A pet carrier-backpack for carrying small to medium sized pets, with abundant space, sun protection, ventilation, support, and comfort, with the emphasis being the placement of air ventilation and the shade structure that offers maximum functionality. My soft sided pet carrier backpack is a portable home for the pet with an abundance of strategic ventilation and space, with a removable/expandible shade for the pets' sun protection. My invention functions as a car seat also and offers the option of choosing between two head holes so the pet can be zipped all the way in the pet carrier and enclosed, laying down, or having its head out of the backpack, while its body is completely enclosed. There is a removable-sturdy, fur bed that detaches from the bag to allow your pet to lay on it anywhere you place it. The circular air vents on the front face of the pet carrier as well as the air vents on the left and right sides of the invention, create discrete as well as non-discrete usage options for experience, while maximizing air flow.

A cat carrier includes an enclosure, tray, grate, and latch. The enclosure has a front opening, and first and second holes. The tray is slidable within the enclosure, between extended and storage positions. The grate is joined to the tray, with a portion extending in proximity to the front opening of the enclosure when the tray is in the storage position. The latch has a handle, and first and second latch wires spring biased in opposite directions, with distal ends respectively received into the first and second holes, when in the storage position, to redundantly latch the tray the enclosure, so it cannot be undone by a cat housed in the carrier. The first and second latch wires each include finger graspable loops configured to be actuated by a thumb and forefinger, while pulling on the handle with the remaining fingers to single-handedly slide the tray out the enclosure.

A modular flooring system for construction of a piggery with a plurality of pigsties with underlying manure channels, wherein the flooring system includes one or more flooring system support units. Each flooring system support unit including a top part with a flooring support surface and an opposing underside and a bottom part with a support side and an opposing topside, and a middle part. The middle part including at least two interconnecting support legs extending between, and connecting the top part with the bottom part. The modular flooring system including one or more gratings for being mounted on and extend between top parts of the flooring system support units and one or more watertight manure channel membranes.

A modular flooring system for construction of a piggery with a plurality of pigsties with underlying manure channels, wherein the flooring system includes one or more flooring system support units. Each flooring system support unit including a top part with a flooring support surface and an opposing underside and a bottom part with a support side and an opposing topside, and a middle part. The middle part including at least two interconnecting support legs extending between, and connecting the top part with the bottom part. The modular flooring system including one or more gratings for being mounted on and extend between top parts of the flooring system support units and one or more watertight manure channel membranes.

Presented is a pet carrier for retaining small pets. The pet carrier essentially includes a carrier body and a carrier support arrangement for mounting the carrier body on the bicycle's handlebars or the car's seat. The carrier body includes a front door section, a head section, and a base section. The carrier body also includes a built-in handle at the head section enabling a user to carry the pet carrier from one location to another. The front door section is selectively openable and includes a self-locking latch mechanism that self-locks, when a user places the pet inside the pet carrier and closes the front door section. Further, the base section of the pet carrier includes a mounting/dismounting mechanism that allows the carrier body to click or attach onto the carrier support arrangement designed to removably mount the carrier body on to a bicycle's handlebar or a car's seat.

A cat carrier includes a tray, and an enclosure formed of: a lower housing portion with an upper mating flange, and an upper housing portion with a lower mating flange. Protrusions on one mating flange slidably engage openings formed with respect to the other mating flange, to releasably couple the housings together without tools. Holes in each of the mating flanges align, when the housing portions are mated, and each aligned pair of holes receives a fastener to releasably secure the housing portions together. The holes on one flange transition into a keyed opening (e.g. a hexagonal-shaped opening) that receives a hex head of a bolt, to prevent rotation of the bolt when a wing nut is tightened onto the fastener, permitting final assembly without the use of tools. The protrusions create a gap between the flanges, forming a track, which receives/guides a flange of the base.

An animal lifting device and method is provided. In particular, a hip member and a chest member are provided that have handles thereon. The chest member and the hip member may be selectively interconnected to each other with an interconnection member. The chest member may include an upper portion, shoulder pads, a chest pad, a center cross member, and an adjustable strap. The hip member may include an upper portion, an adjustable sling, and adjustable straps.

A locking apparatus for a pet cage is disclosed. The locking apparatus comprises a turntable rotatable about a central axis of rotation; at least one elongate metal lock bar, where elongate metal lock bar is configured to extend along a radial line originating from the axis of rotation of the turntable and a connecting member for operably connecting the elongate metal lock bar and the turntable. The connecting member comprises a forwardly extending portion for receiving a front section of the elongate metal lock bar and fixing a retained end of the elongate metal lock bar to the connecting member and a rearward extending portion which extends parallel with and is outwardly offset from the forwardly extending portion. The connecting member also includes a linear conversion mechanism arranged between the turntable and the rearward extending portion of the connecting member; the linear conversion mechanism configured to convert rotation of the turntable about the axis of rotation to linear movement of the connecting member in the same direction as a longitudinal direction of the elongate metal lock bar.

An animal enclosure includes a kennel body including a rotational molded wall formed from a plastic material. The kennel body defines an interior space shaped to accommodate one or more animals, and defines a door opening shaped to allow the animal to enter and exit the kennel body. A hoop-shaped door frame is disposed on the kennel body proximate the door opening. A door is disposed on the door frame, and the door is pivotally moveable relative to the door frame between an open position and a closed position. A latch is disposed on the door. A drain recess is defined in the rear wall of the kennel body, and a removable drain plug may be positioned in the drain recess. A moat is defined in the kennel body floor to collect water off the floor of the kennel body.

A climate controlled display cabinet includes a frame. A stationary shelf is coupled to the frame. A plurality of operable shelves is coupled to at least one of the frame and the stationary shelf. The operable shelves are moveable between open and closed positions. A heat source is in thermal communication with the stationary shelf and the plurality of operable shelves. At least one temperature sensor monitors a temperature of an area proximate the stationary shelf and the plurality of operable shelves.