Patent ID: 8069820
Filing Date: 2011-12-06
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
1. A pet shelter comprising: a floor for enclosing the bottom of said pet shelter said floor including a plurality of floor panels, each said floor panel includes a first edge constructed and arranged for interlocking connection with a first edge of another said floor panel to form said floor, said floor panels further including a second edge opposite said first edge, a third edge substantially perpendicular to and extending between said first and said second edges, a fourth edge substantially perpendicular to and extending between said first and said second edges; a plurality of side wall panels for enclosing a left side and a right side of said pet shelter said plurality of side wall panels for enclosing a left side and a right side of said pet shelter each include a bottom edge, said bottom edge extending under a lower surface of said floor; a rear wall panel for enclosing a back of said dog house; a front wall panel for enclosing a front of said pet shelter, said front wall panel including a door for providing ingress into and egress from said pet shelter; each of said side, said front and said rear panels including at least one attachment means for securing said panels together in a substantially perpendicular arrangement with respect to each other, said attachment means comprising at least one alignment boss positioned proximate a vertical edge of one panel and at least one aperture positioned proximate a vertical edge of an adjacent perpendicularly arranged panel, said alignment bosses and said apertures being constructed and arranged so that said alignment boss enters into and engages said aperture enclosing said floor and maintaining said perpendicular arrangement without additional fasteners; a roof for enclosing a top of said pet shelter, said roof including a plurality of roof panels, each said roof panel includes a first edge constructed and arranged for interlocking connection with a first edge of another said roof panel to form said roof, said roof further including a second means for connection to a top edge of at least one of said side panels, said front panel and said rear panel; wherein said first edge of each of said floor panels include a longitudinally extending edge wall, said edge wall including a vertical portion substantially perpendicular to said floor panel and a horizontal portion substantially perpendicular to said vertical portion, at least one tab member and at least one aperture positioned in said longitudinally extending edge wall, said tab members and said edge walls on corresponding floor panels being constructed and arranged for cooperative engagement of each other; wherein said aperture and said tab member on each said first edge of said floor panel are spaced in a longitudinal direction of said longitudinally extending edge wall with respect to each other to enable a tab member of said one floor panel to be inserted through an aperture of said another floor panel and then one of said floor panels moved longitudinally of said edge wall whereby said tab member of said floor panel engages said edge wall of said another floor panel and interlockingly connect said floor panels together; wherein said first edge of each of said floor panels include a first upstanding projection member spaced from and substantially parallel to said longitudinally extending edge wall, an aperture in said longitudinally extending edge wall longitudinally spaced from said upstanding projection, said upstanding projection and said aperture being constructed and arranged to enable said upstanding projection of one said floor panel to pass through said aperture of another said floor panel, said floor panels are then moved transversely with respect to each other whereby said upstanding projection and said longitudinally extending edge wall of one of said floor panels engages and secures said longitudinally extending edge wall of said other floor panel thereby securing said floor panels together; wherein said roof panels further include an alignment boss on at least one end of said top edge of said roof panel, said alignment boss engages an alignment socket positioned on a corresponding end of said top edge of said another roof panel thereby connecting said roof panels together.