Patent ID: 7337748
Filing Date: 2008-03-04
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
1. A stackable play house for entertaining small animals, said play house comprising: first and second support members oriented along a horizontal plane and having substantially planar top and bottom surfaces respectively, said first and second support members further having centrally registered longitudinal axes traversing a centrally disposed vertical axis passing through said play house, one said first and second support members having an opening formed therein for defining a continuous travel path between first and second floors of said play house, another said support members including a top layer formed from carpet material that provides a soft surface onto which the animals may scratch their paws; a first plurality of vertically oriented support walls confronting said first and second support members and being equidistantly spaced from the vertical axis, selected ones of said support walls having openings sized and shaped in such a manner that ambient light can penetrate through selected ones of the openings while other ones of the openings allow the animals to ingress and egress in said play house; a plurality of elbow shaped brackets having first and second portions securely conjoined to said bottom surfaces of said first and second support members and extending perpendicular thereto respectively; a staircase having opposed end portions attached to said first and second support members and being nested therebetween for allowing the animals to travel upwardly and downwardly between said first and second support members while positioned within said play house; and a pitched roof removably connected to upper ones of said support walls, said pitched roof being formed from water-impermeable material for preventing undesirable foreign debris from entering said play house; wherein said first and second support members further having axially opposed end portions laterally offset from the axis in such a manner that one said end portions of said first and second members protrude outwardly away from selected ones of said support walls for defining a plurality of porches onto which animals may jump when entering said play house.