Patent ID: 6978736

Claim:
A dog kennel for use with a truck cap mounted atop a pickup truck bed having a pair of opposed side rails, said dog kennel comprising: a first floor panel connected to a second floor panel for pivotal movement relative thereto, said first and second floor panels being movable between a planar extended configuration and a folded storage configuration; a first side support bracket attached to a free end of said first floor panel and a second side support bracket attached to a free end of said second floor panel for supporting said first and second floor panels, respectively, atop the side rails of the truck when said first and second floor panels are at said extended configuration; a center floor panel situated intermediate said first and second floor panels for displacing said first and second floor panels from one another and defining a horizontal axis, said first and second floor panels being pivotally coupled to said center floor panel and movable about said horizontal axis; a center front panel connected to said center floor panel and extending upwardly therefrom so as to define a vertical axis; and first and second front panels pivotally coupled to said center front panel for separately operable movement about said vertical axis between front panel extended and storage configurations.