JP2015000738A - Pet carry box - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a pet carry box which is preferable as a pet carriage case and a pet house.SOLUTION: A pet carry box 1 according to the invention includes: a ceiling part 3; a floor part 5; a side wall part 7; a front surface part 9; and a rear surface part 11. The front surface part 9 includes: a door body 31 which may open and close and be attached and detached; and a front surface side holding part 33 which holds the door body 31. A rear surface side holding part 45 which detachably holds the door body 31 removed from the front surface side holding part 33 is provided at the rear surface part 11.

Description

  The present invention relates to a pet carry box for carrying small and medium-sized dogs or pets such as cats and rabbits.

As a pet carry box for carrying animals such as dogs and cats, there is a “foldable pet carry box” disclosed in Patent Document 1, for example.
The “foldable pet carry box” disclosed in Patent Document 1 connects a ceiling portion and a floor portion with a pair of side wall portions that can be folded inward via a bent portion, and the front and rear door bodies. It is attached so that it can swing.
In patent document 1, it is supposed that it can fold compactly by simple operation | movement by employ | adopting said structure.

Japanese Patent No. 4781347

The pet carry box is mainly for housing and transporting pets, but there is a demand for use as a pet house at home and the like.
However, since the foldable pet carry box of Patent Document 1 can open and close the door body but cannot be removed, when using as a house, the door is held by a string or the like while the door is opened. Need to be closed. However, by opening the door, it will occupy as much space as the door, and it will not look good.
Thus, although the thing of patent document 1 has the overwhelmingly long period used as a house rather than transporting a pet, there is a problem that it looks bad and takes a place.

Even if the door is made detachable and used as a house, it is necessary to store the detached door.
However, when the period of use as a house becomes long, there is also a problem that forgetting where the removed door body is stored.
Thus, the conventional pet carry box is not necessarily suitable for sharing as a house.

  The present invention has been made to solve such problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a pet carry box that can be used as a box for transporting pets and is also suitable as a pet house.

(1) A pet carry box according to the present invention is a pet carry box including a ceiling part, a floor part, a side wall part, a front part, and a back part,
The front part has an openable / detachable door body and a front side holding part for holding the door body, and the door body detached from the front side holding part can be attached to and detached from the back part or the ceiling part. The door body holding part to hold | maintain is provided.

(2) Further, in the above (1), the door body holding portion is provided with a recessed surface portion for housing the door body.

(3) Further, in the above (1) or (2), the front side holding part and the door body holding part have the same holding structure for holding the door body. Is.

(4) Further, in the above-described (1) to (3), the front side holding portion is formed of a frame, and the frame is attached to be rotatable inward about the upper side or the lower side, The back surface portion is attached so as to be rotatable inward with the upper side or the lower side as an axis, and the side wall portion is configured to be foldable inward.

In the present invention, the front door is detachable, and the removed door can be detachably held on the back or ceiling door holder. The door body can be removed and the door body can be held on the back surface or the ceiling.
Therefore, it is also suitable for use as a pet house.

  Further, the front side holding portion is composed of a frame body, the frame body is attached to be rotatable inward with the upper side or the lower side as an axis, and the back surface portion is attached to be rotatable inward with the upper side or the lower side as an axis, Since the side wall portion is configured to be foldable inward, the pet carry box can be folded, and the side wall portion is compact when folded. Moreover, since the front-side holding portion that detachably holds the door body on the front portion is configured by the frame body, the frame body prevents the side wall portion from being bent even when the door body is removed when used as a house. Since it functions as a support member, the shape as a house can be maintained while being foldable.

It is a perspective view of the pet carry box concerning one embodiment of the present invention. It is a perspective view of the door attached to the pet carry box concerning one embodiment of the present invention. It is explanatory drawing of the one part internal structure of the door body of FIG. It is a perspective view of the state which removed the door body from the front part of the pet carry box of FIG. It is explanatory drawing about the opening / closing operation | movement of the door body of the pet carry box which concerns on one embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing about rotation of the frame of the front part of the pet carry box which concerns on one embodiment of this invention (the 1). It is explanatory drawing about rotation of the frame of the front part of the pet carry box which concerns on one embodiment of this invention (the 2). It is explanatory drawing of the back part of the pet carry box which concerns on one embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing of the state which attached the door body to the back part of the pet carry box which concerns on one embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing about rotation of the back part of the pet carry box which concerns on one embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing about folding of the side wall part of the pet carry box which concerns on one embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing of the folding state of the pet carry box which concerns on one embodiment of this invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, the pet carry box 1 of the present embodiment includes a substantially rectangular dish-shaped ceiling part 3, a substantially rectangular dish-like floor part 5 similar to the ceiling part 3, and the ceiling part 3 and the floor part. 5, a pair of side wall portions 7, a front surface portion 9, and a back surface portion 11 (see FIG. 9).
The pet carry box 1 is entirely formed in a predetermined cylindrical shape by the ceiling portion 3, the floor portion 5, and the side wall portion 7, and a front portion 9 and a rear portion 11 are provided at openings at both ends of the cylindrical shape. .
The structure of each part will be described in detail.
In the following description, the width direction of the front portion 9 is the left-right direction of the pet carry box 1.

<Ceiling>
Slide pieces 13 for holding the folded state (details will be described later) of the pet carry box 1 are provided at the center of the left and right sides of the ceiling portion 3. The slide piece 13 is a bottomed frame body having a U-shaped cross section having an opening 13a at one end, and is slidable in the longitudinal direction of the pet carry box 1 (see thick arrow in FIG. 1).
A hanging handle 15 is provided on the upper surface of the ceiling portion 3.

<Floor>
A lock piece 17 that engages with the slide piece 13 of the ceiling portion 3 is provided at the center of the outer wall of the floor portion 5. The lock piece 17 is composed of a small piece portion provided along the longitudinal direction, and one end thereof can be inserted into the opening 13 a of the slide piece 13.

<Sidewall>
As shown in FIGS. 1, 4, 8, 9, and the like, the side wall portion 7 includes an upper side wall 7 a and a lower side wall 7 b that are connected via a central bent portion 19.
The upper end portion of the upper side wall 7 a is connected to the lower surfaces of the left and right edge portions of the ceiling portion 3 by the upper bent portion 25. Similarly, the lower end portion of the lower side wall 7 b is connected to the upper surfaces of the left and right edge portions of the floor portion 5 by the lower bent portion 27.
As described above, the side wall portion 7 is configured to be foldable inward by the central bent portion 19, the upper bent portion 25, and the lower bent portion 27. This point will be described later.

<Front part>
The front portion 9 includes a door body 31 that can be opened and closed freely and a front-side holding portion 33 that holds the door body 31.
The door body 31 and the front side holding | maintenance part 33 are demonstrated in detail based on FIGS.

≪Door body≫
As shown in FIG. 2, the door body 31 has a lattice shape having a plurality of line members, and a pair of locking mechanisms 35 are provided on both the left and right sides.
Since the locking mechanism 35 is the same on the left and right, one locking mechanism 35 will be described in detail.
The locking mechanism 35 includes a pair of operation portions 35a disposed vertically opposite to each other, and a locking rod 35b that is vertically disposed and has one end fixed to the operation portion 35a and the other end provided to be able to protrude and retract from the door body 31. A spring 35c (see FIG. 3) disposed between the pair of operation portions 35a and biasing the operation portion 35a; an operation portion cover 35d that forms a storage space for a part of the operation portion 35a, the spring 35c, and the operation portion; A base 35e is provided.
FIG. 3 shows a state where the operation unit cover 35d of FIG. 2 is removed.

The operation unit cover 35d and the operation unit base 35e are disposed in front of and behind the door body 31, and are attached so as to sandwich the door body 31 (see FIG. 2).
The operation unit 35a is provided on the operation unit base 35e so as to be movable up and down, and the operation units 35a are urged so as to be separated in the vertical direction by a spring 35c. In this state, the locking bar 35b is set to such a length that the tip projects from the door body 31 (out state).
If the finger is pushed and shrunk in the direction in which the operation parts 35a are brought close to each other, the tip of the locking bar 35b moves to a position where it can be accommodated in the door body 31 (sunk state).

≪Front side holding part≫
As shown in FIG. 1, the front-side holding unit 33 is made of a rectangular frame, and the door 31 can be attached inside the frame.
The state which removed the door body 31 from the front side holding | maintenance part 33 of FIG. 1 is shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 4, a locking bar 35 b is inserted into the upper side and the lower side of the frame inner peripheral surface of the front side holding portion 33 corresponding to the position of the tip of the locking bar 35 b of the door body 31. One stop hole 33a is provided on each of the left and right sides.
The door body 31 is hold | maintained at the front side holding | maintenance part 33 by inserting each locking rod 35b in the corresponding locking hole 33a. If one locking mechanism 35 is operated in this state to release the locking by the locking bar 35b, the door body 31 is moved around the locking bar 35b of the other locking mechanism 35 as shown in FIG. The door body 31 can be opened and closed.

Moreover, if the latching state of both the latching mechanisms 35 is cancelled | released, the door body 31 can be removed from the front side holding | maintenance part 33. FIG.
At this time, even if the door body 31 is not provided, the front-side holding portion 33 made of a frame functions as a support member that supports the side wall portion 7 so as not to be bent, so that the shape as a pet house can be held.
Moreover, since it is not necessary to hold with a string etc. so that a door may not be closed in the state which opened the door like the conventional product, it looks good as a pet house, and does not take a place.

As shown in FIG. 6, a floor-side hinge portion 37 is provided at the lower end of the front-side holding portion 33, and is attached to the floor portion 5 so as to be pivotable inward about the lower side.
A ceiling side shaft 39 is provided on the upper side of the front side holding portion 33 so as to be slidable in the left-right direction, and the tip of the ceiling side shaft 39 is locked with a ceiling side locking piece 41 provided on the ceiling portion 3. Thus, the rotation of the front side holding portion 33 can be stopped.
The ceiling side shaft 39 can be released from the locked state by sliding the ceiling side operation portion 43 in the direction of the thick arrow in FIG. 4, and when the locked state is released, as shown in FIGS. Moreover, the front side holding | maintenance part 33 can be brought down inside.

<Back side>
Next, the back surface part 11 is demonstrated based on FIGS.
The back surface part 11 consists of a wall as shown in FIG.
The back surface portion 11 is provided with a back surface side holding portion 45 that detachably holds the door body 31 removed from the front surface portion 9. The back side holding | maintenance part 45 is one aspect | mode of the door body holding part of this invention.
The rear-side holding portion 45 is a concave surface portion that is recessed in a rectangular shape that can accommodate the door body 31, and the upper and lower sides of the inner peripheral surface of the concave surface portion have locking bars 35 b of the door body 31. One locking hole 45a into which the locking rod 35b is inserted is provided on each of the left and right sides corresponding to the position of the tip.
Thus, by making the back side holding part 45 into the recessed surface part which can store the door body 31, the door body 31 does not protrude greatly outward, and the door body 31 in the holding state does not get in the way. Also looks great.
Moreover, since the holding structure of the door body 31 in the back side holding part 45 is the same as the holding structure of the front side holding part 33, the attachment / detachment method of the door body 31 to the back side holding part 45 is the front side holding part 33. It is the same as the method of attaching to and detaching from, and is excellent in operability.

  FIG. 9 shows a state in which the door body 31 is attached to the back side holding portion 45. Thus, when using as a pet house, since the detached door body 31 can be held on the back surface portion 11, there is no fear of losing the door body 31 even when used as a pet house for a long period of time.

As shown in FIG. 10, a ceiling-side hinge portion 47 is provided at the upper end of the back surface portion 11, and is attached to the ceiling portion 3 so as to be rotatable inward with the upper side as an axis.
A floor side shaft 49 is slidably provided in the left and right direction on the lower side of the back surface portion 11 like the front side holding portion 33, and the tip of the floor side shaft 49 is provided on the floor portion 5. The back piece 11 can be stopped by engaging with the stop piece 51 (see FIG. 8).
The floor-side shaft 49 can be released from the locked state by sliding the floor-side operation unit 53 in the direction of the thick arrow in FIG. 8, and if the locked state is released, as shown in FIG. The back surface portion 11 can be turned inward.

An example of a method for using the pet carry according to the present embodiment configured as described above will be described together with the operation of the pet carry.
In the state shown in FIG. 1, it can be used as a pet carry. When used as a pet carry, the door body 31 can be rotated about the locking bar 35b of the other locking mechanism 35 if the locking state of only one of the locking mechanisms 35 is released. (See FIG. 5). In this way, the door body 31 is opened and closed.
If both the locking mechanisms 35 are operated and the door body 31 is removed, it can be used as a pet house (see FIG. 4). As shown in FIG. 9, if the detached door body 31 is attached to the rear surface side holding portion 45 of the rear surface portion 11, there is no fear of losing the door body 31.

  When the pet carry box 1 is folded, the ceiling-side operation unit 43 is operated to tilt the front-side holding unit 33 inward (see FIGS. 6 and 7), and the floor-side operation unit 53 is further operated to move the back surface unit 11. Rotate inward (FIG. 10). By carrying out like this, the side wall part 7 can be folded inward by the center bending part 19, the upper side bending part 25, and the lower side bending part 27 (refer FIG. 11). After being completely folded, the slide piece 13 is slid and one end of the lock piece 17 is inserted into the opening 13 a of the slide piece 13. By doing so, the ceiling portion 3 and the floor portion 5 are locked, and the folded state can be maintained.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, the door body 31 of the front portion 9 is made detachable, and the detached door body 31 can be detachably held by the back side holding portion 45 of the back portion 11. Because it does not need to be held with a string or the like so that the door does not close when the door is open like conventional products, it looks good and does not take up space, so it is suitable as a pet house It is.

  Moreover, in this Embodiment, the front side holding | maintenance part 33 and the back surface part 11 are attached so that rotation inside is possible, and the side wall part 7 is comprised so that it can fold toward the inside, pet carry box 1 can be folded compactly.

  Moreover, in the state where the door body 31 is not attached to the front portion 9, the front side holding portion 33 made of a frame functions as a support member that supports the side wall portion 7 so as not to be bent. The shape can be maintained.

  In the above description, the example in which the back side holding portion 45 is provided on the back surface portion 11 as the door body holding portion for holding the detached door body 31 is shown, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the door body You may provide a holding | maintenance part in the ceiling part 3. FIG. Even when the door body holding portion is provided on the ceiling portion 3, it is preferable to provide the recessed surface portion similarly to the back side holding portion 45. In addition, when the door body holding portion is provided on the ceiling portion 3, it is preferable that the holding structure of the door body 31 is the same holding structure as the front side holding portion 33.

  In the above description, an example (see FIG. 6) is shown in which the front side holding portion 33 is rotatably attached with the lower side as an axis, but it may be attached rotatably with the upper side as an axis. Similarly, in the above description, the back surface portion 11 is shown as being pivotably mounted with the upper side as an axis (see FIG. 10).

Further, in the above description, an example in which the holding structure of the back side holding part 45 holding the door body 31 and the holding structure of the front side holding part 33 are the same structure has been shown, but for example, the holding structure in the back side holding part 45 May have a structure different from the front side holding structure. However, when the holding structure is the same, the method of attaching and detaching is the same, so the handling is simple.
Further, in the above description, the back surface portion 11 is a wall body, but similarly to the front surface portion 9, a frame body and a door body 31 may be provided so that the back surface portion 11 can be opened and closed.
Moreover, although the pet carry box 1 demonstrated the thing of the folding structure, the folding structure is not essential.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Pet carry box 3 Ceiling part 5 Floor part 7 Side wall part 7a Upper side wall 7b Lower side wall 9 Front part 11 Back part 13 Slide piece 13a Opening part 15 Handle 17 Lock piece 19 Central folding part 25 Upper folding part 27 Lower folding part Curved portion 31 Door body 33 Front side holding portion 33a Locking hole 35 Locking mechanism 35a Operation portion 35b Locking rod 35c Spring 35d Operation portion cover 35e Operation portion base 37 Ceiling side hinge portion 39 Ceiling side shaft 41 Ceiling side locking piece 43 Ceiling side operation part 45 Back side holding part 45a Locking hole 47 Floor side hinge part 49 Floor side shaft 51 Floor side locking piece 53 Floor side operation part

Claims (4)

A pet carry box having a ceiling part, a floor part, a side wall part, a front part, and a back part,
The front part has an openable / detachable door body and a front side holding part for holding the door body, and the door body detached from the front side holding part can be attached to and detached from the back part or the ceiling part. A pet carry box, characterized in that a door body holding part is provided.   The pet carry box according to claim 1, wherein the door body holding portion is provided with a recessed surface portion for housing the door body.   The pet carry box according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the front side holding part and the door body holding part have the same holding structure for holding the door body.   The front-side holding part is composed of a frame body, the frame body is attached to be rotatable inward with an upper side or a lower side as an axis, and the back part is attached to be rotatable inward with an upper side or a lower side as an axis, The pet carry box according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the side wall portion is configured to be foldable inward.

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