Patent ID: 6536376
Filing Date: 2003-03-25
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
A pet accommodation and confinement kit for comfortably confining the movement of a pet within a preselected area for a predetermined period of time, the kit comprising:a container; a pet pad contained within the container to overlie an exposed surface of the preselected area to thereby protect a surface from accidents and spills associated with a temporary confinement of the pet; and a pet anchoring apparatus comprising: a portable base that can be unrestrictedly positioned adjacent the pet pad, the base having a bottom surface, a plurality of side wall surfaces connected to and extending upwardly from the bottom, and a top surface connected to the plurality of side wall surfaces and overlying the bottom surface, the plurality of side wall surfaces in combination defining a non-circular outer perimeter of the base, a combination of a height of one of the plurality of side wall surfaces, a thickness of the bottom surface and a thickness of the top surface defining a height of the base, the height of the base being substantially low to thereby avoid being an obstacle to the movements of a pet or a person near the base, the base having a weight greater than the pet to be attached thereto, a flexible cord connector connected to the base, and at least one restraining cord having a preselected length and having an end portion thereof connected to the flexible cord connector to secure a pet thereto and thereby restrain the movement of the pet within the preselected area.