House Shaped Shelter For Animals

Abstract

A single-piece containerboard blank (7) is provided having hingedly-connected first (8), second (9), third (10) and fourth (11) side walls, in which the first side wall is long enough in length to be folded back over the entire structure and function as a roof (6). This side wall includes hingedly-connected sections and slots (1) cutouts for tabs to insert into. The first side wall also has hingedly-connected sections (5) and creases to allow easy folding (3). The third wall includes a hole (2) to function as a door. The second and third side walls include tabs (4) that can be used to fit into the slots located on the first side wall.

Claims

1. A single-piece containerboard blank erectable into a house shaped shelter having four walls, at least one entry opening, an A-frame style roof and a floor area.

2. The single-piece blank according to claim 1, wherein the floor area has a section cutout to allow for animal droppings to fall outside of the structure.

3. The single-piece blank according to claim 1, wherein the roof area has a section hingedly-connected that can be lifted up to peer into the structure and closed again.

4. The single-piece blank according to claim 1, wherein the surface of the structure is made of a material that easily accepts paint, markers of other means of adding custom art to the shelter

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0004] The foregoing aspects and many of the advantages of this invention will become more readily appreciated and become better understood by reference to the following detailed description, when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, wherein:

[0005] FIG. 1 is a plan view of a blank from which the animal shelter is formed;

[0006] Reference line 1 shows the holes cut into the roof of the structure wherein the tabs on the walls engage into the roof;

[0007] Reference line 2 shows the cut-out door of the shelter;

[0008] Reference line 3 shows a scored area with dotted lines where fold lines allow hingedly connected areas of the single blank

[0009] Reference line 4 shows a tab on a wall that is angled where the center is taller than the sides

[0010] Reference line 5 shows a hingedly connected part of a wall that folds up inside of the completed structure

[0011] Reference line 6 shows the roof area of the single blank that is hingedly connected to a wall having a fold line at top

[0012] Reference line 7 shows the a single-piece containerboard

[0013] Reference line 8 shows a first sidewall hingedly-connected

[0014] Reference line 9 shows a second sidewall hingedly-connected

[0015] Reference line 10 shows a third side wall hingedly-connected

[0016] Reference line 11 shows a fourth side wall hingedly-connected

[0017] FIG. 2 is a drawing of the fully constructed shelter shown from the frontal view that shows the door of the shelter, A-frame shape, and surface areas that easily accept art materials such as paint, markers, etc.