Multi-stacked-hinge-door pet crate, having ridged slanted urine-storing bed system, platform-locking shock-absorbing gusset systems, diked grooming platform, and triple-rod-front-lock single-knob-top-lock double-magnet-front-lock door system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9943063-B1
Application number	US-201715449474-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	Mar 3, 2017
Priority date	Mar 3, 2017
Publication date	Apr 17, 2018
Grant date	Apr 17, 2018

Abstract

A multi-stacked-hinge-door pet crate comprises top, bottom, left, right, front, and rear panels attached to one another, multi-function slanted urine-storing bed having built-in gutters and ridges disposed on the bottom panel, a grooming platform, multi-function shock-absorbing gussets covering all the corners of the panels to lock the grooming platform and to absorb shocks and vibrations, and a multi-function door having double hinges thereon to allow door to open and fold, triple locking rods to lock the multi-function door the front panel, a palm knob with palm recesses and palm hills for an arthritic to use without the need for folding his or her fingers, a spring-loaded palm knob to lock the multi-function door against and parallel to the top panel, and double magnets attached to the multi-function door and the front panel, respectively, to stop the multi-function door from swinging.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A double-hinge-and-triple-lock-door pet crate comprising:
a top panel;
a bottom panel;
a left panel;
a right panel;
a front panel having a front-panel opening;
a rear panel;
a bottom hook foldably connected to said bottom panel;
a plurality of side hooks respectively welded to said left and said right panels;
a plurality of top hooks respectively welded to said front and said rear panels;
a plurality of clamps clamping said top, said bottom, said left, and said right panels together;
a handle foldably clamped to said top panel;
a slanted bed, said slanted bed seated on said bottom panel;
a plurality of urine-storing gutters respectively molded around said slanted bed;
a plurality of shock-absorbing gussets, said shock-absorbing gussets each comprising:
a plurality of gusset walls and a plurality of gusset recesses respectively molded between said gusset walls, said shock-absorbing gussets clamping said top, said bottom, said left, and said right panels together;

a grooming platform, said grooming platform seated on said top panel and having four grooming-platform corners;
a double-hinge triple-lock door, said double-hinge triple-lock door comprising:
a first door hinge attached to said front panel,
a second door hinge,
a first door panel rotatably attached to said first door hinge and said second door hinge,
a second door panel rotatably attached to said second door hinge,
a front knob panel,
a rear knob panel,
a plurality of front knob hooks respectively molded to said front knob panel,
a plurality of rear knob hooks respectively molded to said rear knob panel,
each of said rear knob hooks having a hook-receiving opening, wherein said front knob hooks are respectively snap-locked to said rear knob hooks to sandwich a portion of said second door panel between said front knob panel and said rear knob panel,

a palm knob rotatably sandwiched between said front knob panel and said rear knob panel said front knob panel having a hole from which said palm knob protrudes outwardly from to enable access to said palm knob,
a plurality of palm recesses respectively molded to said palm knob,
a plurality of palm hills respectively molded to said palm knob,
a circular knob gears molded to said palm knob,
two knob notches respectively molded to said palm knob,
a spring-loaded pin inserted into one of said two knob notches for releasably locking said palm knob,
a spring-loaded-pin housing molded to said front knob panel and said rear knob panel for housing said spring-loaded pin,
a first locking rod sandwiched between said front knob panel and said rear knob panel,
a plurality of first linear gears molded to said first locking rod and engaged to said circular knob gear,
a second locking rod sandwiched between said front knob panel and said rear knob panel,
a plurality of second linear gears molded to said second locking rod and engaged to said circular knob gear,
a third locking rod sandwiched between said front knob panel and said rear knob panel,
a plurality of third linear gears molded to said third locking rod and engaged to said circular knob gear;

a plurality of double-door-locking rings, said double-door-locking rings comprising:
two hinge-locking rings respectively attached to said front panel for locking said first door hinge therein,
three rod-locking rings respectively attached to said front panel for respectively locking said first locking rod, said second locking rod, said third locking rod therein; and

a plurality of double-door-locking magnets, said double-door-locking magnets comprising:
a panel magnet attached to said front panel,
a door magnet attached to said second door panel for pulling said panel magnet thereto to close said double-hinge triple-lock door.

2. The double-hinge-and-triple-lock-door pet crate of claim 1 , further comprising:
a plurality of curved gusset springs respectively molded to said gusset walls,
a plurality of vertical gusset springs respectively molded to said gusset walls and to said curved gusset springs, and
a plurality of horizontal gusset springs respectively molded to said gusset walls, to said curved gusset springs, and to said vertical gusset springs,
wherein said curved gusset springs, said vertical gusset springs, and said horizontal gusset springs are for absorbing impact and vibration and for strengthening said pet crate.

3. The double-hinge-and-triple-lock-door pet crate of claim 2 , further comprising four platform-locking shock-absorbing gusset tabs respectively molded to said gusset walls wherein said four platform-locking shock-absorbing gusset tabs are for cushioning said pet crate, for absorbing impact and vibration, for strengthening said pet crate, and for locking said four grooming-platform corners thereunder to lock said grooming platform on said top panel.

4. The double-hinge-and-triple-lock-door pet crate of claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of gutter ridges respectively molded to said urine-storing gutters, provided a pet, wherein said gutter ridges are for preventing said pet from stepping in said urine-storing gutters and are for strengthening said urine-storing gutters.

5. The double-hinge-and-triple-lock-door pet crate of claim 1 , further comprising:
a first attacher molded to a first extender,
the first extender attached to said first locking rod for extending said first locking rod,
a second attacher molded to a second locking-rod extender,
the second extender attached to said second locking rod for extending said second locking rod,
a third attacher molded to a third extender, and
the third extender attached to said third locking rod for extending said third locking rod.

6. The double-hinge-and-triple-lock-door pet crate of claim 1 , wherein, said double-hinge-and-triple-lock-door pet crate is partially or entirely made of a material selected from the group consisting of: plastic, wood, metal, and a combination of at least two of said above-mentioned materials.

7. The double-hinge-and-triple-lock-door pet crate of claim 1 , wherein, said double-hinge-and-triple-lock-door pet crate is partially made of wires welded to one another.

8. The double-hinge-and-triple-lock-door pet crate of claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of platform dikes respectively molded around said grooming platform, provided urine, wherein said platform dikes are for preventing said urine from running off said grooming platform and are for strengthening said grooming platform.

9. A pet crate comprising:
a top panel;
a bottom panel;
a left panel;
a right panel;
a front panel having an opening for ingress and egress of a pet into and out of the pet crate;
a rear panel;
a bottom hook foldably connected to said bottom panel;
a plurality of side hooks respectively welded to said left and said right panels;
a plurality of top hooks respectively welded to said front and said rear panels;
a plurality of clamps clamping said top, said bottom, said left, and said right panels together;
a handle foldably clamped to said top panel;
a slanted bed, said slanted bed seated on said bottom panel;
a plurality of gutters respectively molded around said slanted bed;
a plurality of shock-absorbing gussets, said shock-absorbing gussets each comprising:
a plurality of gusset walls and a plurality of gusset recesses respectively molded between said gusset walls, each of said shock-absorbing gussets clamping three of said top, said bottom, said left, and said right panels together;

a grooming platform, said grooming platform seated on said top panel and having four grooming-platform corners;
a double-hinge triple-lock door, said double-hinge triple-lock door comprising:
a first doo

Assignees

• Volin Dee

Inventors

• Volin Dee

Classifications

• A01K13/00

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• A01K1/033

  Cat or dog houses · CPC title

• E05B1/0053

  Handles or handle attachments facilitating operation, e.g. by children or burdened persons (foot-operation E05B53/001) · CPC title

• E05C9/12

  with rack and pinion mechanism {(E05C9/021, E05C9/041 take precedence)} · CPC title

• A01K1/034 Primary

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