US1460945A - Window dog kennel - Google Patents

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July 3,1923. 1,460,945

C. CHAPLIN WINDOW DOG KENNEL Filed Feb. 4, '1922 WITNESSES 6 My 11v l/E/ll TOR '19 ,3 I 20 ,ATTOBNEYS Patented July 3, 1923.

" UNITED stares CLAIRE- GHAPLIN, on ,NEW YO RK,- 1 \T WINDOW DOG "KENNEL. I

Application filed February '4, 1922. Serial No. 534,121.

h To all miwmc't may concern:

Be it known that I, CLAIRE CHAPLIN, a citizen of Great Britain, and a 'residentiof the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved. Window Dog Kennel, of which'the following isa full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to dog kennels an particularly to an improved kennel which may be used'as an attachment to a house whereby a dog may be allowed to live in th house ordinarily.

The object of the invention is to provide a kennel which may be readily mounted on a window or other support in apartment houses or other buildings and arranged so that accessmay be secured thereto at any time from a point interiorly of a building.

Another object of the invention is to pro-v vide a dog kennel adapted tobe mounted on the outer window sill and connected to the window frame in such a manner as to be properly supported, the arrangement being such that the drain. board thereof will engage the window pane so as to prevent all or most of the water or rain from entering the kennel. v a

In the accompanying drawing- Figure 1 is a fragmentary vertical sectional view through a window and part of a wall with an embodiment of the invention shown applied thereto, said embodiment be- 111 partially in section.

*igure 2 is a top plan view of the kennel shown in Figure .1, certain parts being broken away. 1

Figure 3 is an elevation of the kennel shown in Figure 2, the'upper parts of the su porting arms being broken away.

eferring to the accompanying drawing by numerals, ,1 indicates a wall provided with a window sill 2 and a window frame 3 which carries a sash 4. The construction just described is'an ordinary construction found in buildings in common use. In apartment houses and also in some other houses it is difficult to provide proper quarters for a pet dog so as to give him plenty of fresh air and atthe same time provide for his comfort. In order to take care of a dog in'an apartment and to provide means for overcoming the above mentioned difliculties, akennel isv constructed as shown' in' the accompanying drawing which ismounted on the outer part of the sill 2. This kennel is provided with a bottom 5 having an upwardly extending flange 5 to make thebottom. water tight. This bottom may be wood or any other desired material and toit'a-number of spaced a front plate 8 through which supporting uprights 6 are secured,said-uprightsbeing screws 9 extend, said screws projecting into 1 the window frame 3. A lid 10 is removably mounted on the strips '7 though normally held thereto by thumb screws 11 passing through the cover andalso through athreaded member 12 integral with or rigidly secured to the strip 7. The cover 10 is provided with a drain board 13 hinged to the cover by suitable hinges 14. board is designed to rest against the pane of glass 15 so as to prevent water from entering the kennel. In order tohold this drain board in proper shape and prevent any movement caused by wind or other force, a set screw 16 is fitted into each of the brackets 17 and bears against part of the frame 3.

In order to brace and also additionally sup port the bottom 5 and associated 'parts,-a

cross bar 18 is connected to bottom 5 and is bent at 19 and 20 so that it may extend up wardly and form the bracing. bars 21 and 22 which bracing bars are connected to the frame 3 bysuitablescrews 28. These screws may be in the nature of thumb screws or any other desired .form provided they act to properly connect the members 21 and 22 to the frame.

This drain I Themembers 21 and 22 are shown inFig- I ure 3 as integral with the plate or bar 18 but it will be understood that they may be made separate and secured thereto" in any desired manner. It will be noted that by providing spaced uprights 6, an ample volume of air may be continually provided for a dog positioned in the kennel while anyone may secure access to the interior of the kennel by 'merelyraising the sash 4. This arrangement also permits the owner to examine the dog from time to time by merely looking through the window pane.

It is intended that the kennel shall be mounted preferably at some inconspicuous place and outside of the window pane so as to be in effect comletely eut of a room.

What Pcl'airn is l. A Window kennel comprising a box structure having a flanged bottom to render the same Water-tight, stripsseciired to "said bottom extending upwardly to format toraminous Wall for the box, a removable lid therefor, means to secur'e sai'd lid inpl'ace adjacent the side Walls of the box, a drain member at onetndof said-lid'extending at an-angle thereto: and means at the ends of said drain member'to clamp thesame to the fraine of'a Window.

2. A WindoW' kennel coniprisiu'g 'albottorn provided with upwardly extending flanges -a"11"iar0und,a solid top, a 'foraminou's vertip'al wall structure between the "bottom and thetop secured tosaidflange and means extending across the bottom" approximately on the medial linethereofysaid means havmoose-s ing. arms at the ends thereof extendingup 'wardly and rearwardly and adapted to rewater and the-like, a drain board for said box structure hinged to the top thereof at the-rear and adapted to bridge the space between the box and a Window pane when the box is secured to thewindow, an ea'nateac'h end of sa'icl' -dra'i'n board "provided with a threaded opening rand a screw passing through said threadedopening for locking said "board "in place on the Window-frame permitting the sash carrying the :window pane a-gainstwhich said ;dra' in board bears to be opened and'closed "withoutychanging the position ofthe drain board.

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