 6 and the other sliding door 6 'fitted in a window frame 7 of a building.

At the lower end of the above-mentioned pet door panel 1, a partition extending horizontally between the right vertical frame 3, the lower frame 4, the left vertical frame 5, and the left and right vertical frames 3, 5 and attached in parallel with the lower frame 4. A pet doorway 9 defined by the frame 8 is provided. Alternatively, the door mounting frame 10 is fitted into the opening defined by the right vertical frame 3, the lower frame 4, the left vertical frame 5, and the partition horizontal frame 8, and the door mounting frame 1
An entrance 9 for a pet is provided in 0.

[0011] As shown in FIG.
A hanging door 11 that can swing inward and outward (indoor and outdoor directions) is suspended from the upper edge of the entrance 9 as a fulcrum.
The hanging door 11 has substantially the same size as the pet door 9 and the door 9 is closed by the weight of the door 11, and the pet pushes the hanging door 11 inward or outward. It opens and moves in and out of the room through the entrance 9.

The hanging door 11 is made of a synthetic resin tape 1.
It is attached to the upper edge of the doorway 9, that is, the upper side frame 10 a of the partition horizontal frame 8 or the door mounting frame 10 via the second door 2. As shown in FIG. 3B, the synthetic resin tape 12 is attached so as to straddle both the upper edge of the hanging door 11 and the partitioning horizontal frame 8 or the door mounting frame 10.

As shown in FIGS. 3A and 3C, when the lower end of the hanging door 11 is pushed indoors or outdoors by the pet's head, the synthetic resin tape 12 bends, and the hanging door 11 It swings open in the indoor and outdoor directions, which is the direction of travel. Therefore, the tape 12 forms an opening / closing hinge of the door 11.

After the pet passes through the doorway 9, the hanging door 11 returns to the hanging state shown in FIG. 3B and closes the doorway 9 due to the restoring force of the synthetic resin tape 12 and the weight of the door 11. .

A magnet or a magnetic piece 14 is attached to the lower end surface of the above-mentioned hanging door 11, and as the attaching means, an edge member 15 is attached to the lower end edge of the hanging door 11, and the magnet 14 is attached to the center of the edge member 15. Embed. On the other hand, a magnetic piece or a magnet 16 to be attracted to the magnet or the magnetic piece 14 is buried in the center of the upper surface of the lower frame 4 of the panel 1 or the center of the upper surface of the lower frame 10c of the door mounting frame 10.

The magnets or the magnets and the magnetic pieces 14, 16
Are attracted to each other to prevent the hanging door 11 from being opened by wind or the like, and to properly maintain the hanging state of the door 11,
The swing of the hanging door 11 after the pet has passed through is suppressed.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 4, at the lower end of the entrance 9 of the pet and at one corner of the lower end of the hanging door 11, only the opening of the hanging door 11 is possible while preventing the inside of the hanging door 11 from opening. In addition to the first locking means 17 to be provided, a second locking means 18 is provided at the other corner of the hanging door 11 to prevent the hanging door 11 from opening outward while allowing only the inside opening.

A first sliding lock 19 is attached to the inner surface of one corner of the lower end of the hanging door 11 as the first locking means 17, and the right side of the panel 1 defining one corner of the lower end of the entrance 9. A locking groove 22 that opens to the outer surface is provided in the vertical frame portion 3, and the first slide lock 19 is slid in the lateral direction so as to be disengaged from the locking groove 22. Alternatively, the locking groove 22 is provided in the right vertical frame 10b of the door mounting frame 10 defining one corner of the lower end of the entrance 9 and the first slide lock 19 is disengaged in the groove 22.

A second slide lock 23 is attached to the inner surface of the other corner of the lower end of the hanging door 11 as the second lock means 18, and the other side of the panel 1 defining the other corner of the lower end of the entrance 9. The left vertical frame portion 5 is provided with a locking groove 25 opening toward the inner surface, and the second slide lock 23 is provided.
Is disengaged from the locking groove 25 by sliding in the lateral direction. Alternatively, the locking groove 22 is provided in the left vertical frame 10d of the door mounting frame 10 defining one corner of the lower end of the entrance 9 and the first slide lock 19 is provided in the groove 22.
Disengage.

The first slide lock 19 is interposed between the inner surface of the rim member 15 and the hanging door 11 so as to be able to slide laterally, and the knob 20 of the first slide lock 19 is formed in the rim member 15 by an elongated hole. 21, the knob 20 is picked up by hand, the first slide lock 19 is slidably arranged in the lateral direction, and the slide is inserted into and removed from the end of the rim 15,
The engagement groove 22 is disengaged.

In the locked state of the first slide lock 19, that is, in the state in which the first slide lock 19 is engaged with the locking groove 22, only the outer opening of the hanging door 11 is prevented while the inner opening of the hanging door 11 is prevented. Enable.

Similarly, the second slide lock 23 is interposed between the inner surface of the edge member 15 and the hanging door 11 so as to be able to slide laterally, and the knob 24 of the second slide lock 23 is formed on the edge member 15. The second slide lock 23 is slidable in the lateral direction, and the slide is inserted and removed from the end of the edge member 15 by the slide, and the locking groove is formed. Disengage 25.

In the locked state of the second slide lock 23, that is, in the state where the second slide lock 23 is engaged with the locking groove 25, only the inward opening of the hanging door 11 is prevented while the outward opening of the hanging door 11 is prevented. Enable.

Next, the first and second slide tablets 19, 2
The following describes how the door 3 prevents the door 11 from opening outward, inside, and inside and outside.

As shown in FIGS. 4A and 4B, the first slide lock 19 is
The second slide lock 23 is in the unlocked state while the lock is in the locked state (inhibiting the door 11 from opening inward), and the first slide lock 19 prevents the hanging door 11 from opening inward while opening it outward. . In this case, the pet at home can freely go out of the room, but the stray cat cannot enter the room.

Alternatively, as shown in FIGS. 4C and 4D, the second slide lock 23 is engaged with the locking groove 25 so as to lock the second slide lock 23 (to prevent the door 11 from being opened outside) while the first slide lock 23 is locked. The slide lock 19 is in an unlocked state, and the second slide lock 23 prevents the hanging door 11 from opening outward while only allowing the hanging door 11 to open inside, so that a pet that has come out can enter the room freely.

As shown in FIGS. 4E and 4F, the first slide lock 19 is engaged with the locking groove 22 and the second slide lock 23 is engaged with the locking groove 25, so that the first slide lock 19 is locked.
As a result, while the hanging door 11 is prevented from opening inward, the second slide lock 23 also prevents the hanging door 11 from opening outward, thereby bringing the hanging door 11 into a closed state in which the hanging door 11 cannot be pushed and opened in any direction. If the first slide lock 19 is released by predicting the return time of the pet who has gone outside, the pet can freely enter the room.

As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the pet door panel 1 of the present invention has a height adjustment panel 13 at the upper end, and the height adjustment panel 13 allows the entire length of the panel 1 in the vertical direction to be increased. Can be stretched and adapted to window frames 7 of buildings of various height dimensions.

The height adjusting panel portion 13 includes rails 26, 26 having a U-shape or a U-shape in cross section, which are opposed to each other in the vertical direction.
The upper frame 2 is provided between the upper ends of the two rails 26, 26, and a transparent windproof plate 27 for closing a window (opening) defined by the upper frame 2 and the rail 26. 26 is extrapolated to each of the left vertical frame 5 and the right vertical frame 3 of the panel 1, and the vertical movement of the height adjustment panel unit 13 is guided by the left and right vertical frames 5 and 3.

The windbreak plate 27 has its peripheral edge located on the rail 2.
6, 26 and attached to the outer surface of the upper frame 2.

Elongated slide holes 28 are provided on the outer surfaces of the rails 26, 26, and screws 29 are threaded through the slide holes 28 into the left and right vertical frames 5, 3, respectively. By fastening the rail 26, the height adjustment panel 13 is fixed at a predetermined slide position.

The screws 29 are loosened and the rail members 26, 2
The height adjustment panel section 13 is slid upward or downward while the 6 is along the left and right vertical frames 5 and 3 to adjust the vertical expansion and contraction amount of the panel 1.

Preferably, as shown in FIG. 1, an insect net 33 is attached to a panel opening other than the height adjusting panel section 13. Or, in a state where the transparent windbreak plate is detachably fitted on the insect net 33 and the door panel 1 is set up,
Ventilation is allowed as appropriate.

As shown in FIG. 5B, a groove 35 is provided laterally on the upper end surface of the upper frame 2 of the pet door panel 1.
The sliding door rail of the window frame 7 of the building is fitted therein, and a groove is horizontally provided on the lower end surface of the lower frame 4 of the panel 1 in the same manner as the groove 35, and the sliding door rail 34 of the window frame 7 is fitted in the groove. The door panel 1 is slidably set up in the window frame 7.

The pet door panel 1 stands up on the outer sliding door rail 34, does not interfere with the sliding of the sliding door 6 fitted on the inner sliding door rail 36, closes the sliding door 6, and locks the sliding doors 6, 6 '. can do.

[0036]

According to the present invention, it is possible to selectively lock the opening and closing of the door of the pet doorway and the opening and closing of the inside and outside of the pet door, thereby enabling the opening and closing of the door of the door to be completely locked. However, pets at home can go out of the room freely, but stray cats can be kept out of the room.

The first and second slide locks are attached to the inner surface of the hanging door, so that the above-described opening prevention, inside opening prevention, and inside / outside opening prevention operations can be easily performed from the room.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing a pet door panel of the present invention set up in a window frame.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA of FIG.

FIGS. 3A to 3C are cross-sectional views respectively showing an open state, a closed state, and an open state of the hanging door.

FIGS. 4A, 4B and 4C are front views respectively showing the locked and unlocked states of the first and second locking means of the hanging door;
B, D, and F are the same sectional views.

FIGS. 5A and 5C are front views showing the expanded and contracted state of the height adjustment panel, and FIGS.

6A is a sectional view taken along the line AA shown in FIG. 5A, and FIG.
FIG. 5C is a cross-sectional view taken along line B-C of FIG. 5C.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Pet door panel 2 Upper frame 3 Right vertical frame 4 Lower frame 5 Left vertical frame 6, 6 'Sliding door 7 Window frame 8 Partition horizontal frame 9 Pet doorway 10 Door mounting frame 10a Upper frame 10b Right vertical frame 10c Lower frame 10d Left vertical Frame 11 Hanging door 12 Synthetic resin tape 13 Height adjustment panel part 14, 16 Magnet or magnetic piece 15 Edge material 17 First locking means 18 Second locking means 19 First sliding lock 20 Knob part 21 Hole 22, 25 Stop groove 23 Second slide lock 24 Knob part 26 Rail 27 Windproof plate 28 Slide hole 29 Screw 33 Insect-proof net 34, 36 Sliding door rail 35 Groove

Claims (2)

[Claims] A pet door is provided at a lower end of a panel which is detachably mounted in a window frame, and a hanging door is provided at the door which is swingable inward and outward with the upper edge of the door as a fulcrum. A pet door panel in which a hanging door is pushed inward or outward so as to be able to move in or out of the room from the doorway, wherein the hanging door is provided at one corner of the lower end of the doorway and the lower end of the hanging door. A first lock means for only opening outside while preventing inward opening is provided, and a second locking means for allowing only inside opening while preventing the hanging door from opening outside at the same other corner. A door panel for a pet, characterized by being provided. 2. A first slide lock is attached to an inner surface of one corner of the lower end of the hanging door as the first locking means, and a first slide lock is attached to a vertical frame of a panel defining one corner of the lower end of the entrance. A locking groove that opens toward the surface is provided,
The first slide lock is disengaged from the locking groove by sliding the first slide lock laterally, and a second slide lock is attached to the inner surface of the other corner of the lower end of the hanging door as the second lock means. A structure in which a locking groove that opens toward the inner surface is provided in a vertical frame portion of a panel that defines the other corner portion of the lower end of the entrance, and the second slide lock is laterally slid to disengage with the locking groove. The pet door panel according to claim 1, wherein: