Improvements in Portable Kennels, Hutches, or the like, and Pens or Yards in combination therewith, for Animals or Birds.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 1st June, 1893-Accepted, 8th July, 1893
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Portable Kennels, Hutches, or the like, and Pens
or Yards in combination therewith, for Animals or Birds.
I, FREDERICK PARKES of 5 Bramble Street in the Town and County of Derby,
Medical Electrician, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement:-
The object of my invention is to provide one or more portable kennels or hutches
having a pen or yard attached thereto; the various parts of which may be readily
detached one from the other in a simple manuer so that the whole may be taken to
pieces or re-erected in a few minutes without damage to the said various parts.
Referring to the sheets of drawings accompanying this Specification and to the
figures and letters of reference marked thereon:-
Figure 1 is a plan of one of my improved arrangements of kennels, hutches, &c.
Figure 2 is a side elevation of same, part of the side being shewn broken away to
illustrate the interior construction.
Figure 3 is a cross section on line 'a' 'a' of Figure 1.
In carrying out my invention I construct firstly two side frameworks consisting
of uprights A A¹ and horizontal pieces B, B', a perforated or grooved and tongued
or other suitable floor fitting between them and resting upon cross bars Z
dowelled or tenoned into the side framework or upon rods D which also serve to
hold the side framework together being provided with nuts and washers at the ends:
the horizontal pieces B B₁ may be extended at each end and formed into knobs or
handles E, or separate handles or knobs may be formed and fixed thereon.
I provide a division F to fit up against the beads or strips G fixed on the uprights,
this division cuts off the kennels or hutches H and I from the yard J the latter
having detachable sides K, K' and end L of wirework or the like in one of which I
may form a sliding or hinged door or gate; I may also in the case of birds provide
a cover of wire gauze or the like for the top.
The kennels or hutches H and I are provided with a detachable back M and
sides N, N¹ the two latter sliding in the grooves formed by the strips O O¹ the
division P between the two kennels or hutches H and I also sliding between two
strips and R. In the division F I provide two holes such as S, S₁ as a means of
communication between the kennels or hutches and pen or yard and in the inside of
the former I provide screens such as T T' fitting into slots formed in strips U, U¹
and into slides V, V₁ on the division P. The sides N, N¹ are formed in two pieces
the smaller and upper of which N' may be removed if desired for the purpose of
ventilation as may also the whole or part of the top about to be described.
Fitting between and dowelled or tenoned into the uprights A, A' at the angles of
the kennels or hutches I arrange frameworks W, W₁over which fits the top X
the sloping pieces Y, Y¹ being first placed in position, they being cut out to fit
over the uprights. I may also provide tie rods D' for still further securing the
framework together.
It is evident that I may vary the details of my invention to suit different
requirements, for instance I may subdivide the outer pens cr yards in any
convenient manner and may have any number of kennels, hutches or the like at the
other end, and I may let the floor fit upon strips or studs on the horizontal
members of the framework instead of upon cross bars Z or the rods D, and I may
if desired place the whole upon wheels, rollers or castors for the more convenient
removal of same from one place to another.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is
The improved construction of portable kennels, hutches or the like and pens or
yards in combination therewith for animals or birds, consisting of the various
detachable parts substantially as described herein and illustrated by the accom-
panying sheet of drawings.
W. SWINDELL,
Agent for the Applicant.