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1. An apparatus for housing an animal comprising:
a top portion comprising a top roof wall, a top right wall, a top left wall, a top rear wall, and a top forward wall having a top portion forward opening formed therein;
wherein the top right wall comprises a lower top right wall edge, having a top right wall length;wherein the top left wall comprises a lower top left wall edge, having a top left wall length;wherein an upper flange is disposed along the lower top right wall edge and the lower top left wall edge;a first locking member, movably mounted to the upper flange and movable along the top right wall length;a second locking member, movably mounted to the upper flange and movable along the top left wall length;a bottom portion comprising a bottom floor wall, a bottom right wall, a bottom left wall, a bottom rear wall, and a bottom forward wall having a bottom portion forward opening formed therein; wherein the bottom right wall comprises an upper bottom right wall edge; wherein the bottom left wall comprises an upper bottom left wall edge; wherein a lower flange is disposed along the upper bottom right wall edge and the upper bottom left wall edge; and wherein the first and second locking members engage with the lower flange when the first and second locking members are in an outwardly extending locking orientation; and wherein the top portion and the bottom portion are cooperatively structured to assume an aligned orientation;a locking assembly structured to retain the top portion and the bottom portion in the aligned orientation, wherein the locking assembly comprises the first and second locking members wherein the outwardly extending locking orientation is at least partially defined by the first and second locking members structured to engage at least a portion of the lower flange in an abutting relation to prevent detachment of the bottom portion from the top portion while disposed in the outwardly extending locking orientation;a release mechanism movably affixed to the top portion and mechanically connected to both the first and second locking members, structured to permit both the first and second locking members to be temporarily disposed into an inwardly retracted release orientation upon actuation of the release mechanism; anda biasing mechanism connected to the release mechanism, structured to normally dispose and maintain both the first and second locking members in the outwardly extending locking orientation;wherein the upper flange and the lower flange are structured to temporarily dispose both the first and second locking members into the inwardly retracted release orientation when the top portion and the bottom portion are initially positioned into the aligned orientation. |
