Pet house

• US 8,113,148 B2
• Filed: 05/13/2009
• Issued: 02/14/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 04/04/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Shiuan Kuen Chem
• Original Assignee: Shiuan Kuen Chem
• Inventors: Chem, Shiuan Kuen
• Primary Examiner(s): Swiatek, Rob
• Assistant Examiner(s): Evans, Ebony
• Application Number:
  US12/454,197
• Publication Number:
  US 20090223463A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,007 Days
• Field of Search: 119/500, 119/470, 119/452, 119/459, 119/482
• US Class Current: 119/500
• CPC Class Codes: A01K 1/0047 Air-conditioning, e.g. ventilation, of animal housings
• CPC Class Codes: A01K 1/033 Cat or dog houses
• CPC Class Codes: A01K 1/034 Dog-kennels
• CPC Class Codes: A01K 15/021 Electronic training devices specially adapted for dogs or cats
• CPC Class Codes: A01K 5/0258 with endless screws
• CPC Class Codes: A01K 5/0291 with timing mechanisms, e.g. pet feeders
• CPC Class Codes: A01K 7/06 actuated by the animal for poultry A01K39/0213

Abstract

A pet house, for providing convenient and comfortable accommodation for a pet, includes a housing and a plurality of amenities. The housing includes a surrounding wall having a lodging room for the pet accommodating therein, and a side entrance communicating with the lodging room, and a roof frame, which is supported on the surrounding wall to define the lodging room within the surrounding wall and the roof frame. The amenities, including at least one of a solar power system, a power storage, a ventilating device, a dimmer light, an audio device, a remote intercommunication system, and an outdoors shading arrangement, is provided at the pet house for providing the comfort and convenience of the pet house so as to enhance the quality of living.

Claims

1. A pet house for accommodating a pet therein, comprising:

a housing which comprises;

a surrounding wall having a lodging room for said pet accommodating therein, and a side entrance communicating with said lodging room;

a roof frame, which is supported on said surrounding wall to define said lodging room within said surrounding wall and said roof frame, wherein said roof frame comprises a ceiling wall mounted on top of said surrounding wall to cover said lodging room and a roof cover movably mounted on said ceiling wall, wherein a food storage is formed between said ceiling wall and said roof cover and is arranged for storing pet food to add an additional weight as a downward loading force on said housing so as to enhance said housing in a stably constructing manner;

a plurality of amenities provided at said pet house for providing the comfort and convenience of said pet house so as to enhance the quality of living; and

a food dispensing arrangement for dispensing said pet food from said food storage, wherein said food dispensing arrangement comprises a food channel having a food inlet extending to said ceiling wall to communicate with said food storage and a food dispensing outlet downwardly extended to a bottom side of said housing, and a food control valve operatively coupled with said food channel for controlling a predetermined amount of said pet food dispensing from said food storage at said food inlet to said food dispensing outlet, wherein a bottom wall of said food storage has a funnel shape that said bottom wall of said food storage is sloped towards said food inlet for guiding said pet food moving towards said food inlet by gravity.

2. The pet house, as recited in claim 1, wherein said food control valve comprises a dispensing rotor having a food propeller rotatably supported within said food channel at said food inlet thereof for controllably feeding a predetermined of said pet food from said food storage, a driving device operatively driving said dispensing rotor to rotate at a predetermined number of revolution so as to dispense said pet food to said food dispensing outlet, and a sealing valve which is operatively coupled at said food dispensing outlet and is controlled by said driving device for normally sealing said food channel at said food dispensing outlet, and a food screen coupled at said food dispensing outlet in front of said sealing valve for slowing down said pet food dropping out from said food dispensing outlet.

3. The pet house, as recited in claim 2, wherein said food dispensing arrangement further comprises a water dispenser, which is supported by said housing, having a water inlet adapted for connecting with a water source and a water dispensing head protruding from said surrounding wall for controllably dispensing water from said water source.

4. A pet house for accommodating a pet therein, comprising:

a housing which comprises;

a surrounding wall having a lodging room for said pet accommodating therein, and a side entrance communicating with said lodging room, wherein said housing further comprises an eave handle outwardly and inclinedly extended from said surrounding wall at a position above said side entrance for not only sheltering said side entrance but also easy carrying said housing;

a roof frame, which is supported on said surrounding wall to define said lodging room within said surrounding wall and said roof frame, wherein said roof frame comprises a ceiling wall mounted on top of said surrounding wall to cover said lodging room and a roof cover movably mounted on said ceiling wall, wherein a food storage is formed between said ceiling wall and said roof cover and is arranged for storing pet food to add an additional weight as a downward loading force on said housing so as to enhance said housing in a stably constructing manner, wherein said roof cover is pivotally connected with said ceiling wall to selectively enclose said food storage, wherein said roof cover has a sealing rim and said ceiling wall has a sealing groove arranged when said roof cover is pivotally folded on top of said ceiling wall, said sealing rim is engaged with said sealing groove in an airtight manner to sealedly enclose said food storage for preventing moisture entering into said food storage, wherein said roof frame, which is made of waterproof material, is detachably mounted on top of said surrounding wall to allow said housing to be disassembled for transporting and cleaning purposes;

a plurality of amenities provided at said pet house for providing the comfort and convenience of said pet house so as to enhance the quality of living; and

a food dispensing arrangement for dispensing said pet food from said food storage, wherein said food dispensing arrangement comprises a food channel having a food inlet extending to said ceiling wall to communicate with said food storage and a food dispensing outlet downwardly extended to a bottom side of said housing, and a food control valve operatively coupled with said food channel for controlling a predetermined amount of said pet food dispensing from said food storage at said food inlet to said food dispensing outlet, wherein a bottom wall of said food storage has a funnel shape that said bottom wall of said food storage is sloped towards said food inlet for guiding said pet food moving towards said food inlet by gravity.

5. The pet house, as recited in claim 4, wherein said food control valve comprises a dispensing rotor having a food propeller rotatably supported within said food channel at said food inlet thereof for controllably feeding a predetermined of said pet food from said food storage, a driving device operatively driving said dispensing rotor to rotate at a predetermined number of revolution so as to dispense said pet food to said food dispensing outlet, and a sealing valve which is operatively coupled at said food dispensing outlet and is controlled by said driving device for normally sealing said food channel at said food dispensing outlet, and a food screen coupled at said food dispensing outlet in front of said sealing valve for slowing down said pet food dropping out from said food dispensing outlet.

6. The pet house, as recited in claim 5, wherein said food dispensing arrangement further comprises a water dispenser, which is supported by said housing, having a water inlet adapted for connecting with a water source and a water dispensing head protruding from said surrounding wall for controllably dispensing water from said water source.