JPH0444066Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed explanation of the invention] (a) Industrial application field This invention relates to a pet circle that can be easily assembled and is sturdy, which is used when keeping pets such as dogs and cats indoors. .

(b) Conventional technology Conventionally, a pet circle surrounded by a flat wire mesh is known. for example,
It has a structure in which struts are arranged upright at each corner of the four sides of the plane, and each side edge of the wire mesh is inserted vertically into a vertical groove formed in the struts to be elastically held.

However, in the case of this pet circle, the wire mesh
Because it is necessary to hold each side edge of the surface on the pillars, assembly work is cumbersome, and even when used after assembly, each wire mesh tends to shift vertically, resulting in a lack of rigidity as a pet circle. It has points.

(c) Problems to be solved by the invention Therefore, the object of this invention is to provide a pet circle that is easy to assemble and disassemble, has excellent rigidity after assembly, and has a beautiful appearance.

(d) Means for solving the problem In this invention, the side member 2 forming the side surface of the circle has a U-shaped wire mesh front portion 3, and a U-shaped wire mesh front portion 3 and an opening portion. Opposing wire mesh rear part 4
and two flat plate-shaped side plates 5, 5 facing each other, which are connected to both sides between the side edges thereof, and the side plates 5, 5 of the front part 3 of the wire mesh and the rear part 4 of the wire mesh,
A protrusion 10 along the side edge is formed on at least a part of the opposing side edge portion connecting the side plates 5, and at least a portion of the side edge of the side plates 5, 5 corresponding to the protrusion 10 is formed with a protrusion 10 along the side edge. Insertion groove 13 into which the protrusion 10 can be inserted
A locking strip 14 is formed on the inner surface of the insertion groove 13 in an inclined shape that narrows the width of the insertion groove 13 toward the inside, and that locks the protrusion 10 at the tip. An elastic piece 15 is formed along the side edge direction of the insertion groove 13 to be elastically displaced in the direction of widening the width of the insertion groove 13. By connecting the part 3 and the rear part 4 of the wire mesh with the side plates 5, 5, the front part 3 of the wire mesh and the rear part 4 of the wire mesh are connected.
Fixing caps 6, 6 are fitted to prevent and fix downward displacement of the side panels 5, 5, and a wire mesh top 8 is placed on the upper surface of the side panel 2, and each of the side panels 5, 5 is fixed. The wire mesh top 8 is held on the upper end surface of the wire mesh 5, and the side plates 5, 5 of the wire mesh front portion 3 and the wire mesh rear portion 4 are held.
It is characterized in that it is a pet circle fitted with stoppers 9, 9 that prevent it from shifting upwards.

(E) Function The PET circle of this invention has the protrusions on the front part of the wire mesh and the rear part of the wire mesh inserted into the insertion grooves of each side plate.
Each protrusion is locked to the locking strip, and a fixing cap is fitted to the lower end surface of each side plate to prevent the front part of the wire mesh and the rear part of the wire mesh from shifting downward. After placing the top of the wire mesh on the top surface, a stopper is fitted to the top end of each side plate to prevent the front and rear of the wire mesh from shifting upward, and to prevent the top of the wire mesh from coming off. To prevent.

Furthermore, when disassembling the pet circle, the assembly procedure described above can be reversed.

(f) Effect of the invention As a result of the above, according to this invention, the front part and rear part of the wire mesh are assembled on the two side panels, and then the top part of the wire mesh is placed on the top surface, and the upper and lower stops are fixed. Since it is fixed with a tool and a fixing cap, assembly is easy and requires few steps, and the upper and lower stops and fixing cap make it possible to firmly assemble and obtain rigidity.

Further, since there are no supports at the corners of the pet circle, the exterior has a clean and beautiful appearance, and a design effect can be obtained.

(G) Embodiment An embodiment of this invention will be described below in detail based on the drawings.

The drawing shows a pet circle, and in FIG. 1, a pet circle 1 has a side member 2 forming a side surface of the circle 1 and a U-shaped wire mesh front portion 3, and a U-shaped wire mesh front portion 3 and an opening portion. The wire mesh rear portion 4 faces each other, the two flat plate-shaped side plates 5, 5 which are connected to the two opposite sides between the side edges thereof, and the wire mesh front portion 3 which is fitted into the lower end surface of the side plate 5. and a fixing cap 6 which connects the rear part 4 of the wire mesh and the side plates 5, 5 and fixes the front part 3 and the rear part 4 of the wire mesh by preventing downward displacement with respect to the side plate 5, and A dish-shaped wagon member 7 on which the side member 2 is placed, a wire mesh top portion 8 placed on the upper surface of the side surface member 2, and a wire mesh top portion 8 that fits onto the upper end of the side plate 5 and holds the wire mesh top portion 8. A stopper 9 is provided to prevent the front part 3 of the wire mesh and the rear part 4 of the wire mesh from shifting upward with respect to the side plate 5.

The aforementioned front part 3 of the wire mesh is formed in a lattice shape, and as shown in FIG.
In addition, as shown in FIG.
is slightly bent upwards.

The wire mesh rear portion 4 described above is also formed in the same manner, so detailed explanation will be omitted.

In addition, as shown in FIG.
An arch-shaped entrance/exit door 3a is pivotally installed on the front surface 12 of the vehicle so as to be openable/closeable, and the lower end of the door 3a is raised slightly upward to enable opening/closing on the wagon member 7 mentioned above.

On both side edges 5a, 5a of the side plate 5 mentioned above, a second
As shown in the figure, U-shaped insertion grooves 13, 13 with open side edges are formed from the upper end to the lower end. The elastic piece 15 is formed to be inclined inward in the direction of the side surface 13b, has a locking strip 14 at its tip, and is elastically displaced toward the inner side 13a.

Further, the intermediate portion 5b of the side plate 5 is formed in a hollow shape, and four ribs 5c are formed from the upper end to the lower end, and the upper end has three fitting holes 16 as shown in FIG. An upper end surface 17 is formed.

As shown in FIG. 4, the aforementioned fixed cap 6 is formed into a flat plate shape with the same size as the end surface of the side plate 5, and has a fitting fitting corresponding to the intermediate portion 5b of the aforementioned side plate 5 on its upper surface. A convex portion 6a is formed.

As shown in FIG. 1, a recess 7a is formed around the entire circumference of the wagon member 7, on which the side member 2 can be placed, and the inner periphery has a recess 7a that is lower in the front direction and higher in the rear direction. An inner circumferential wall 7b is formed, and a rectangular paragraph 7d that is one size smaller than the circumference of the bottom portion 7c is formed on the bottom portion 7c, and slats 18, 18 of a size divided into two in the long side direction of the paragraph 7d are formed. Two sheets are laid, and casters 19 are provided at the four corners of the back side.

The wire mesh top portion 8 is formed into a rectangular shape with a size that fits within the inner periphery of the upper end of the side member 2, and has two opposing long sides of the rectangular shape so that it can be locked to the upper edge of the side member 2. A locking portion 8a bent downward in an L-shape is formed at this location.

The aforementioned fasteners 9, 9 are, as shown in FIG.
The upper end face 17 of the side plate 5 is attached to the extent that it covers the outer circumferential frame 8b of the wire mesh top part 8 that is engaged with the side member 2.
The holding portion 9a is formed with a thickness slightly larger than the thickness width of
Fitting protrusions 9b that fit into the... are formed.

The operation of this pet circle 1, constructed as described above, will be described below.

To assemble the pet circle 1, first assemble the side members 2.

As shown in FIG. 1, the front side of the wire mesh 3 and the rear side of the wire mesh 4 are opposed to each other, and side plates 5, 5 are placed between both side edges of the wire mesh front portion 3 and the wire mesh rear portion 4, and side plates 5, 5 are placed between the side edges 5a, 5a of the wire mesh front portion 3 and the wire mesh rear portion 4. It is arranged so as to face the side edge of the rear part 4 of the wire mesh.

Then, both side edges of the front wire mesh part 3 and the rear wire mesh rear part 4 are inserted into the insertion grooves 13, 13 of the side plate 5, with the protrusions 10 facing the inner side 13a, as shown in FIG. 2.

The protrusions 10 on both side edges of the inserted wire mesh front part 3 and wire mesh rear part 4 enter the elastic pieces 15 in the insertion groove 13 toward the inner surface side 13a while elastically displacing them, and the protrusions 1
The elastic piece 15, which had been elastically displaced toward the inner surface side 13a, returns elastically when the elastic piece 15 passes over the locking line 14 at the tip of the elastic piece 15, and the locking line 14 moves to the protrusion 1.
Tightly lock the inside of 0.

Once the wire mesh front part 3 and rear part 4 are locked, even if you try to remove them by pulling them in the direction in which they were inserted, the elastic piece 1
Unless 5 itself is damaged, it will never come off.

Then, as shown in FIG. 4, the fitting convex portions 6a of the aforementioned fixed cap 6 are fitted into the intermediate portion 5b of the lower end surface of the side plate 5.

At this time, the horizontal bars 11 at the lower ends of both side edges of the front part 3 of the wire mesh and the rear part 4 of the wire mesh are bent slightly upward, so that there is no support for the fitting of the fixed cap 6.

As shown in FIG. 1, the side member 2 configured in this manner is placed in the recess 7a of the wagon member 7, in which two grates 18, 18 have been laid in advance in the step 7d of the bottom surface 7c.

Further, the upper surface of the side member 2 is covered with a wire mesh top portion 8 which is placed within the inner periphery of the upper surface of the side member 2 and is lowered from the position of the upper end surface of the side member 2. At this time,
Locking portions 8a formed at four locations on the top portion 8 of the wire mesh are locked to the upper edges of the front portion 3 of the wire mesh and the rear portion 4 of the wire mesh.

Furthermore, as shown in FIG.
, the side plate 5 of the side member 2 to which the wire mesh top part 8 is fixed.
The fitting protrusions 9b formed on the lower end surface of the stopper 9 are fitted into the fitting holes 16 of the upper end surface 17, and the outer peripheral frame 8b of the wire mesh top portion 8 is held by the holding portion 9a. To prevent the wire mesh top part 8 from falling off unexpectedly, the side plate 5,
The upper end surface of 5 is made to look good.

Next, referring to FIG. 1, disassembly of the pet circle will be explained.

When disassembling the side member 2, remove the fixed cap 6 fitted to the lower end surface of the side plate 5, and
Then, the rear portion 4 may be shifted straight upward or downward relative to the side plates 5, 5. It can be removed very easily by moving it straight upward or downward without any resistance.

The other parts can be done in the reverse order of assembly, so the details will be omitted.

Therefore, in order to assemble the pet circle 1, especially the side member 2, the side edges of the front part 3 and rear part 4 of the wire mesh and the side plates 5, 5 are arranged in the state in which they should be connected, that is, the completed In a state that is easier to imagine, the connection can be easily made by simply applying force from the outside to connect the two.

Moreover, the connection between the two is strong and will never come loose in the lateral direction.

Furthermore, since the members forming the circle are connected to each other, there are no parts that appear on the outer surface of the circle to fix each member, and the entire circle looks nice and clean.

Note that this invention is not limited to the above embodiments.
It can be changed in various ways.

The protrusions 10 and insertion grooves 13 formed from the upper end to the lower end of the front part 3 of the wire mesh, the rear part 4 of the wire mesh, and the side edges of the side plates 5, 5 may be partially formed.

For example, as shown in FIG. 5, protrusions 10 of an appropriate width are formed at three opposing locations on both side edges of the front part 3 and rear part 4 of the wire mesh, and on the other hand, the protrusions 10 are formed on both sides of the side plate 5. Insertion grooves 13 with widths corresponding to the vertical width of the protrusions 10 are formed at positions corresponding to the protrusions 10 and directly above or below the protrusions 10, respectively, and the insertion grooves 13 are formed above or below the corresponding portions 13c. A cutout portion 13d is formed by cutting out the side surface of the outer surface side 13b where the elastic piece 15 is not provided.

By doing so, when attempting to disassemble the side member 2 assembled by the method described in the previous embodiment, the front part 3 of the wire mesh and the rear part 4 of the wire mesh can be In this embodiment, the protrusion 1 is moved upward or downward by an equal distance.
The notch 13 on the outer surface side 13b of the insertion groove 13 can be removed by simply shifting the length of
It can be removed from d and 13d.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings show one embodiment of this invention, with Fig. 1 being an exploded perspective view of the pet circle, Fig. 2 being a cross-sectional view showing the connecting portion of the circle member, Fig. 3 being a perspective view showing the top surface of the side member, and Fig. 3 being an exploded perspective view of the pet circle. FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing the lower surface of the side member, and FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing another embodiment. 1... Pet circle, 2... Side member, 3...
...Front part of wire mesh, 4...Rear part of wire mesh, 5...Side plate, 1
0... Projection, 13... Insertion groove, 13a... Inner surface side, 13b... Outer surface side, 14... Locking strip, 1
5...Elastic piece.

Claims (1)

[Claims for Utility Model Registration] The side member 2 forming the side surface of the circle is divided into a U-shaped wire mesh front portion 3 and a U-shaped wire mesh front portion 3.
and a wire mesh rear part 4 whose opening portions face each other, and flat plate-like 2 facing parts connected to both sides between these side edges.
side plates 5, 5, and at least a part of the opposing side edge portion connecting the side plates 5, 5 of the front part 3 of the wire mesh and the rear part 4 of the wire mesh has a protrusion 10 along the side edge. An insertion groove 13 into which the protrusion 10 can be inserted is formed at least in a portion of the side edges of the side plates 5, 5 corresponding to the protrusion 10, and an insertion groove 13 into which the protrusion 10 can be inserted is formed on the inner surface of the insertion groove 13. , a direction in which the width of the insertion groove 13 is widened by forming the insertion groove 13 in an inclined shape that narrows the width toward the inner depth, and having a locking strip 14 at the tip that locks the protrusion 10; An elastic piece 15 that elastically displaces is formed along the side edge direction of the insertion groove 13, and the wire mesh front section 3, the wire mesh rear section 4, and the side panels 5, 5 are formed on the lower end surfaces of the respective side panels 5, 5. By connecting the wire mesh front part 3 and the wire mesh rear part 4 to the side panels 5, 5, fixing caps 6, 6 are fitted to prevent them from shifting downward, and a wire mesh top part is attached to the upper surface of the side surface member 2. A stopper is placed on the upper end surface of each of the side plates 5, 5 to hold the top part 8 of the wire mesh and prevent the front part 3 of the wire mesh and the rear part 4 of the wire mesh from shifting upward relative to the side plates 5, 5. A pet circle fitted with tools 9 and 9.