Patent ID: 6286456
Filing Date: 2001-09-11
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
A pet bed or similar article comprising:a. a supporting base comprising a spring suspension and flexible fabric frame assembly including a plurality of legs and providing a flexible support surface, disposed within the frame and suspended in an elevated position by said frame and said legs;b. a cushion placed on said frame with a circumference approximately the same size as the outer perimeter circumference of said frame comprising:(1) an outer cushion casing formed from a soft, pliable fabric comprising a disc-shaped top panel similar in size and shape to a bottom panel, an elongated side panel of same material with a length substantially equal to the circumference of said top and bottom panels and said frame, the short ends of the said side panel being joined, forming a loop, and the longitudinal sides of said side panel being joined to the peripheral edges of said top and bottom panels with upper and lower edges of said side panel being substantially parallel;(2) a relatively thick disc-shaped mass of resiliently compressible stuffing material of fiberfill, polystyrene beads, foam rubber, wood chips, or like matter and disposed in said outer casing in the chamber between said bottom and top panels;(3) optional switches sewn in the center of the casing connecting the upper and lower sides act as a baffle in the chamber to regulate the flow of said stuffing; andc. a removable skirted slipcover for protecting said cushion and said frame that is easily washable or otherwise cleanable where the outer perimeter of said frame and said cushion makes a tight fitting engagement with said slipcover when placed over said cushion and said frame with said slipcovers' skirt extending over said frame with hem of said skirt near the floor comprising:(1) a top panel of fabric, optional piping, an elongated side panel of same material, the short ends of said side panel being joined, forming a loop, with a length substantially equal to the circumference of said top panel and said frame, and the longitudinal sides of said side panel being joined to the peripheral edges of said top panel and top gathered edge of said skirt, the short ends of said skirt panel being joined, also forming a loop, with upper and lower edges of said side panel being substantially parallel.