Patent
Support beam for pet furniture
| العنوان: | Support beam for pet furniture |
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| Patent Number: | 8,826,862 |
| تاريخ النشر: | September 09, 2014 |
| Appl. No: | 13/235458 |
| Application Filed: | September 18, 2011 |
| مستخلص: | A support beam for a pet furniture includes a plurality of back plates, first hooks, second hooks and third hooks. Upper end and lower end of the back plate are formed with an insertion slot and a protrusion respectively. One side of the back plate is formed with a plurality of engaging troughs for allowing the first hooks and the third hooks to be disposed therein. The third hook is engaged with the first hook. By this structure, a shelf plate, a cat house and a cat ladder can be mounted onto the back plate by means of the engagement between the second hook and the third hook. Then, the back plate is fixed to a wall. In this way, the support beam for a pet furniture is obtained. |
| Inventors: | Lee, Chih-Ching (Taipei, TW) |
| Claim: | 1. A support beam for pet furniture, including: a back plate formed into a rectangular plate and fixable on a wall, a first end of the back plate being formed with an insertion slot, an opposing second end of the back plate being formed with a rectangular protrusion, a vertical surface of the back plate having at least an engaging trough, each engaging trough including an upper groove and a lower groove, the insertion slot and the protrusion of the back plate being configured to matingly connect to another back plate vertically; a first hook comprising a first portion connected to a second portion, the first portion of the first hook being formed in a stepped shape with an upper stopper for engaging with the upper groove of the at least an engaging trough, the second portion having a curved section, an end of the curved section having a hook portion, and an opposing end of the curved section having a lower stopper for engaging with the lower groove of the engaging trough; a second hook comprising a horizontal portion substantially perpendicularly connected to a first side of a vertical portion, an opposing second side of the vertical portion comprising an upper stopper and a lower stopper, the first side of the vertical portion further comprising a triangular base having a fixing portion, the triangular base disposed below the horizontal portion and configured to accept a shelf plate, the upper stopper and the lower stopper being configured to respectively engage with the upper groove and the lower groove of the engaging trough of the back plate; and a third hook comprising a first portion connected to a second portion, the first portion comprising a vertical surface for engaging with another object, the second portion being curved and having a first end disposed above the vertical surface of the first portion and an opposing end having a hooked fastening portion configured to engage the hook portion of the first hook. |
| Claim: | 2. The support beam for a pet furniture according to claim 1 , wherein a width of the shelf plate is changeable. |
| Claim: | 3. The support beam for a pet furniture according to claim 1 , wherein the vertical surface of the third hook is configured to engage a cat house and a cat ladder for mounting thereon. |
| Claim: | 4. The support beam for a pet furniture according to claim 3 , wherein the cat ladder further comprises a plurality of fixing plates each having an insertion slot. |
| Claim: | 5. The support beam for a pet furniture according to claim 3 , wherein a side of the cat house is formed with a plurality of insertion slots configured to accept the vertical surface of the third hook. |
| Current U.S. Class: | 119/485 |
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| Other References: | Li, Zhi-Qing, Translation of Abstract of TW M397143, Feb. 1, 2011. cited by applicant |
| Assistant Examiner: | Evans, Ebony |
| Primary Examiner: | Swiatek, Rob |
| رقم الانضمام: | edspgr.08826862 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | USPTO Patent Grants |
| الوصف غير متاح. |