Improvements in Dog-kennels.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 26th Sept., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 24th Nov., 1893-Accepted, 30th Dec., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Dog-kennels.
I, PETER BROWN of Worth, Crawley, in the County of Sussex, Post Master,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
:-
My invention has for its object to construct dog-kennels in such manner that
they may be readily and thoroughly cleaned and consequently kept in a better
sanitary condition than is the case with kennels as at present made.
According to my invention the kennel is made in two readily separable
portions viz.: a top or hood comprising the sides, ends, and roof of the usual
configuration, and a base board, the two portions being secured together in such
manner that, while they will not be liable to become accidentally detached or
the upper part dislodged by the movements of the animal or otherwise, they
may nevertheless be readily separated so as to expose the base board and the
interior of the top portion and permit of the whole internal surface of the kennel
being cleansed.
The two portions may be hinged together either at the sides
or ends so as to allow of the top being canted on the base board and provided
with catches or other fastenings. The base board would preferably be made in
one with a frame or cross-pieces serving as feet to raise the board from the
surface of the ground and it would fit within the open bottom of the upper part
of the kennel. When the two portions of the kennel are not hinged together
the upper part would have to be made of a weight sufficient to hold the two
together and guard against accidental displacement of the upper portion.
A further advantage of my invention is the ease with which a disobedient dog
may be turned out of his kennel, as it is only necessary to release the fastenings,
if any are employed, and rock the top portion in order to uncover the base board
and enable the animal to be got at.
Dated this 26th day of Santember 1802
By A. M. & Wm. Clark,
53, Chancery Lane, London, Chartered Patent Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Dog-kennels.
I, PETER BROWN of Worth, Crawley, in the County of Sussex, Post Master,
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:
My invention has for its object to construct dog-kennels in such manner that
they may be more readily and thoroughly cleaned and consequently kept in a
better sanitary condition than kennels as at present made.
According to my invention the body portion of the kennel is made readily
separable from the base or floor portion the two portions being so fitted or secured
together that while the body portion will not be liable to become accidentally
dislodged by the movements of the animal or otherwise it may nevertheless be
readily raised or wholly removed from the base so as to expose the floor and the
interior of the body portion and thereby admit of the whole internal surface of
the kennel being easily cleansed.
The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings which represent
perspective views, shewing in Figure 1 the kennel as arranged for use and in

page_text: Figure 2 the body portion of the kennel as partly raised from the base or floor
portion.
The body portion A of the kennel, comprising the sides ends and roof, is made
in the usual way except that it is not fixed to the base or floor portion B but is
provided with a downwardly projecting plinth a around the lower edge of the sides
and ends of the body portion adapted to fit over and make a rebated joint with the
floor B, upon which the sides and ends rest. The joint between the body and floor
may, however, be otherwise made, it being only necessary to avoid any upward
projection from the surface of the floor which would obstruct the sweeping off of
dirt. The floor B is made in one with an under frame or cross-pieces b serving to
raise the floor from the ground and afford sufficient ventilation beneath the floor to
keep it dry. The body portion A may thus simply fit upon the floor or base
portion without other connection if made heavy enough to avoid liability of being
accidentally dislodged or capsized, and under these circumstances the body portion
may be tilted up upon either side or end as a hinge, as may be most convenient
according to the situation of the kennel, and the body portion may be stood up on
end, or be wholly removed from the base to enable access to be had both to the
body and base for cleaning purposes. Or the body portion A may be hinged to
the floor portion B by hinges at one end or side and the hinges may be of any
ordinary separable kind permitting of their ready disconnection either, for instance,
by the withdrawal of the hinge pins or by the one member of the hinge being
separable by sliding or by unhooking from the pin fixed in the other member of
the hinge as used for various other purposes, and these hinges if used may be at
one side or one end, as may be most convenient, whilst any suitable form of bolt or
catch fastening may be provided at the opposite side or end, if found necessary, as
will be readily understood.
An incidental advantage of my invention is the ease with which a disobedient
dog may be turned out of the kennel, it being only necessary to tilt up the body
portion and so uncover the base board in order to enable the animal to be got at.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
:-
The construction of a dog-kennel of two separable portions, viz.: the body
portion and the base or floor portion, fitting the one on the other as described,
so as to enable the body portion to be lifted off or tilted up, as on a hinge, in
order to expose the floor, as and for the purpose specified.
Dated this 2nd
2nd day of November 1902.
By A. M. & Wm. Clark,
P. BROWN,
53, Chancery Lane, London, Chartered Patent Agents.