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The disclosure and prior art relates to kennel devices and more particularly pertains to a new kennel device for soothing an animal in a kennel.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a kennel that may contain an animal. An enclosure is removably positioned on the kennel to completely surround the kennel. The enclosure is comprised of an opaque material to reduce light entering the kennel thereby soothing the animal in the kennel. A pocket is coupled to the enclosure and the pocket receives a picture. The pocket is comprised of a translucent material to facilitate the picture to be visible.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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An enclosure 22 is provided and the enclosure 22 is removably positioned on the kennel 12 having the enclosure 22 completely surrounding the kennel 12. The enclosure 22 is comprised of a deformable material such as textile or the like. Additionally, the enclosure 22 is comprised of an opaque material to reduce light entering the kennel 12 thereby soothing the animal in the kennel 12. The enclosure 22 has an upper wall 24 and a perimeter wall 26 extending downwardly therefrom. The perimeter wall 26 has a forward side 28, a back side 30, a first lateral side 32, a first surface 34, a second surface 36 and a distal edge 38 with respect to the upper wall 24. The upper wall 24 lies on the top wall 16 of the kennel 12 and the perimeter wall 26 extends downwardly along the outer wall 18 when the enclosure 22 is positioned on the kennel 12.
The upper wall 24 has a first cut 40 extending between the front side 20 and the back side 30 to define a first flap 42 and a second flap 44. The first flap 42 is selectively matable to the second flap 44 to retain the enclosure 22 on the kennel 12. Additionally, the forward side 28 has a second cut 46 extending upwardly from the distal edge 38 of the forward side 28 toward the upper wall 24 to define a first curtain 48 and a second curtain 50. Each of the first 48 and second 50 curtains is selectively drawn apart from each other to expose the front side 20 of the kennel 12. A cushion 52 is provided and the cushion 52 is selectively placed upon the bottom wall 14 of the kennel 12. Thus, the animal may lie on the cushion 52 when the animal is in the kennel. The cushion 52 is comprised of a resiliently compressible material to enhance comfort for the animal.
A pair of ties 54 is provided and each of the ties 54 is coupled to the forward side of the enclosure 22. Each of the ties 54 is aligned with an associated one of the first 48 and second 50 curtains. Moreover, each of the ties 54 is selectively tied around the associated first 48 and second 50 curtain to retain each of the first 48 and second 50 curtains being drawn apart from each other. A valence 56 is coupled to the forward side 28 of the enclosure 22. The valence 56 is horizontally oriented and is aligned with the first and second curtain 50s. In this way the first 48 and second 50 curtains and the valence 56 simulate drapery on a window or the like.
A first mating member 58 is coupled to the first surface 34 of the first flap 42 and the first mating member 58 is aligned with the first cut 40. A second mating member 60 is coupled to the second surface 36 of the second flap 44 and the second mating member 60 is aligned with the first cut 40. The second mating member 60 releasably engages the first mating member 58 to close the first 42 and second 44 flaps. Each of the first 58 and second 60 mating members may comprise a hook and loop fastener or the like. Additionally, each of the first 58 and second 60 mating members may extend around an entire perimeter of the associated first 42 and second 44 flaps.
A pocket 62 is coupled to the enclosure 22 and the pocket 62 may receive a picture 64. The picture 64 may be a photo of the animal in the kennel 12 or any other selected image. The pocket 62 is comprised of a translucent material thereby facilitating the picture 64 to be visible. The pocket 62 has a first panel 65 that is spaced from a second panel 66 and the first panel 65 has a top edge 68. The top edge 68 is open to receive the picture 64 having the picture 64 being positioned between the first 64 and second 66 panels. The second panel 66 is coupled to the first lateral side 32 of the enclosure 22 and indicia 70 are printed on the second panel 66. The indicia 70 comprise words and the words may be “Dream Joy”.
In use, the enclosure 22 is positioned on the kennel 12 and the first mating member 58 is mated to the second mating member 60. In this way the enclosure 22 is retained on the kennel 12 to soothe the animal in the kennel 12 when the animal is comforted by an enclosed space. The first 48 and second 50 curtains are selectively drawn apart to expose the front side 20 of the kennel 12. Each of the ties 54 is selectively tied around the corresponding first 48 and second 50 curtain during day time and the like. Each of the first 48 and second 50 curtains is selectively suspended on the front side 20 of the kennel 12 during night time and the like. Additionally, the picture 64 is positioned in the pocket 62 such that the picture 64 is visible to a user.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, system and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.