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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2013
David Veness, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Adam Ward Weber, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Michael Don Harper, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Benedict Joseph Messner, Southlake, TX (US);
Hector Rodriguez, Austin, TX (US);
Kyle Joseph Becker, Murphy, TX (US);
John Coleman Horton, Iv, Austin, TX (US);
Anthony William Gatica, Cedar Park, TX (US);
David Veness, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Adam Ward Weber, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Michael Don Harper, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Benedict Joseph Messner, Southlake, TX (US);
Hector Rodriguez, Austin, TX (US);
Kyle Joseph Becker, Murphy, TX (US);
John Coleman Horton, IV, Austin, TX (US);
Anthony William Gatica, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Doskocil Manufacturing Company, Inc., Arlington, TX (US);
Abstract
A pet kennel that is structured to receive an animal includes an upper kennel portion and a lower kennel portion that include first and second engagement structures that are slidingly engageable. The upper kennel portion is situated in a first position atop the lower kennel portion offset from one another along a longitudinal axis of the pet kennel. The upper kennel portion is then translated along the longitudinal axis with respect to the lower pet kennel portion toward a second, assembled position to cause the first engagement elements and the second engagement elements to become slidingly engaged and to cause the upper and lower kennel portions to become aligned with one another. The upper kennel portion additionally includes a pair of latches that are engageable with the lower shell portion in the second position of the pet kennel to retain the upper and lower kennel portions in the second position.