Patent ID: 6394035
Filing Date: 2002-05-28
Classification: A01K,E06B

Abstract:
A pet enclosure for use with a door having a pet portal wherein the pet enclosure comprises:an enclosure unit including an enclosure member having a plurality of panels wherein at least one of the plurality of panels is provided with a screen element and one of the plurality of panels is proved with an access opening and disposed adjacent said door; an access tunnel unit including an open-ended, curved housing member dimensioned to be slidably received in said access opening in the enclosure member wherein the housing member has one open end adapted to engage said pet portal and the other open end is adapted to engage one of said plurality of panels of the enclosure member; and a pivot mechanism operatively associated with the access tunnel unit and said door for engaging said one end of the housing member with the pet portal when the door is in the closed position and retracting the housing member within the enclosure member to bring the other end of the housing member into engagement with one of said plurality of panels of the enclosure member.