Patent ID: 7178483
Filing Date: 2007-02-20
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
1. An inflatable pet house module, comprising: a first inflatable unit adapted to be placed on a ground surface and including an inflatable mattress confining a first air inflatable space therein and provided with a first valve member for inflating and deflating said inflatable mattress, and a mattress cover confining a first receiving space for accommodating said inflatable mattress therein and formed with a first access opening communicated with said first receiving space such that said inflatable mattress is insertable into said first receiving space through said first access opening, said mattress cover having two first lateral edges opposite to each other in a longitudinal direction and spaced apart from each other by a first distance; a second inflatable unit coupled releasably to said first inflatable unit and including an inflatable canopy body confining a second air inflatable space therein, provided with a second valve member for inflating and deflating said inflatable canopy body, and having two longitudinal edges opposite to each other in a transverse direction, and a middle portion having a middle heat-seal line unit that extends between said longitudinal edges in the transverse direction so as to partition said inflatable canopy body into two canopy sections to thereby configure said second air inflatable space into two intercommunicated air inflatable regions, said middle heat-seal line unit including two parallel heat-seal lines that are spaced apart to define an inflatable middle section, said inflatable middle section confining an air inflatable middle region communicated with said air inflatable regions and assuming a substantially cylindrical shape when said inflatable canopy body is inflated, and a canopy cover confining a second receiving space for receiving said inflatable canopy body therein and formed with a second access opening communicated with said second receiving space such that said inflatable canopy body is insertable into said second receiving space through said second access opening, said canopy cover having two second lateral edges opposite to each other in the longitudinal direction and spaced apart from each other by a second distance, the second distance being greater than the first distance; and a coupling unit for coupling releasably said second lateral edges of said canopy cover to said first lateral edges of said mattress cover such that said inflatable canopy body is bendable along said middle heat-seal line unit when inflated so as to place said inflatable canopy body in a standing position where said middle portion is propped up by said canopy sections to thereby enable said first and second inflatable units to cooperatively define a chamber that has two open ends opposite to each other in the transverse direction, said coupling unit including a plurality of first connecting members provided respectively on said first lateral edges of said mattress cover, and a plurality of second connecting members provided respectively on said second lateral edges of said canopy cover to engage removably and respectively said first connecting members.