Patent ID: 9399889
Filing Date: 2016-07-26
CPC Classification: A01K,E05C,E06B

Claim Text:
1. An animal crate, comprising: a door frame having a plurality of interconnected horizontal and vertical wires that define an opening for an animal to pass therethrough and enter or exit the interior of the animal crate; a door configured to move laterally between an open position and a dose position relative to the door frame, the door having a plurality of interconnected horizontal and vertical wires; and at least two mechanisms releasably coupling the door to the door frame in the close position, where one of the two mechanisms is pivotably coupled to the door and the second of the two mechanisms is affixed to the door frame; a first wire of the plurality of horizontal wires of the door having a first end and a second end, the first end being elastically bent outwards away from interior of the animal crate; wherein, the first end engages the second of the two mechanisms in the close position and maintains the door in the close position until the first end is disengaged from the second of the two mechanisms; wherein, the first of the two mechanisms is releasably coupleable to any location along a length of one of the plurality of horizontal wires of the door frame such that the door is disposable relative to the door frame in the open position, the close position, or any position therebetween.