US 12,465,012 B2
Pet crate insert
Curtis Taylor, Chagrin Falls, OH (US); and Matthew Hanson, Chagrin Falls, OH (US)
Assigned to CHAGRINOVATIONS, LLC, Rocky River, OH (US)
Filed by CHAGRINOVATIONS, LLC, Naples, FL (US)
Filed on Feb. 14, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/275,874.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/635,811, filed on Feb. 27, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2019/0261594 A1, Aug. 29, 2019
Int. Cl. A01K 1/015 (2006.01); A01K 5/01 (2006.01); A01K 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC A01K 1/0157 (2013.01) [A01K 5/0135 (2013.01); A01K 7/005 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for inserting a liner into a pet crate comprising:
providing a pet crate; said pet crate including a crate base having a top surface and crate side walls extending upwardly from said crate base;
providing a liner; said liner including a floor portion, a liner side wall extending upwardly from said floor portion, and a removable and bendable adjustment section that is connected to or interconnected to a top of said liner side wall; said removable and bendable adjustment section extending outwardly from said liner side wall along a height of said removable and bendable adjustment section; said removable and bendable adjustment section positioned about only a portion of a perimeter of said liner; said removable and bendable adjustment section includes a) a plurality of cut-to-size sections, and b) a bending structure positioned between each adjacently positioned cut-to-size section; at least two of said cut-to-size sections having a same width, thickness and cross-sectional shape; said bending structure configured to facilitate in removability and bendability of one or more of said said cut-to-size sections; said bending structure including one or more separation structures selected from the group consisting of a groove, a slot and a serration;
inserting said liner into said pet crate such that a bottom surface of said floor portion of said liner contacts said top surface of said crate base; and,
removing a portion of said removable and bendable adjustment section from said liner at said separation structure to remove a portion of said removable and bendable adjustment section so as to reduce a maximum size of an outer perimeter of said liner such that said bottom surface of said floor portion of said liner remains in contact with said top surface of said crate base; and
wherein said liner side wall remains connected to said floor portion after said portion of said removable and bendable adjustment section is removed from said liner.