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Cat litter box apparatus and method

Patent 5058528 Issued on October 22, 1991. Estimated Expiration Date: Icon_subject December 13, 2009. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventors

Application

No. 450239 filed on 12/13/1989

US Classes:

119/165, Walled receptacle; e.g., litter box, etc., containing moisture absorbent material4/476, Enclosed receptacle typeD30/161WASTE COLLECTOR (E.G., LITTER BOX, ETC.)

Examiners

Primary: Mancene, Gene
Assistant: Price, Thomas

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Foreign Patent References

  • 1198638 CA 12/13/1985
  • 2561066 FR 09/13/1985

International Class

A01K 029/00

Abstract

The present invention discloses a cat litter box apparatus and method. The apparatus includes component parts that combine to resemble a human toilet facility. The component parts include a tank member for storing and dispensing cat litter material, a bowl-like base member detachably connected to the tank member, a drawer member that is removably enclosed within the bowl-like base member for receiving fresh cat litter material from the tank member and for being used by a cat for going to the toilet.

Other References

  • Product Label for Cat Pan Liners by Van Ness Plastic Molding Co., Inc., 55t Cortlandt St., Belleville, N.J. 07109
  • Amway Homeshopper Catalog 1989, Item G BoodaBox Odor-Free Litter Box
  • Sales Catalog for Cat Claws Inc., P.O. Box 1774, Des Plaines, IL 60018, Item #190, Hooded Litter Pan, (Last Page of Catalog
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