US 12,408,624 B2
Folding unit structure and pet house
Yi Liu, Guangzhou (CN)
Assigned to SMART PETS HOME INC, Lakewood, CO (US)
Filed by SMART PETS HOME INC, Lakewood, CO (US)
Filed on Nov. 1, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/935,395.
Claims priority of application No. 202411342957.4 (CN), filed on Sep. 25, 2024.
Prior Publication US 2025/0057110 A1, Feb. 20, 2025
Int. Cl. A01K 1/03 (2006.01)
CPC A01K 1/033 (2013.01) 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A folding unit structure, comprising at least one supporting frame and at least one folding frame, wherein
the supporting frame is of a through structure, and the folding frame is arranged on at least one side of the supporting frame; the supporting frame is made of an aluminum alloy profile;
the folding frame comprises a plurality of rims and baffle plates; the rims are hinged to the supporting frame; the baffle plates are detachably mounted in the rims; each rim is made of a strip-shaped aluminum profile, and each baffle plate is made of a plate-shaped aluminum profile;
after being folded, the plurality of rims abut against the supporting frame, or the rims abut against each other, so that the supporting frame and the folding frame form a rectangle structure as a whole;
after being unfolded, the plurality of rims define a cross section with the same area as an area of the supporting frame; and the cross section is configured to connect to another folding unit structure when the folding frame is extended;
wherein the supporting frame comprises two parallel side plates and two parallel connecting plates; each of two ends of the connecting plates presses one of the side plates to form a rectangular frame structure; and
the two side plates and the two connecting plates are both hinged with the rims;
wherein each rim hinged to each of the side plates comprises two parallel longitudinal beams and two parallel cross beams to form a rectangular frame structure;
one of the longitudinal beams is hinged to the side plate, and has a same length as the side plate;
each of two ends of each of the cross beams presses one longitudinal beam; a sum of a length of the cross beam and thicknesses of the two longitudinal beams is a half of a length of each of the connecting plates; and
the baffle plates are arranged between the two longitudinal beams and the two cross beams;
wherein each rim hinged to each of the connecting plates comprises two parallel connecting beams; the two connecting beams are connected through the baffle plates; the connecting beams and the connecting plates have same lengths; and
a distance between opposing outer edges of the two connecting beams is a half of the length of each side plate;
wherein a cross section of each connecting beam is of a square structure, and a cross section of each connecting plate is of a rectangular structure; and
a sum of a thickness of one connecting beam and a width of each connecting plate is equal to a width of each side plate; or, a sum of thicknesses of the two connecting beams and a width of each connecting plate is equal to a width of each side plate.