| 摘要 |
A unique reconfigurable expandable shrinkable quick-assembly quick-disassembly indoor-outdoor kennel for multiple types of animals comprises stackable, interchangeable, expandable, and shinkable panels, doorframe panel, door panel, single-shaft-clamp-couplers, double-shaft-clamp-couplers, double-shaft-couplers, and double-clamp-couplers. Each of the panels can be used either as a roof panel, a truss panel, a wall panel, a floor panel, a ramp panel, a perch panel, or a storage panel. Each of the couplers is for centering, aligning, coupling, and locking inside the tube ends of at least two panels, to prevent the panels from twisting, bending, and collapsing. The unique indoor-outdoor kennel can be quickly and easily assembled and disassembled by hand, without using any tools, can be easily stored in a car trunk and transported to a park or beach, can be easily configured to form a single-or-multi-level kennel of a large variety of shapes and sizes, and can have at least one convex, flat, or concave roof, which can also function as a storage to store food bags, bowl, toys, pet pad, accessories, leash, etc. for multiple types of pets. |
| 主权项 |
1. A reconfigurable kennel comprising:
a plurality of panels, each of said panels comprising a plurality of panel tubes welded together to define a panel frame, and a panel mesh welded to said panel frame, each of said panel tubes having at least one panel-tube surface, at least one panel-tube recess formed on said at least one panel-tube surface, and two opposite panel-tube ends; a doorframe, said doorframe comprising a plurality of doorframe tubes welded together to define said doorframe and a plurality of latch holes drilled therein, each of said doorframe tubes having at least one doorframe-tube surface, at least one doorframe-tube recess formed on said at least one doorframe-tube surface, and two opposite doorframe-tube ends; a plurality of hinges, said hinges attached to said doorframe; a door, said door attached to said hinges and releasably latched to said doorframe; a plurality of latches, each of said latches slidably attached to said door, each of said latches for being releasably slid into respective said latch holes to lock said door to said doorframe; a plurality of first couplers, each of said first couplers comprising a first-coupler shaft, a first-coupler clamp offsettingly molded to said first-coupler shaft, first-coupler nipples molded to said first-coupler clamp, first-coupler recesses molded on said first-coupler shaft, first-coupler ribs molded on said first-coupler shaft, and a first-coupler cap molded on said first-coupler shaft; a plurality of second couplers, each of said second couplers comprising second-coupler double shafts, a second-coupler clamp centrally molded to said second-coupler double shafts, second-coupler nipples molded to said second-coupler clamp, second-coupler recesses molded on said second-coupler double shafts, second-coupler ribs molded on said second-coupler double shafts, second-coupler double caps molded on said second-coupler double shafts, and second-coupler double levers molded to said second-coupler double caps; a plurality of third couplers, each of said third couplers comprising third-coupler double shafts, third-coupler recesses molded on said third-coupler double shafts, third-coupler ribs molded on said third-coupler double shafts, third-coupler double caps molded on said third-coupler double shafts, and third-coupler double levers molded to said third-coupler double caps; and a plurality of fourth couplers, each of said fourth couplers comprising fourth-coupler double clamps and fourth-coupler nipples molded to said fourth-coupler double clamps, wherein each said first-coupler shaft, each said second-coupler double shafts, and each said third-coupler double shafts are for coupling said panels by being inserted into respective ones of said panel-tube ends, wherein each said first-coupler clamp, each said second-coupler clamp, and each said fourth-coupler double clamp are for coupling said panels by clamping on respective said panel tubes, wherein, each said first-coupler nipple, each said second-coupler nipple, and each said fourth-coupler nipple are for snap-locking in a respective said at least one panel-tube recess and said at least one doorframe-tube recess to center, align, and lock said respective panels and said doorframe, each said first-coupler recess, each said second-coupler recess, and each said third-coupler recess are for snap-locking on a respective one of said at least one panel-tube recess and said at least one doorframe-tube recess to center, align, and lock said respective panels and said doorframe, each said first-coupler ribs, each said second-coupler ribs, and each said third-coupler ribs are for being inserted into respective ones of said panel-tube ends and respective ones of said doorframe-tube ends to center respective ones of said first-coupler shafts, said second-coupler double shafts, and said third-coupler double shafts therein, each said first-coupler caps, each said second-coupler double caps, and each said third-coupler doublecaps are for sealing respective ones of said panel-tube ends and said doorframe-tube ends, each said second-coupler double levers and each said third-coupler double levers are for being pulled on to disassemble respective ones of said first couplers, said second couplers, and said third couplers from said panel-tube ends and said doorframe-tube ends. |
