Animal husbandry – Waste toilet or related device – Walled receptacle; e.g. – litter box – etc. – containing...
Patent
2000-02-03
2000-10-24
Price, Thomas
Animal husbandry
Waste toilet or related device
Walled receptacle; e.g., litter box, etc., containing...
A01K 2900
Patent
active
061350583
ABSTRACT:
A sanitary cat litter box and method of use. The sanitary cat litter box comprises a box top sized to frictionally fit onto a box bottom, an impervious bag sized to fit into the box bottom, and at least one sieve bag nested in the impervious bag. The box has a box mouth and a box aperture. The impervious bag has an impervious bag mouth co-extensive with the box mouth and an impervious bag aperture co-extensive with the box aperture. Each sieve bag has a sieve bag mouth co-extensive with the box mouth and a sieve bag aperture co-extensive with the box aperture. Means is provided to hold the corresponding box, impervious bag, and sieve bag mouths together, and to hold the corresponding box, impervious bag, and sieve bag apertures together. In use, the sieve bag(s) and impervious bag are placed within the box bottom, and the corresponding apertures attached. Cat litter is placed in the uppermost sieve bag, the corresponding mouths are attached, and the box top is installed on the box bottom. Each day, one sieve bag containing lumped cat litter and cat waste is removed from the sanitary cat litter box, and discarded. On the last day, only the impervious bag containing the remainder of the cat litter and any accumulated cat waste is removed and discarded, and a new sieve bag/impervious bag package is installed in the box bottom.
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Price Thomas
Rooy Paul S.
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