Pet mobile

• US 5,701,843 A
• Filed: 09/30/1996
• Issued: 12/30/1997
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/1996
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Gus Lazides
• Original Assignee: Gus Lazides
• Inventors: Lazides, Gus
• Primary Examiner(s): Hirsch, Paul J.
• Application Number:
  US08/722,992
• Time in Patent Office: 456 Days
• Field of Search: 119/496, 119/497, 119/512, 119/482, 190/18 A
• US Class Current: 119/496
• CPC Class Codes: A01K 1/0245 Boxes or cages

Abstract

A pet carrier with adequate ventilation for even a large animal. The carrier has a handle which can be folded to conserve space and retractable wheels which can be placed in a down position when moving the carrier with the pet inside, or can be placed in an up or inactive position when mobility is not necessary or when it is desired to maintain the carrier in a stationary position.

Claims

1. A carrier for a pet comprising:

upper and lower sections secured together at mating peripheral flanges,

when said upper and lower sections are secured together they form a compartment comprised of a front, rear, sides, top and a bottom,

ventilation means positioned at least in one of said ends and sides,

wheels attached to said bottom,

said wheels are movable from a first position in which said wheels engage a supporting surface to a second position in which said wheels do not engage said supporting surface, and

wherein said wheels are secured to a U-shaped flange having a top and a pair of depending arms,

said top having an aperture and a first slot communicating with said aperture,

one of said arms having a second slot communicating with said first slot,

a stud having a first end and means securing said first end to said bottom of said carrier, and

a second end attached to said top of said U-shaped flange,

resilient means secured between said top of said U-shaped flange and said means securing said first end to said bottom of said carrier.

2. The carrier as claimed in claim 1, wherein a foldable handle is secured to said top of said carrier.

3. A carrier for a pet comprising:

upper and lower sections secured together at mating peripheral flanges,

when said upper and lower sections are secured together they form a compartment comprised of a front, rear, sides, top and a bottom,

ventilation means positioned at least in one of said ends and sides,

wheels and a wheel frame attached to said bottom,

said wheel frame being secured to a support plate and being normally rotatable with respect to said support plate,

means attached to said support plate for preventing said wheel frame from rotating,

said means attached to said support plate for preventing said wheel frame from rotating comprising at least a pair of L-shaped plates attached to an underside of said support plate,

said L-shaped plates engaging said wheel frame and thereby preventing said wheel frame from rotating.

4. A carrier for a pet comprising:

upper and lower sections secured together at mating peripheral flanges,

when said upper and lower sections are secured together they form a compartment comprised of a front, rear, sides, top and a bottom,

ventilation means positioned at least in one of said ends and sides,

wheels and a wheel frame attached to said bottom,

said wheel frame being secured to a support plate and being normally rotatable with respect to said support plate,

means attached to said support plate for preventing said wheel frame from rotating,

said means attached to said support plate for preventing said wheel frame from rotating comprising at least a U-shaped plate having a first portion with a pair of arms depending from said first portion, attached to a surface of said support plate,

said pair of arms engaging said wheel frame and thereby preventing said wheel frame from rotating.