US 12,439,886 B2
Pet carrier
David Veness, Fort Worth, TX (US); Michael Harper, Fort Worth, TX (US); Karl Boehringer, Grapevine, TX (US); Ryan Paxson, Elk Rapids, MI (US); and Linh Huynh, Arlington, TX (US)
Assigned to Doskocil Manufacturing Company, Inc., Arlington, TX (US)
Filed by Doskocil Manufacturing Company, Inc., Arlington, TX (US)
Filed on Mar. 21, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/124,422.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/322,564, filed on Mar. 22, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0301269 A1, Sep. 28, 2023
Int. Cl. A01K 1/02 (2006.01)
CPC A01K 1/0245 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A carrier comprising:
a body with a rounded bottom portion and a rounded top portion and an opening in the top portion, the bottom portion defining an overall substantially flat surface, the bottom portion extending between the substantially flat surface and an edge, the opening being an only opening sized and configured to enable an animal to enter or exit the body and enables the animal to enter or exit the body in a vertical manner when the bottom portion is placed on a surface, the bottom portion having a plurality of substantially upwardly extending protrusions with gaps defined between corresponding ones of the upwardly extending protrusions, the substantially upwardly extending protrusions extending from the edge of the bottom portion, the top portion having a plurality of spaced apart recessed areas configured to align with the gaps of the bottom portion, the opening in the top portion defining a plurality of latch receiving openings; and
a cover assembly sized and configured to fit within the opening of the top portion, the cover assembly defining a first pair of openings at a first side and a second pair of openings at a second side opposite the first side, the cover assembly including a first latching mechanism configured to be accessed from the first pair of openings and a second latching mechanism configured to be accessed from the second pair of openings, the first and second latching mechanisms each configured to act as both a hinge and a latch mechanism, the first and second latching mechanisms selectively received at least partially in the latch receiving openings, and at least a portion of each of the first and the second latching mechanisms extending substantially horizontally.