Patent ID: 8490579

Claim:
An at least partially open sided outdoor animal shelter structure, said structure comprising (a) a floor to support animals, said floor including apertures therethrough allowing animal waste matter to pass through the floor, (b) a basement below said floor for collecting said waste matter, (c) floor supports to support said floor above said basement, (d) side supports, (e) a water impervious canopy supported by said side supports, said canopy being supported above at least part of said floor, said canopy having an apex, said canopy allowing at least some light to pass therethrough, (f) at least one air flow controller to control ambient environmental conditions air flow in the area below said canopy, said air flow controller including a louvre board and said canopy, and extending outwardly and downwardly along one or more sides of the structure to direct air flow incoming to the area below the canopy along at least part of an underside of the canopy, said air flow controller including at least one closable opening in the canopy, said closable opening being positioned along at least part of the apex of said canopy, the closable opening being closable by a panel that is pivotally supported to move relative said canopy between a position closing said opening and a position to allow airflow through said opening, the floor being supported above the basement and the floor including a plurality of apertures to allow waste matter to drop through the floor and into the basement, the floor being elevated above at least some ground adjacent to where the structure is positioned to define an opening via which part of any appropriately directed ambient environmental conditions airflow incident on the structure to pass into the basement, on at least one side of the structure, the basement including an opening directly exposed to ambient atmospheric conditions to allow part of any appropriately directed ambient environmental conditions airflow to enter the basement.