JP2019170252A - Pet circle and door unit - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a pet circle that facilitates cleaning an inner space for putting a pet, and a door unit preferably included in this pet circle.SOLUTION: A door unit 3 includes: a pair of hinged doors 31, 32 for opening and closing an opening surface 15 in a double hinged door-type manner; and a sliding door 33 being opened and closed in any one hinged door 31 of the pair of hinged doors 31, 32. A pet circle is provided with an adjacent living space 21 and a toilet space 22 in an inner space 2 surrounded by a front face, a rear face and left/right side faces. In the pet circle, the front face or the top face of the inner space 2 includes a door unit 3. The door unit 3 is included in a frame-like front frame 11.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a pet circle having an internal space for storing pets such as dogs and cats, and a door unit suitably provided in the pet circle, and in particular, a pet that partitions the interior space into a living space and a toilet space. It is related with a circle and a door unit.

  There are various pet circles that allow pets such as dogs and cats to be kept in an indoor living room. For example, Patent Literature 1 describes a pet circle provided such that a large living space and a narrow toilet space are adjacent to each other.

  The pet circle includes a peripheral wall panel that provides an internal space, a partition panel that partitions the internal space into a living space and a toilet space, and a top panel that covers the upper surface of the internal space. The floor of the living space is assumed to be toweling or carpeting. Plastic or metal trays are installed in the toilet space. In addition, the pet circle generally has a door attached to a front panel.

JP 2003-23904 A

  The circle for pets described in Patent Document 1 can clean the tray by pulling out the tray installed in the toilet space. And, this pet circle has an internal space covered with a top panel. Therefore, this pet circle is difficult to clean not only in the tray but also in the toilet space pace and in the living space.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a pet circle that can easily clean an internal space in which a pet is placed, and a door unit that is suitably provided in the pet circle.

The door unit of one aspect of the present invention is
A pair of hinged doors that open and close the opening surface in a double-split manner, and a sliding door that opens and closes in one of the pair of hinged doors.

The pet circle of one embodiment of the present invention is
A pet circle having an adjacent living space and toilet space in an internal space surrounded by the front, back and left and right sides,
The front surface or the upper surface of the internal space includes the door unit of the present invention.

In the pet circle of one aspect of the present invention,
The front surface or the upper surface may be provided with a frame having a stopper against which the closed door is contacted so that the open door does not enter the internal space.
In this case, each of the hinged doors may include hinged door-side locking means having a slide member with a hook that contacts or comes off the frame.

In the pet circle of one aspect of the present invention,
The sliding door may include a sliding door side lock unit having a slide member with a hook that is attached to and detached from the one hinged door.

In the pet circle of one aspect of the present invention,
You may provide the partition panel which partitions the said interior space into the said living space and the said toilet space.
In this case, the partition panel may include a partition door that opens and closes.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the door unit suitably equipped with the circle for pets which made it easy to clean the internal space which puts a pet, and this pet circle can be provided.

It is a perspective view which shows one Embodiment of the circle for pets concerning this invention. It is a perspective view which shows one Embodiment of the door unit with which the front of the circle for pets concerning this invention was equipped, Comprising: One perspective door is opened, The perspective view which shows the state in which the other hinged door and the sliding door are closed It is. It is a perspective view which shows one Embodiment of the front of the door unit with which the front of the circle for pets concerning this invention was equipped, Comprising: It is an exploded perspective view which shows the state in which both hinged doors are closed and the sliding door is opened. is there. It is a perspective view which shows one Embodiment of the front of the door unit with which the front of the circle for pets concerning this invention was equipped, Comprising: It is a perspective view which shows the state which both the hinged doors open and the sliding door is closing. . It is a perspective view which shows other embodiment of the circle for pets concerning this invention. It is a perspective view which shows other embodiment of the circle for pets concerning this invention, Comprising: It is a perspective view which shows the state in which one hinged door is opened and the other hinged door and the sliding door are closed.

  An embodiment of a pet circle and door unit according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of a pet circle according to the present invention. 2 to 4 are perspective views showing an embodiment of a door unit provided in front of the pet circle according to the present invention.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the pet circle includes an internal space 2 surrounded by a peripheral wall panel 1 having a front surface, a back surface, and left and right side surfaces. In the internal space 2, a wider living space 21 and a narrow toilet space 22 are provided adjacent to each other. In the illustrated internal space 2, the living space 21 is arranged on the right side when viewed from the front, and the toilet space 22 is arranged on the left side. However, the toilet space 22 is arranged on the right side when viewed from the front, and the living space 21 is located on the left side. May be arranged. The peripheral wall panel 1 includes a front frame 11, a back panel 12, and left and right side panels 13 and 14.

  As shown in FIG. 2 to FIG. 4, the front frame 11 has a frame shape in which an opening surface 15 is provided. The front frame 11 includes a set of two wire rods (numbered wires) 5 in a standing posture and a horizontal posture, and connecting shafts 5 a protruding from the upper and lower wire rods 5 in the horizontal posture.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the back panel 12, the right side panel 13, and the left side panel 14 are composed of a large number of wires 5 arranged in a standing posture, and wires arranged in an upper, middle, and lower position in a horizontal posture. 5 and a bowl shape. The back panel 12 also includes a connecting shaft (not shown) that protrudes up and down from the upper and lower wires 5 in a horizontal posture.

  A door unit 3 is attached to the front frame 11. The door unit 3 includes a pair of hinged doors 31 and 32 that open and close the opening surface 15 in a double door manner, and a sliding door 33 that opens and closes in one of the pair of hinged doors 31 and 32. Each of the hinged doors 31 and 32 and the sliding door 33 includes a frame-like wire rod 5 and a wire rod 5 in an upright posture that is stretched over the upper and lower wire rods 5.

  One hinged door (hereinafter also referred to as “large hinged door”) 31 opens and closes the front surface of the living space 21. As shown in FIG. 3, the large hinged door 31 is provided with an entrance 34 into the living space 21. The entrance 34 is provided on the center side in the internal space 2. This doorway 34 is opened and closed by a sliding door 33. The entrance / exit 34 and the sliding door 33 are approximately the same size and are about half the size of the large hinged door 31. The other hinged door (hereinafter also referred to as “small hinged door”) 32 opens and closes the front surface of the toilet space 22. The small hinged door 32 and the sliding door 33 are arranged next to each other.

  The outer ends of the horizontal wires 5 of the hinged doors 31 and 32 are bent back so as to wind the wires 5 in the standing posture at both ends of the front frame 11. Each hinged door 31, 32 opens and closes around the wire 5 in a standing posture on both sides of the front frame 11. The hinged doors 31 and 32 that are closed are prevented from entering the living space 21 or the toilet space 22 by the horizontal wire 5 on the lower side of the front frame 11 serving as a stopper 11s.

  Each of the hinged doors 31 and 32 includes hinged door side lock means 311 and 321 on the distal end side. The hinged door side lock means 311 and 321 are provided with slide members 311a and 321a and operation units 311b and 321b. The slide member is composed of a set of two wires 5 in a standing posture, and has a hook-like hook portion (not numbered) at the upper end. The hook portion is formed by folding back the upper end of the slide member, and is attached to and detached from the wire 5 on the upper side of the front frame 11 as the slide member moves up and down. The lower end portion of the slide member is a contact portion that comes into contact with or comes off from the stopper 11s on the lower side of the front frame 11.

  The operation unit includes a gripping unit on which a hand is placed and a spring that biases the slide member downward. By setting the user as the owner to lift the grip portion of the operation portion, the hook portion of the slide member is detached from the upper wire 5 and the lower stopper portion does not hit the lower stopper 11s. it can. In other words, unless the user operates the operation unit, the sliding member comes into contact with the front frame 11 and the hinged doors 31 and 32 cannot be opened.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the sliding door 33 slides along the wire 5 of the large hinged door 31 to open and close the entrance / exit 34 into the living space 21. A horizontal guide wire 5 is installed near the upper edge and the lower edge of the large hinged door 31. Cylindrical sliders (not numbered) through which the guide wire 5 is inserted are provided at the upper end and the lower end of the standing wire 5 on both sides of the sliding door 33. The slider moves so as to fit the guide wire 5, and the sliding door 33 slides to open and close the entrance / exit of the living space 21.

  The sliding door 33 includes sliding door side locking means 331. The sliding door side lock unit 331 includes a slide member 331a and an operation unit 331b, similarly to the hinged door side lock units 311 and 321. The slide member is composed of a set of two wires 5 in a standing posture, and has a hook-like hook portion (not numbered) at the upper end. The hook portion is formed by folding the upper end of the slide member, and is attached to and detached from the wire 5 on the upper side of the front frame 11 as the slide member 331a moves up and down. The wire 5 on the upper side of the front frame 11 is provided with a hooking portion (not numbered) on which the hook-like portion of the sliding door 33 is hooked.

  In addition to the peripheral wall panel 1 and the door unit 3, the pet circle includes a tray 4, a partition panel 6, an upper frame body 7, a lower frame body 8, and a crosspiece 9.

  The tray 4 is divided into a large resident side tray portion 41 placed in the wider living space 21 and a smaller toilet side tray portion 42 placed in the narrow toilet space 22. On the resident side tray section 41, tableware (not shown) may be placed or a mat may be laid. The outer periphery of both tray parts 41 and 42 is surrounded by the surrounding wall part (not numbered) which stood up. The tray 4 is formed of a resin such as ABS resin or a metal, for example.

  The tray 4 is a peripheral wall portion of the resident side tray portion 41, and is provided with a protruding portion (not numbered) adjacent to the peripheral wall portion adjacent to the toilet side tray portion 42 portion. A gap is provided between the peripheral wall portion of the resident side tray portion 41 and the protruding portion. The lower end portion of the partition panel 6 is fitted between the side wall portion of the resident side tray portion 41 and the protruding portion.

  The peripheral wall panel 1 is sandwiched between the upper frame body 7 and the lower frame body 8 from above and below, and is shaped so that the tip of the wire 5 is not exposed. The upper frame body 7 and the lower frame body 8 are formed with small holes into which the connecting shafts 5a provided in the front frame 11 and the rear panel 12 are inserted. On the upper surface of the upper frame 7, notches (not shown) for fitting both ends of the crosspiece 9 are formed. The crosspiece 9 is detachably attached to the cutout of the upper frame body 7. The lower frame 8 is in a state of surrounding the outer periphery of the tray 4.

  The partition panel 6 is sandwiched between the front frame 11 and the back panel 12 so as to partition the internal space 2 into a living space 21 and a toilet space 22. The upper edge of the partition panel 6 is fixed to the crosspiece 9. The lower edge of the partition panel 6 is placed on the resident side tray part 41.

  The partition panel 6 includes a partition part 61, a partition entrance (not numbered), and a partition door 63. The partition 61, the partition entrance and the partition door 63 are approximately the same size. When the partition door 63 slides from a state where the partition door 63 closes and closes the partition entrance to a state where the partition door 63 overlaps the partition 61, the partition entrance is opened.

  When the partition door 63 closes the partition entrance, the pet cannot go back and forth between the living space 21 and the toilet space 22. When the partition door 63 opens the partition entrance, the pet can move between the living space 21 and the toilet space 22. Both the partition 61 and the partition door 63 are bowl-shaped by a plurality of wires 5 in a standing posture and a horizontal posture. The partition panel 6 includes a wire 5 that guides the sliding of the partition door 63.

  Here, the usage mode of the circle for pets is demonstrated. The pet circle is installed indoors, for example, in a living room. The tray 4 of the pet circle has a resident side tray portion 41 in the resident space 21 and a toilet side tray portion 42 in the toilet space 22. Since the top surface of the pet circle is open, tableware and the like can be taken in and out from the top surface on the resident side tray portion 41 in the living space 21.

  This pet circle can be locked by closing the respective doors 31, 32, the sliding door 33, and the partition door 63. In each hinged door 31, 32, a hook portion provided at an upper end portion of the slide members 311 a, 321 a of the hinged door side locking means 311, 321 a is hooked on the wire 5 on the upper side of the front frame 11, and a lower end portion of the slide member is placed in the front frame 11 The door is not opened by hitting the lower stopper 11s. The sliding door 33 does not open because the hook portion of the sliding member 331a of the sliding door side locking means 331 is hooked on the upper locking portion of the front frame 11.

  In this pet circle, the living space 21 and the toilet space 22 are partitioned by the partition panel 6, so that the pet can be trapped on the pet kept in the living room.

  When the toilet is trapped, the user who is the owner slides the sliding door 33 provided in the large hinged door 31 to open the pet, and puts the pet into the living space 21. The sliding door 33 can be opened by operating the operation portion 331b of the sliding door side lock means 331 so that the hook portion is detached from the upper wire 5 of the front frame 11. When the pet is put into the living space 21, the sliding door 33 is closed. The sliding door 33 that has been closed is not opened by the sliding door side locking means 331 without permission.

  When the user senses that the pet placed in the living space 21 is likely to be excreted, the partition door 63 of the partition panel 6 is opened, and the pet is guided into the toilet space 22. After the pet enters the toilet space 22, the partition door 63 of the partition panel 6 is closed. When the pet is excreted, the user gives up the pet, opens the partition door 63 of the partition panel 6, and returns the pet to the living space 21. Alternatively, the user opens the small hinged door 32 and guides the pet in the toilet space 22 into the living room.

  When the toilet is made for the pet, the pet in the living room tries to enter the toilet space 22 from the living room. A user who sees such a pet opens the small hinged door 32. The pet enters the toilet space 22 directly from the living room. The partition door 63 of the partition panel 6 is closed.

  Alternatively, when the pet is in the living space 21, the pet tries to enter the toilet space 22 from the living space 21. A user who sees such a pet opens the partition door 63 of the partition panel 6. After the pet enters the toilet space 22, the partition door 63 of the partition panel 6 is closed. After excretion, the pet may return to the living room by opening the small hinged door 32 or enter the living space 21 by opening the partition door 63 of the partition panel 6. it can.

  When the toilet bowl is made against the pet, the partition door 63 of the partition panel 6 may continue to open. The user puts the pet into the resident side tray unit 41 at bedtime or when going out. By setting the partition door 63 of the partition panel 6 to the open state, the pet evacuates itself in the toilet space 22 and then returns to the living space 21.

  When the tray 4 in the toilet space 22 becomes dirty, the user opens the hinged doors 31 and 32. By opening each hinged door 31, 32, the opening surface 15 of the front frame 11 is fully opened. Therefore, the user can easily put himself / herself into the internal space 2 to clean the tray 4 or change the mat placed.

  However, the lower edge of the partition panel 6 is placed on the resident side tray portion 41. Therefore, in order to take out the tray 4 from the internal space 2, the partition panel 6 is first removed. And the user can take out the tray 4 with which the resident side tray part 41 and the toilet side tray part 42 are integral from the interior space 2, and can wash it by opening each hinged door 31,32.

  The floor is exposed in the internal space 2 from which the tray portions 42 and 41 are taken out. The user can also clean the floor. Both tray parts 42 and 41 are returned to the interior space 2 after being cleaned. Then, each hinged door 31 and 32 is closed.

  When the toilet bowl for the pet is made, the partition door 63 of the partition panel 6 may be left open. Except when the owner goes out or goes to bed, the small hinged door 32 of the front frame 11 may be left open.

  Although one embodiment of the present invention has been described above, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and modifications and the like (modified embodiments) within a range in which the object of the present invention can be achieved. Is included.

  For example, the door unit 3 in the modified embodiment as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6 is provided on the upper surface of the internal space 2 provided in the pet circle. FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a modified embodiment of the pet circle according to the present invention. FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a modified embodiment of the pet circle according to the present invention, in which one hinged door 31 is opened and the other hinged door 32 and the sliding door 33 are closed. is there.

  The internal space 2 of the modified embodiment is provided in the peripheral wall panel 1 similar to the above-described embodiment. The peripheral wall panel 1 is sandwiched between the upper and lower frame bodies 7 and 8. The internal space 2 is partitioned into a large living space 21 and a small toilet space 22 by the partition panel 6. In the illustrated internal space 2, the living space 21 is arranged on the right side when viewed from the front, and the toilet space 22 is arranged on the left side. However, the toilet space 22 is arranged on the right side when viewed from the front, and the living space 21 is located on the left side. May be arranged. The upper edge of the partition panel 6 is fixed to a crosspiece 9 that can be attached to and detached from the upper frame. The partition panel 6 can be inserted and removed from the peripheral wall panel 1.

  The door unit 3 of the modified embodiment is provided on an opening surface 15 provided on the upper surface of the internal space 2. The door unit 3 includes a pair of hinged doors 31 and 32 that open and close in a double door manner on the living space 21 side and the toilet space 22 side, and a sliding door 33 that opens and closes in the hinged door 31 on the living space 21 side. The pair of hinged doors 31 and 32 includes a large hinged door 31 and a small hinged door 32 as in the above embodiment. The large door 31 is provided with an entrance 34 that is opened and closed by a sliding door 33. The entrance / exit 34 is provided on the center side in the internal space 2. The sliding door 33 is disposed adjacent to the small hinged door 32.

  Therefore, as shown in FIG. 6, the large hinged door 31 on the living space 21 side opens and closes with the upper edge of the right side panel 13 on the living space 21 side as the rotation axis. The small hinged door 32 on the toilet space 22 side opens and closes with the upper edge of the left side panel 14 on the toilet space 22 side as the rotation axis. The pet circle is usually installed so that the back panel 12 hits the wall surface of the living room.

  If each hinged door 31, 32 is opened and closed with the upper edge of the back panel 12 as a rotation axis, it is necessary to open the door to the maximum upward, which hits the wall, and the user needs to support the hinged door 31,32. However, the hinged doors 31 and 32 of this modified embodiment are opened so as to be inclined with the upper edges of the side panels 13 and 14 as the rotation axis. Therefore, the hinged doors 31 and 32 can be opened without being supported by the user.

  In this pet circle, the partition panel 6 can be removed from the interior space 2. Therefore, the user can easily clean the resident side tray portion 41 in the internal space 2. The tray 4 in the internal space 2 can be taken out by removing the partition of the partition panel 6 and opening the hinged doors 31 and 32.

  A front panel 16 is provided on the front of the pet circle instead of the front frame 11 of the above embodiment. The front panel 16 includes a sliding door 35 that allows entry / exit into the living space 21 and a hinged door 36 that allows entry / exit into the toilet space 22, and does not include a large opening door that opens and closes the living space 21. Therefore, the door unit 3 can be retrofitted to the existing pet circle.

  In a pet circle of yet another modified embodiment (not shown), the entrance / exit 34 provided in the large hinged door 31 of the door unit 3 is provided not on the center side of the internal space 2 but on the side panel 13 side. In this case, the sliding door 33 is arranged at a position symmetrical with the small hinged door 32. Therefore, the sliding door 33 and the small hinged door 32 are arranged apart from each other. Furthermore, when the large hinged door 31 is made larger than the illustrated size, the entrance / exit 34 may be less than half the size of the large hinged door 31.

  It is assumed that the pet circle of another modified embodiment (not shown) does not include the partition panel 6 that partitions the interior space 2 into the living space 21 and the toilet space 22. In particular, since the partition panel 6 is useful for making a pet, the partition panel 6 is not necessary when the partition panel 6 is used as a pet circle for putting a pet that has been made.

  The pet circles of still another modified embodiment (not shown) may not only have the living space 21 larger than the toilet space 22 and the toilet space 22 smaller than the living space 21 but may have the same size. In a different embodiment, the resident side tray unit 41 and the toilet side tray unit 42 are formed separately.

  Further, the peripheral wall panel 1 and the door unit 3 provided in the pet circle can be either a plastic board or a large number of holes without forming a plurality of wire rods 5 in a lattice shape. It may be a board.

  Furthermore, in the said embodiment, the door unit 3 was suitably provided in the pet circle. However, the door unit 3 can be applied to other than the pet circle.

  In summary, the door unit 3 and the pet circle to which the present invention is applied need only have the following configuration, and various embodiments can be taken.

That is, the door unit 3 according to the present invention is
A pair of hinged doors 31 and 32 that open and close the opening surface 15 in a double-split manner, and a sliding door 33 that opens and closes in one of the pair of hinged doors 31 and 32 are provided.

  According to the door unit 3, the pair of hinged doors 31 and 32 are fully opened to open the opening surface 15 to the maximum, the pair of hinged doors 31 and 32 are opened, and the sliding door 33 is opened. The opening surface 15 can be opened within a minimum range without providing a space for opening the hinged doors 31 and 32.

The pet circle according to the present invention is:
A pet circle having an adjacent living space 21 and a toilet space 22 in an internal space 2 surrounded by a front surface, a back surface, and left and right side surfaces,
The front surface or the upper surface of the internal space 2 includes a door unit 3 according to the present invention.

  According to this circle for pets, by opening and closing the sliding door 33, the pet is taken in and out of the internal space 2, and the pair of hinged doors 31 and 32 are fully opened, so that the internal space 2 can be easily cleaned. Can do.

In the pet circle according to the present invention, the front surface or the upper surface includes a frame having a stopper against which the closed doors 31 and 32 are closed so that the open doors 31 and 32 do not enter the internal space 2.
According to this circle for pets, the hinged doors 31 and 32 can be prevented from entering the internal space 2 by including the frame having the stoppers against which the hinged doors 31 and 32 are closed.

In the pet circle according to the present invention, each of the hinged doors 31 and 32 includes hinged door-side locking means 311 and 321 having a slide member with a hook that comes into contact with or disengages from the frame.
According to this pet circle, by providing the hinged door side lock means 311 and 321, the hinged doors 31 and 32 can be normally closed and opened only when necessary.

In the pet circle according to the present invention, the sliding door 33 includes a sliding door-side locking means 331 having a slide member with a hook that is attached to and detached from the one hinged door 31.
According to this pet circle, by providing the sliding door side lock means 331, the sliding door 33 can be normally closed and opened only when necessary.

The pet circle according to the present invention includes a partition panel 6 that partitions the internal space 2 into the living space 21 and the toilet space 22.
According to this circle for pets, the living space 21 and the toilet space 22 are partitioned by the partition panel 6, thereby preventing the pet from going back and forth between the living space 21 and the toilet space 22 without permission.

In this case, the partition panel 6 preferably includes a partition door 63 that opens and closes.
According to this pet circle, it is possible to allow a pet to move between the living space 21 and the toilet space 22 without opening and closing the sliding door 33 and the other hinged door 32.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Perimeter wall panel 11 ... Front frame 12 ... Back panel 13 ... Side panel 14 ... Side panel 15 ... Opening surface 2 ... Interior space 21 ... Living space 22 ... Toilet space 3 ... Door unit 31 ... One (large) hinged door 311 ... Open door Side locking means 32 ... the other (small) hinged door 321 ... hinged door side locking means 33 ... sliding door 331 ... sliding door side locking means 4 ... tray B
5 ... Wire rod 6 ... Partition panel 63 ... Partition door 7 ... Upper frame body 8 ... Lower frame body 9 ... Crosspiece

Claims (7)

A pair of hinged doors that open and close the opening surface in a double-split manner, and a sliding door that opens and closes in one of the pair of hinged doors,
Door unit. A pet circle having an adjacent living space and toilet space in an internal space surrounded by the front, back and left and right sides,
The front surface or the upper surface of the internal space includes the door unit according to claim 1.
Circle for pets.   3. The pet circle according to claim 2, wherein the front surface or the upper surface includes a frame having a stopper against which the hinged door that is closed hits so that the hinged door does not enter the internal space.   4. The pet circle according to claim 3, wherein each of the hinged doors includes hinged door-side locking means having a slide member with a hook that comes in contact with or disengages from the frame.   5. The pet circle according to claim 2, wherein the sliding door includes a sliding door-side locking means having a slide member with a hook that is attached to and detached from the one of the hinged doors.   The pet circle according to any one of claims 2 to 5, further comprising a partition panel that partitions the internal space into the living space and the toilet space.   The pet circle according to claim 6, wherein the partition panel includes a partition door that opens and closes.

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