Device for converting vehicle trunks into animal pens

Claim 1

IN A HORIZONTALLY ELONGATED TRUNK COMPARTMENT OF A PASSENGER AUTOMOBILE HAVING A RECTANGULAR TOP OPENING COVERED BY A CONFORMING LID HINGED THERETO AT ITS INNER MOST EDGE, THE COMBINATION WITH A RECTANGULAR OPEN FRAME DIMENSIONED TO REST UPON AND CONFORM TO THE SIDE AND OUTERMOST EDGES OF THE TRUNK OPENING AND REMOVABLY MOUNTED THEREON TO HAVE ITS SIDE AND OUTERMOST MEMBERS EXTEND FOR A DISTANCE THEREABOVE, A BAG-LKIE CONTAINER OF LIQUID IMPERVIOUS FLEXIBLY LIMP SHEET MATERIAL, FORMING A BOTTOM WALL AND AN ENCLOSING VERTICAL WALL, RELEASIBLE MEANS SECURING THE UPPER EDGE PORTIONS OF THE VERTICAL WALL TO AND ABOUT THE FOUR MEMBERS OF SAID RECTANGULAR FRAME AND DEPENDING THEREFROM FOR A DISTANCE TO PERMIT ITS BOTTOM WALL TO REST ON THE FLOOR OF SAID TRUNK COMPARTMENT AND UNDERLIE THE OPENING THEREOF, THE TOP EDGES OF THE SIDE AND OUTERMOST MEMBERS OF THE FRAME BEING SHAPED TO CONFORM TO THE SIDE AND DISTAL EDGES, RESPECTIVELY, OF SAID LID AND FITTEDLY CONTACT THEREWITH WHEN THE LID IS LOWERED THEREUPON, MEANS RELEASIBLY HOLDING THE FRAME IN POSITION, MEANS FOR RELEASIBLY LOCKING THE LID UPON SAID FRAME, AND VENTILATING MEANS IN SAID FRAME, WHEREBY AN ISOLATING AND SANITARY ANIMAL PEN CARRIER IS PROVIDED WHOLLY WITHIN THE TRUNK-COMPARTMENT AND ITS LID.