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US 8,117,993 · App. 12/726,193 · Granted Feb 21, 2012

Pet enclosure

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Patent No.
US 8,117,993
App. No.
12/726,193
Granted
Feb 21, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A pet enclosure includes a cover and a support frame. The cover includes a bottom panel, a top panel opposite the bottom panel, and a plurality of side panels extending between the bottom panel and the top panel to define an interior space of the cover. An aperture is defined in at least one of the top panel and one of the plurality of side panels for accessing the interior space. The support frame is pivotable between a collapsed configuration and an upright configuration and is insertable into the interior space of the cover through the aperture in the collapsed configuration of the support frame. The support frame is also pivotable from the collapsed configuration to the upright configuration while disposed within the interior space of the cover.

Claims (13)

1. A pet enclosure comprising:

a cover comprising a bottom panel, a top panel opposite the bottom panel, and a plurality of side panels extending between the bottom panel and the top panel to define an interior space of the cover, wherein an aperture is defined in at least one of the top panel and one of the plurality of side panels for accessing the interior space; and

a support frame pivotable between a collapsed configuration and an upright configuration, wherein the support frame is insertable into the interior space of the cover through the aperture in the collapsed configuration of the support frame, the support frame being pivotable from the collapsed configuration to the upright configuration while disposed within the interior space of the cover.

2. The pet enclosure of claim 1 , wherein the support frame comprises:

a floor truss;

a first pivotable truss hingedly connected to the floor truss; and

a second pivotable truss opposite the first truss and hingedly connected to the floor truss, the first and second trusses being pivotable to define the collapsed configuration of the support frame and the upright configuration of the support frame.

3. The pet enclosure of claim 2 , wherein each of the first and second trusses is substantially U-shaped.

4. The pet enclosure of claim 2 , wherein the floor truss is a rigid, four-sided floor truss.

5. The pet enclosure of claim 2 , wherein the first truss is pivotable relative to the floor truss on a first pivot axis and the second truss is pivotable relative to the floor truss on a second pivot axis, the first pivot axis being spaced a first distance from the floor truss and the second pivot axis being spaced a second distance from the floor truss, wherein the first distance is greater than the second distance.

6. The pet enclosure of claim 2 , further comprising at least one support member hingedly connected to at least one of the first and second trusses and extendable in a plane generally parallel to the floor truss.

7. The pet enclosure of claim 6 , wherein the at least one support member comprises a first support member hingedly connected to the first truss.

8. The pet enclosure of claim 7 , wherein the at least one support member further comprises a second support member hingedly connected to the second truss, the first support member and the second support member being pivotable between the first truss and the second truss.

Assignments (8)
NOTICE OF SUCCESSOR AGENT AND ASSIGNMENT OF SECURITY INTEREST (INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY) REEL/FRAME 036131/0272 Recorded Jun 5, 2018
From: DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH
To: ROYAL BANK OF CANADA
Reel/Frame 046301/0425 →
MERGER AND CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 5, 2016
From: UNITED PET GROUP, INC.; SPECTRUM BRANDS, INC.
To: SPECTRUM BRANDS, INC.
Reel/Frame 037676/0490 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jul 20, 2015
From: SPECTRUM BRANDS, INC.
To: DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 036131/0272 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jul 14, 2015
From: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS COLLATERAL TRUSTEE
To: APPLICA CONSUMER PRODUCTS, INC.; APPLICA CONSUMER PRODUCTS, INC., A CORP. OF FLORIDA; KWIKSET CORPORATION; LIQUID HOLDING COMPANY, INC.; NATIONAL MANUFACTURING CO.; PRICE PFISTER, INC.; ROV HOLDING, INC., A CORP. OF DELAWARE; ROVCAL, INC.; ROVCAL, INC., A CORP. OF CALIFORNIA; RUSSELL HOBBS, INC., A CORP. OF DELAWARE; SALIX ANIMAL HEALTH, LLC; SEED RESOURCES, L.L.C.; SPECTRUM BRANDS, INC.; SPECTRUM BRANDS, INC. AS SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO ROVCAL, INC.; SPECTRUM BRANDS, INC., A CORP. OF DELAWARE; TELL MANUFACTURING, INC.; TETRA HOLDING (US), INC., A CORP. OF DELAWARE; TETRA HOLDINGS (US), INC.; UNITED INDUSTRIES CORPORATION; UNITED INDUSTRIES CORPORATION AS SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO LIQUID HOLDING COMPANY, INC.; UNITED PET GROUP, INC.; UNITED PET GROUP, INC., A CORP. OF DELAWARE
Reel/Frame 036102/0001 →
PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Dec 28, 2012
From: SPECTRUM BRANDS, INC.; UNITED INDUSTRIES CORPORATION; UNITED PET GROUP, INC.; APPLICA CONSUMER PRODUCTS, INC.; ROVCAL, INC.
To: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Reel/Frame 029536/0634 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 16, 2010
From: TAP, LLC
To: UNITED PET GROUP, INC.
Reel/Frame 024542/0886 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 16, 2010
From: FARMER, MICHAEL; BEHRENS, STEVEN J.
To: FIRSTRAX, INC.
Reel/Frame 024542/0994 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 16, 2010
From: FIRSTRAX, INC.
To: TAP, LLC
Reel/Frame 024542/0934 →