Hideaway dog kennel
View Patent ↗The hideaway dog kennel may comprise a dog kennel divider that may be pivotably coupled to a first room wall. The hideaway dog kennel may fold flat against the first room wall in a stored configuration. The hideaway dog kennel may be unfolded to reveal two divider walls of an individual dog kennel. A first divider wall and a second divider wall of the dog kennel divider may comprise a first kennel wall and a second kennel wall of the individual dog kennel. The first room wall may comprise a third kennel wall. A second room wall may comprise a fourth kennel wall. Two or more dog kennel dividers may be installed adjacent to each other to provide a group of dog kennels where the fourth kennel wall may be the second room wall or the first divider wall of an adjacent dog kennel divider.
1. A hideaway dog kennel consisting of:
a dog kennel divider consisting of:
a wall mount configured to couple to a first room wall and consisting of a vertically oriented armature;
a first divider wall pivotably coupled to the wall mount via at least one first hinge, wherein the first divider wall is a vertically oriented planar structure adapted to constrain movement of a dog, and pivots between:
(a) a stored configuration, where the first divider wall is parallel to the first room wall; and
(b) a deployed configuration, where the first divider wall is perpendicular to the first room wall;
a second divider wall pivotably coupled to the first divider wall via at least one second hinge, the second divider wall being narrower than the first divider wall and configured to pivot between:
(a) a stored configuration, where the second divider wall resides entirely behind the first divider wall; and
(b) a deployed configuration, where the second divider wall is perpendicular to the first divider wall;
a wall release latch configured to detachably secure the first divider wall to a second room wall or to a first divider wall of an adjacent dog kennel divider in the stored configuration; and,
a kennel door latch configured to detachably couple the second divider wall to the second room wall or to the first divider wall of the adjacent dog kennel divider in the deployed configuration; and,
wherein the wall mount maintains a fixed separation between the first divider wall and the first room wall sufficient to allow the second divider wall to reside fully between the first divider wall and the first room wall when in the stored configuration;
wherein, in the deployed configuration, the first divider wall, second divider wall, first room wall, and second room wall or adjacent first divider wall together define a fully enclosed rectangular kennel space; and,
wherein the kennel door latch is further configured to permit selective access by allowing the second divider wall to pivot outward to form an oblique angle relative to the first divider wall for ingress or egress by the dog.