Housing unit for a domestic animal

Claim 1

A housing unit for a domestic animal comprising a generally rectangular upwardly open box-like base structure having side walls, upstanding further side members attachable to said side walls of said base structure in forwardly extending side-by-side relation to define an entrance corridor to said housing unit, a frame composed of a plurality of individual frame elements having means for attachment to said base structure to be supported thereon, a plurality of frame element interconnection means for interconnecting the ends of said frame elements other than those attached to said base structure whereby to form a frame overlying said base structure, water proof ground sheet means shaped to fit over the underside of said box-like base structure and extend at least part-way up the walls on the outside thereof, fixing means for fixing an edge of said ground sheet means to the side walls of said base structure, a flexible waterproof cover removably supportable on said frame and defining therewith an interior housing chamber in which said base-structure forms a bed, means defining an opening in said flexible waterproof cover through which access can be gained to said interior chamber defined by said flexible cover and said frame, said opening being a permanently open non-closable entrance for a domestic pet animal, further frame elements attachable to said upstanding further side members to project upwardly therefrom, further frame element attachment means interconnecting said further frame elements together and to said frame elements to form a composite frame including a first frame part defining said interior housing chamber and a second frame part defining an entrance chamber in communication with said interior housing chamber, said flexible cover including a portion extending over said entrance chamber and defining therewith a permanently open entrance for an animal.