Dual Door Animal Enclosure with Wire Latch
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional animal enclosures, particularly exercise pens, face limitations such as insecure doors that allow animals to escape and difficulty in accessing animals within the enclosure, especially when multiple animals are present.
Innovation Solution
A collapsible animal enclosure with a dual door assembly featuring interconnected horizontal and vertical wires, a pivotable and slideable door design, and a latch assembly formed by a single wire with bent ends to securely engage with the frame structure, ensuring secure closure and easy access.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a single large door is used to provide access to the interior of the enclosure, then the animal can enter or exit freely, but it becomes difficult to access and retrieve specific animals when multiple animals are enclosed
Solution Approach 1:
The door assembly is divided into multiple separate doors (first door and second door) that can be independently opened and closed. This segmentation allows the user to access specific animals by opening only the necessary door sections, improving ease of operation while maintaining a manageable door structure through modular design
2Reliability
If the door is made secure with multiple latches and locking mechanisms, then animal escape is prevented, but the door becomes more complex and harder to operate
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple latch mechanisms are integrated into a unified door assembly structure where the first and second doors share common mounting features and coordination mechanisms. This merging allows the complex security features to be managed as a single integrated unit, maintaining high reliability while simplifying operation through coordinated movement of interconnected components
3Adaptability or versatility
If the enclosure is designed to be collapsible for portability, then it can be easily transported and stored, but the structural strength and stability may be compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The enclosure employs dynamic connection mechanisms that allow the structure to transition between collapsed and expanded states. The doors and frame members are designed with movable joints and adaptable connection points that provide structural strength when expanded for use, while enabling easy collapse for transport and storage, thus achieving both portability and structural integrity
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AI summary
An animal enclosure including a plurality of members defining an interior of the enclosure. One of the plurality of members includes a first member having a frame structure and door assembly formed by a plurality of interconnected horizontal and vertical wires. At least two of the horizontal wires of the frame structure form a hook positioned inside the defined opening. The door assembly is coupled to the frame and moves between an open and closed positions. The door assembly includes a first door and a second door removably coupled to one another. The enclosure also includes a latch assembly for releasing the door assembly from the frame structure. In the closed position, at least one horizontal wire of the first door and at least one horizontal wire of the second door are coupled to the hooks formed by the at least two horizontal wires of the frame structure.