Patent ID: 8342131
Filing Date: 2013-01-01
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
1. A recreational and shelter structure for a pet cat, said structure comprising: (a) a central housing; (b) a lockable door disposed in a first side of said central housing unit and sized to allow access of the pet cat therethrough; (c) an open grate portion disposed in a second side of said central housing unit; (d) a support frame; (e) a litter box housing disposed on said support frame and spaced in a generally horizontal direction a distance from said second side of said central housing unit, said litter box housing having a swing door disposed in a first side thereof, an access in a top portion thereof and at least a portion of side walls formed from open grates; (f) a first elongated connecting tube attached on a first end thereof to a second side of said litter box housing and at a second end thereof to said second side of said central housing unit for providing access therebetween, wherein said first elongated connecting tube further has a portion slanted in a generally vertical plane and two horizontal portions surrounding said slanted portion; (g) an elongated multi-tiered structure disposed centrally on a portion of a top of said central housing unit and having a base surface thereof being sized substantially less than a surface of said top of said central housing unit, said elongated multi-tiered structure having a meshed top; (h) a second elongated connecting tube slanted in said generally vertical plane and attached at a first end thereof to one of upper tiers of said multi-tiered structure and attached at a second end thereof to one of said two horizontal portions of said first elongated connecting tube in proximity to said second side of said litter box housing; (i) an entrance and exit structure spaced a distance from a third side of said central housing unit and having a lockable door disposed in a first side thereof and sized to provide access of the pet cat; and (j) a third elongated connecting tube having a portion slanted in said generally vertical plane and two horizontal portions surrounding said slanted portion of said third elongated connecting tube, said third elongated connecting tube attached at a first end thereof to a bottom tier of said multi-tiered structure and attached at a second end thereof to a second side of said entrance and exit structure, said second side of said entrance and exit structure being disposed opposite to said second side of said litter box.