US 12,219,922 B2
Pet bed platform with air filtration system
Henry Bennie Marshall, III, McClellanville, SC (US)
Filed by Henry Bennie Marshall, III, McClellanville, SC (US)
Filed on May 23, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/750,725.
Application 17/750,725 is a continuation of application No. 16/264,948, filed on Feb. 1, 2019, granted, now 11,357,209.
Prior Publication US 2022/0279751 A1, Sep. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. A01K 1/035 (2006.01); B01D 46/00 (2022.01); B01D 46/12 (2022.01)
CPC A01K 1/035 (2013.01) [B01D 46/0038 (2013.01); B01D 46/0045 (2013.01); B01D 46/12 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A pet bed platform comprising:
a base platform;
a plurality of platform legs mounted to said base platform for raising said base platform;
a bedding tray carried by said base platform;
a plurality of tray legs mounted to said bedding tray raising said bedding tray above said base platform to define an air channel between said base platform and said bedding tray;
an air suction gap defined between a perimeter wall surrounding said bedding tray and a perimeter side surface of said bedding tray, wherein said air suction gap extends around an entire perimeter of said bedding tray;
airflow openings included in said bedding tray allowing air to pass through said bedding tray and be drawn downward into said air channel below said bedding tray;
a blower unit carried on a bottom side of said base platform drawing air downward through said bedding tray and said air suction gap into said air channel;
wherein said air suction gap channels air downward from around said entire perimeter of said bedding tray and into said air channel underneath said bedding tray so that debris is drawn down around the sides of said bedding tray.