Patent ID: 9596826
Date: 2017-03-21
CPC Classifications: A01K

Claim:
1. A collapsible and portable pet crate, comprising: a generally rectangular base plate; a generally rectangular front side wall; a generally rectangular back side wall; a generally rectangular roof plate; a left side wall having a left side wall left side edge and a left side wall right side edge and a right side wall having a right side wall left side edge and a right side wall right side edge, wherein each of the sidewalls is connected to the base plate at a bottom of the left side wall and the right side wall, said left side wall and right side wall each containing a support frame that is built along the left side wall left side edge, the left side wall right side edge, the right side wall left side edge, and the right side wall right side edge; and two zippers, each of which zips up the front side wall, the roof plate and back side wall along the edge of the respective left or right side walls, wherein the two zippers are connected to the front sidewall, the roof plate, the back side wall, the left side wall and the right sidewall, wherein each of the two zippers contain two corresponding zipper strips, a first one of the two zipper strips being on an edge of the left side wall and the right side wall and a second one of the two zipper strips being on edges of the front side wall, the roof plate and the back side wall, so that the first zipper strip has its zipper teeth oriented inwardly, and the second zipper strip has its zipper teeth oriented outwardly along the edges of the front side wall and back side wall, and wherein the zipper teeth are turned 180 degrees to be oriented inwardly along the edges of the roof plate, to provide a 180-degree flipped zipper teeth orientation.