Patent ID: 7681524

Claim:
A recreational pet apparatus comprising a framework formed of a plurality of pipes joined together by pipe joints, said frame having a first taller portion and a second shorter portion, said shorter portion being greater than one-half the height of said taller portion, which combined portions are comprised of left, center and right spaced front and rear pipe columns, the front and rear pipe columns including at their upper and lower termini first pipe joints, which first pipe joints are connected to lateral pipe members and pads designed to serve as sleeping platforms disposed upon the first and second portions, the elevation of the right front and right rear columns being less than the elevation of the center and left pipe columns, the center front and center rear pipe columns having a first intermediate pipe joint disposed in line in both the front and rear columns, at an elevation equal to the elevation of the right front and rear columns' first upper pipe joints, wherein the first pipe joints of the front and rear left and right columns are also connected to similar length transverse pipes and the intermediate pipe joints on the front and rear center columns are also connected by a lateral member, and further wherein the lateral pipes connecting the left and center columns at the top thereof are parallel to the lateral pipes connecting the bottoms thereof, and the transverse pipes connecting the first intermediate pipe joints of the center columns to the tops of the front and rear right columns are parallel to the transverse pipes at the bottom of the center and right columns, and additionally further wherein one of the pairs of parallel pipes at the bottom of each column are pre-filled with ballast prior to connection to their respective pipe joints to enhance the stability of the apparatus.