Patent ID: 8015942
Filing Date: 2011-09-13
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
1. An outdoor heated pet bed, comprising: a low wattage heating wire; a foil packet enclosing the low wattage heating wire; a foam layer adjacent to one side of the foil packet wherein the foil packet is electrically grounded and the foam layer is fire retardant and is glued to one side of the foil packet; a weather resistant cover enclosing the foam layer and the foil packet, wherein the weather resistant cover is waterproof and the outdoor heated pet bed is collapsible and forms a sandwich between the low wattage heating wire, the foil packet, the foam layer and both a top and a bottom portion of the weather resistant cover wherein the low wattage heating wire, the foil pack, the foam layer and the top and the bottom portion of the weather resistant cover are in direct contact when a pet lies on the outdoor heated pet bed; a thermostat controlling a current to the low wattage heating wire; and an electrical cord covered by a metal spring that is electrically coupled to the low wattage heating wire.