Jay P Meissner

US Patent:

D3572048, Apr 11, 1995

Filed:

Apr 26, 1994

Appl. No.:

D/021958

Inventors:

Jay P. Meissner - Powder Springs GA

US Classification:

D10109

US Patent:

54858054, Jan 23, 1996

Filed:

Jan 14, 1994

Appl. No.:

8/180971

Inventors:

Jay P. Meissner - Powder Springs GA

International Classification:

A01K 3100

US Classification:

119 17

Abstract:

A cover for a portable pet carrier which can be utilized to convert the carrier into an outdoor shelter. When mounted for use on the carrier, portions of the cover overlay ventilation openings formed in the carrier which, in the absence of the cover, rain could enter. These portions define a pair of laterally protruding awnings which, while they keep out rainwater, allow air to circulate freely through the ventilation openings. In addition, a hood extends longitudinally from one end of the cover and serves to shield an entrance to the carrier from rain and the like while allowing an animal unobstructed ingress and egress through the entrance. In general, exterior surfaces of the cover are sloped so as to cause rainwater to run off of the cover rather than to accumulate on it. To facilitate shipping the carrier with the cover mounted thereon, the cover is sized so that its greatest transverse width does not exceed that of the carrier. Moreover, the overall height of the cover in combination with the carrier is only slightly greater than the height of the carrier by itself, the height of the combination being increased generally only by the thickness of the material from which the cover is fabricated.