Patent ID: 8746179

Claim:
A pet enclosure comprising: an expandable cover that comprises a roof, a floor opposite the roof, and a plurality of sides connecting the roof to the floor, wherein the plurality of sides includes a first side and a second side opposite the first side; and a collapsible support frame that comprises: a first truss adjacent the first side of the cover; a second truss adjacent the second side of the cover; and a support member extending from the first truss to the second truss, the first truss and the second truss being pivotable relative to the support member toward one another into a collapsed configuration of the support frame and away from one another into an uncollapsed configuration of the support frame, wherein pivoting the trusses from the collapsed configuration into the uncollapsed configuration rearranges the cover from an unexpanded arrangement of the cover into an expanded arrangement of the cover, the cover in the expanded arrangement defining an interior compartment for housing a pet.