Animal husbandry – Confining or housing – Animal display or open work enclosure
Reexamination Certificate
1999-05-10
2001-02-06
Carone, Michael J. (Department: 3643)
Animal husbandry
Confining or housing
Animal display or open work enclosure
C119S497000, CD30S109000, CD30S114000, CD30S119000, CD30S120000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06182611
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a container for carrying pets.
The container is particularly adapted for small, medium and large pets.
It is known that it is often necessary to carry pets, for example to take them to a veterinarian or when going on vacation or in any case moving to a place other than one's usual residence.
In order to carry pets so as to prevent them from suffering while preventing their escape, with the danger of injury to the pets and to other parties, containers have been conceived constituted by a structurally rather tough hollow body which is spacious enough to contain the pets, has a closeable access, and is provided with at least one opening (although more than one is usually provided) blocked by grilles which are either obtained monolithically from the container or which are applied in a subsequent step.
This type of container, although functionally achieving its intended tasks, currently has structural drawbacks and some inconveniences in operation.
In particular, from the constructive point of view, some components, such as the grilles applied to the openings, require labor-intensive assembly and fixing procedures which are not entirely efficient from the point of view of production.
Some components of conventional containers furthermore force the user to perform particularly complicated and labor-intensive operations.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The aim of the present invention is to provide a container for carrying pets which solves the above problems of conventional containers, particularly by being provided with components which allow to achieve savings in terms of production cycle, with a corresponding cost reduction for an equal level of resulting quality and functionality.
In relation to this aim, an important object of the present invention is to provide a container which has components organized so as to make it easier and faster to perform the operations assigned to the user, such as for example introducing and removing the pet and closing or locking components designed to prevent the escape of said pet.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a container which can be manufactured at competitive costs with respect to conventional containers and whose structure can be adapted to different pets.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a container which allows to provide a microenvironment inside it which is particularly comfortable and adapted for carrying animals without making them suffer.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a container which is simple and easy to carry and for which transfer from various transportation means is also facilitated.
This aim, these objects and others which will become apparent hereinafter are achieved by a container for carrying pets, comprising a hollow body with a closeable access provided with at least one opening which is blocked by a grille, characterized in that said grille is fixed to a rim of said at least one opening by means of rivets, said body being shaped, at the opening, so as to form a perimetric fold for peripherally supporting by abutment said grille, said perimetric fold being provided with a plurality of holes for the insertion and retention of said rivets.
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Beitey Daniel J.
Carone Michael J.
Josif Albert
Marchioro S.p.A. Stampaggio Materie Plastische
Modiano Guido
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