Patent ID: 6286461
Filing Date: 2001-09-11
Classification: A01K,A45C,A45F

Abstract:
A portable animal carrier comprising:an enclosure having two ends, an opening for receiving into said enclosure an animal oriented head-to-tail between said ends of said enclosure, opposing sides extending between said ends, and a top extending between said ends above an animal oriented in a generally horizontal upright position within said enclosure; andfirst and second carrier straps having first ends attached to one said side of said enclosure at spaced-apart securement locations and second ends attached to said opposing side of said enclosure at spaced-apart securement locations, wherein said straps are long enough between their respective securement locations to enable said enclosure to be carried either as a backpack using each said strap over a different shoulder of a user of the carrier or as a shoulder tote using both of said straps over one shoulder of the user, with an animal in said enclosure in a generally horizontal upright orientation with one of said sides of said enclosure against the body of the user.