Patent ID: 7469660

Claim:
A portable animal shelter for providing cats a sleeping and playing area isolated from human contact, said portable animal shelter comprising: a planar base member having at least one spherical notch formed therein, said notch extending downwardly from a top surface and terminating above a bottom surface thereof; at least one saucer removably seated within said at least one spherical notch in such a manner that a top lip of said at least one saucer remains exposed above said top surface of said planar base member for blocking a planar travel path thereover; a first housing directly connected to said planar base member and having an open front face positioned along a longitudinal side of said planar base member; a cylindrical support shaft directly conjoined to said first housing and extending laterally outward therefrom; a plurality of novelty mobiles tethered to said cylindrical support shaft and elevated above said planar base member; a vertically oriented cylindrical scratch pole directly coupled to said planar base member; and a pillow removably seated within said first housing; wherein said scratch pole is spaced from said cylindrical support shaft for allowing a cat to freely rotate said mobiles about said cylindrical support shaft without contacting said scratch pole; wherein said first housing has a plurality of monolithically formed walls traveling along mutually exclusive planes and thereby defining a suitably sized and shaped cavity therebetween for housing the cats, said cavity extending upwardly from said top surface of said base member and terminating at a top one of said walls such that the cats are permitted to enter the cavity and rest on said pillow while being situated between said walls respectively.