Pet beds

Abstract

The invention relates to pet beds, and particularly with pet beds with a wall and a base encased in a fabric overcoat. Known pet beds have the disadvantage of needing a rimmed section to allow use by e.g., heavy dogs, and the further disadvantage that rimmed sections on walls formed from resilient materials generate high levels of waste. The object of the invention is to avoid this disadvantage, an objective met by a pet bed comprising a peripheral wall formed from a resilient material, the wall having a regular cross-sectional shape that diminishes in width from its upper to lower end.

1 . A pet bed comprising a peripheral wall formed from a resilient material, the wall having a regular cross-sectional shape that diminishes in width from its upper to lower end.  
     
     
         2 . A pet bed as in  claim 1 , wherein a base is provided that is a pad formed from the same resilient material.  
     
     
         3 . A pet bed as in  claim 1 , wherein a base is provided that is a pad formed of a different material.  
     
     
         4 . A pet bed as in  claim 2  or  claim 3 , wherein the base is integral with the wall.  
     
     
         5 . A pet bed as in  claim 2  or  claim 3 , wherein the base is separately formed.  
     
     
         6 . A pet bed as in  claim 5 , wherein the base is attached to the wall by an appropriate means.  
     
     
         7 . A pet bed as in any of  claims 1  to  6 , wherein the resilient material is a polyester,  
     
     
         8 . A pet bed as in any of  claim 1  to  6 , wherein the resilient material is a polyester of a foamed or sponge-like character.  
     
     
         9 . A pet bed as in any of  claims 1  to  6  wherein the wall and/or base are formed from a fibrous material.  
     
     
         10 . A pet bed as in any of  claim 1  to  9 , wherein the wall is formed with a section that is of a generally trapezium shape, that may be a regular trapezium with top and bottom parallel faces and equally and oppositely angled side walls.  
     
     
         11 . A pet bed as in any of  claim 1  to  9 , wherein the wall is an irregular trapezium with top and bottom parallel faces, one side wall perpendicular to the end walls and the opposite side wall at an appropriate angle  
     
     
         12 . A pet bed as in any of  claims 1  to  11 , wherein a reinforcing or strengthening member is associated with the wall.  
     
     
         13 . A pet bed as in  claim 11 , wherein the reinforcing or strengthening member is a strengthening band extending in part or in whole around the outer periphery of the wall.