Patent ID: 9258978
Filing Date: 2016-02-16
CPC Classification: A01K

Claim Text:
1. A pet enclosure comprising: a tray for the pet enclosure, the tray having a rectangular configuration, an outer peripheral portion of the tray being raised upward to retain any liquid within the peripheral portion of the tray; top, bottom, front, rear, left and right panels arranged and attached to each other as an enclosure, a first wirerod of the bottom panel, a second wire rod of the front panel, a third wirerod of the left panel and a fourth wirerod of the right panel forming an opening for the insertion and removal of the tray into and out of the pet enclosure; a tray lock mechanism slidably disposed on the second wire rod of the front panel and a fifth wire rod of the front panel, the tray lock mechanism being traversable between a down position wherein the tray lock mechanism is disposed in the opening and prohibits insertion or removal of the tray through the opening and an up position wherein the tray lock mechanism is traversed out of the opening to allow for the insertion or removal of the tray, the tray lock mechanism further has a sliding component defining an angled surface that generates an upward force on the tray lock mechanism as the tray is pushed into the the tray lock mechanism and a leading portion of the tray contacts the angled surface of the tray lock mechanism.