US 12,144,317 B2
Collapsible pet travel crate
Pan Zhen, Shenzhen Guangdong (CN); and Amanda Sweetnam, Beaverdam, VA (US)
Assigned to Radio Systems Corporation, Knoxville, TN (US)
Filed by Radio Systems Corporation, Knoxville, TN (US)
Filed on Feb. 24, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/679,697.
Prior Publication US 2023/0263128 A1, Aug. 24, 2023
Int. Cl. A01K 1/02 (2006.01); A01K 1/015 (2006.01)
CPC A01K 1/0272 (2013.01) [A01K 1/0157 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A collapsible pet travel crate configured to be mounted upon a car seat having a flexible seat belt, the collapsible pet travel crate comprising:
an internal frame having a first unitary side frame portion and a second unitary side frame portion laterally spaced from the first unitary side frame portion, the first unitary side frame portion having an upright first rear portion positioned at a rearward end of the crate, the second unitary side frame portion having an upright second rear portion positioned at a rearward end of the crate, wherein the internal frame may be collapsed in a lateral direction to move the first unitary side frame portion and the second unitary side frame portion towards and away from each other to laterally collapse the internal frame, and
a housing covering the internal frame, the housing having a first seatbelt slot positioned adjacent the first rear portion of the first unitary side frame portion, the housing also having a second seatbelt slot positioned adjacent the second rear portion of the second unitary side frame portion, the first seatbelt slot and the second seatbelt slot being positioned to allow a car seat belt to pass through the first seatbelt slot to the second seatbelt slot while also being positioned across an external forwardmost facing surface of the first rear portion and an external forwardmost facing surface of the second rear portion.