Patent ID: 6237537
Filing Date: 2001-05-29
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
A device for converting the bottom part of a modular dog crate having a plurality of solid walls and an additional wall with an entryway cutout into a pet bathtub, comprising:a waterproof panel for providing a watertight closure to said entryway cutout,a transom connected to the top edge of said waterproof panel for lifting said waterproof panel from said entryway cutout and for supporting alignment hardware and a plurality of fastening devices,a gasket affixed to said waterproof panel at its edges abutting the entryway perimeter lip of said entryway cutout when said panel is positioned in said entryway cutout as a means of providing a watertight seal between said waterproof panel and said entryway perimeter lip,alignment hardware affixed to said waterproof panel and said transom for properly aligning said waterproof panel and said transom with said crate bottom and said entryway cutout,a plurality of fastening devices affixed to said waterproof panel and said transom for releasbly securing said waterproof panel in place in said entryway cutout and for compressing said gasket against said entryway perimeter lip to create a watertight seal, andone or more drain assemblies passing through a face of said waterproof panel for draining water from said crate bottom when said crate bottom is used as a pet bathtub.