Modular Pet Enclosure Assembly with Nesting Sections
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional pet enclosures are time-consuming to assemble, lack mobility, and require significant storage space due to bulky designs, with insufficient strength and reliability from existing fastening methods, and often cannot be easily disassembled or reassembled without wear and tear.
Innovation Solution
A modular pet enclosure design comprising a bottom, middle, and top section with specifically configured openings and fastening systems that allow for sturdy assembly and reassembly, featuring a domed cover, offset entry, and drainage holes, enabling efficient storage and transportation while providing ample interior space.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If conventional pet enclosures are built board-by-board from scratch using nails and non-removable fasteners, then the enclosure structure is sturdy and reliable, but the enclosure cannot be disassembled and reassembled without excessive wear and tear
Solution Approach 1:
The enclosure is divided into multiple modular sections (walls, roof, floor) that can be independently assembled and disassembled. Each section contains integrated fastening features that allow repeated assembly without wear, resolving the contradiction between structural reliability and reassembly capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces intermediary fastening components (such as integrated tabs, slots, or connector elements) that mediate between wall sections. These intermediaries enable reliable connection while allowing disassembly and reassembly, eliminating the need for permanent fasteners like nails.
2Ease of manufacture
If prefabricated pet enclosures are designed with separate roof and body sections, then assembly is simplified, but significant storage space is required due to bulkiness
Solution Approach 1:
The enclosure sections are designed to nest within each other when disassembled. The roof section can be placed inside the body section, or wall sections can be nested within one another, dramatically reducing storage volume while maintaining ease of assembly through the modular design.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent employs curved or angled geometric features in the enclosure sections that allow compact stacking or nesting in three-dimensional space. This dimensional optimization enables simple assembly while minimizing the storage footprint when the enclosure is disassembled.
3Ease of operation
If pegs are used for connecting walls, then assembly is easier, but the fasteners do not provide sufficient strength and reliability
Solution Approach 1:
The fastening system is segmented into multiple interaction points between wall sections, with each section containing integrated fastening features. This distributes the load across multiple connection points, providing both ease of assembly and high reliability without requiring separate pegs.
Solution Approach 2:
The wall sections incorporate composite structural features combining rigid connection elements with flexible or resilient components. This composite approach maintains simple assembly while significantly improving fastening reliability and strength compared to simple pegs.
Data Source
AI summary
A pet enclosure includes a bottom section, a middle section, and a top section. The middle section is connectable to the bottom section with an opening in the middle section. The opening in the middle section has a bottom portion that connects with a top portion of an opening in the bottom section. The top section is connectable to the middle section with an opening in the top section. The opening in the top section has a bottom portion that connects with a top portion of an opening in the bottom section. The bottom section, middle section and top section when connected together form an enclosed pet enclosure with an animal opening therein.