Patent ID: 9167799
Filing Date: 2015-10-27
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
1. A collapsible animal housing assembly comprising: a collapsible cage comprising a first collapsible cage assembly coupled to a second collapsible cage assembly, wherein said first and second collapsible cage assemblies are each configured to transition between an expanded state and a collapsed state; a base assembly for providing support for said collapsible cage, said base assembly comprising a first base member and a second base member, the first and second base members configured to transition between an assembled state and a disassembled state; and first and second locking members; wherein: said first and second base members each comprise a floor and first, second and third sidewalls extending upwardly therefrom to form a cavity, the first and second sidewalls oppose one another and the third sidewall opposes an open end of a respective one of the first and second base members; the first, second and third sidewalls of each of said first and second base members each comprise a top edge, and the first and second sidewalls of each of the first and second base members further comprise respective first and second sidewall leading edges; said first and second base members are configured to releasably engage with one another to form said base assembly when said base assembly is in said assembled state and to support said first and second cage collapsible assemblies, respectively, when said first and second collapsible cage assemblies are in said expanded state to form an enclosure; the first and second locking members each comprise a body portion having a channel that is configured to receive and couple the first and second locking members to at least a portion of the top edge of a respective one of the first and second sidewalls of the first and second base members; in said assembled state, the first and second sidewall leading edges of the first base member couple with the first and second sidewall leading edges of the second base member, respectively, and the first and second locking members are configured to slide between an unlocked and locked position, wherein in the locked position, the channel of each of the first and second locking members spans a seam between a respective one of the first and second sidewall leading edges of the first and second sidewalls of the first and second base members, so as to reinforce the coupling of said first and second base members; said first and second collapsible cage assemblies each comprise a top panel having a substantially rectangular shape, a first side panel rotatably coupled to a first end of said top panel, a second side panel rotatably coupled a second end of said top panel, and a third side panel rotatably coupled to a third end of said top panel; and when in said expanded state, at least the top panel of said first collapsible cage assembly is coupled to the top panel of said second collapsible cage assembly.