A01K1/0114

Method and apparatus to handle animal waste
11240990 · 2022-02-08 ·

The present invention relates to an animal waste collection and disposal apparatus that separates solid and liquid waste. The collection and disposal apparatus has a basin and a corresponding grate. The grate is placed on top of the basin and allows for any liquid waste to pass through, while retaining any solid waste on the upper surface. An absorption pad may be placed in between the basin and grate. The basin may have securement means located about at least one of its exterior edges, allowing multiple basins to be connected to one another so as to create a single, larger unit for use with larger animals.

Manure fork
09736979 · 2017-08-22 ·

A manure fork has an elongate handle with a fork head mounted thereupon. The fork head includes a rear frame, a tine frame, and a pair of side panels. The rear frame has a pair of side edges, a lower edge that extends a width. The tine frame includes a lateral body that abuts the lower edge of the rear frame and extends the width of the rear frame, and a plurality of tines extending outwardly from the lateral body such that the tine frame is disposed in a generally planar configuration, the tine frame further having side edges. A plurality of cable ties are provided that each wrap around the lower edge of the rear frame and the lateral body of the tine frame for further securing the tine frame to the rear frame.

Easy Clean Animal Litter Box
20170231190 · 2017-08-17 ·

An animal litter box is designed for convenient cleaning. An animal leaves waste that generally comprises clumps and fecal material inside or on top of animal litter. A flexible and lift-able tray is immersed in the animal litter. To clean the litter box, the tray is lifted up which strains the pet waste out of the animal litter. The tray is rotated further so the animal waste is conveniently discharged into a waste bag. The tray is returned to position for re-use by rotating the litter box so as to drain the animal litter away from the tray's normal position. The litter box is rotated back to normal position, and the tray and litter then are repositioned into a re-usable litter box.

Cat litter holding and cleaning assembly
11425885 · 2022-08-30 ·

A cat litter holding and cleaning assembly includes a housing having a top wall, a bottom wall and a perimeter wall extending between the top and bottom walls. The perimeter wall includes a front side, back side, first lateral side and second lateral side. The front side has an opening extending therethrough for a cat to access an interior of the housing. A filter member is removably mounted in the housing. The filter member includes a perimeter frame bounding an interior area. A filter grid is mounted to the perimeter frame and traverses the interior area. The perimeter frame is extendable across the interior of the housing from the first lateral side to the second side. Litter positioned in the housing flows through the filter grid such that waste material in the litter remains on the filter grid when the housing is inverted.

PET CARRIER INCLUDING DETACHABLE LITTER BOX
20170223924 · 2017-08-10 ·

A pet carrier assembly, including: an upper cage housing; and a lower litter pan coupled to the upper cage housing; wherein the lower litter pan is detachable from the upper cage housing and includes a removable waste grate disposed in a bottom portion thereof. The upper cage housing includes a hinged door structure operable for providing access to an interior portion of the upper cage housing. The upper cage housing includes one or more window grates or arrays of holes operable for providing ventilation to an interior portion of the upper cage housing. The pet carrier assembly also includes one or more coupling mechanisms for coupling the lower litter pan to the upper cage housing. Optionally, the pet carrier assembly further includes a moisture absorbent material disposed between the removable waste grate and a bottom of the lower litter pan.

LITTER BOX COVER WITH COMBINED CANOPY AND CHUTE
20210400906 · 2021-12-30 ·

A litter box cover comprises an enclosure adapted to engage and cover a litter pan. The enclosure defines an interior volume adapted to accommodate felis catus (housecat) defecation, and has a feline transit doorway opening into the interior volume and which is adapted to accommodate felis catus ingress into and egress from the interior volume. A hood is movably coupled to the enclosure in registration with the doorway so as to be movable between a canopy position and a chute position. In the canopy position the hood extends outwardly from the enclosure to form a canopy over the doorway, and in the chute position the hood forms a guide ramp for guiding particulate material such as kitty litter through the doorway into the interior volume.

Modular pet litter box system
11206806 · 2021-12-28 · ·

A pet litter box system comprising a base tray with a non-apertured bottom wall and a plurality of sifting trays each with an apertured bottom wall, the sifting trays formed of molded pulp material. The sifting trays and base nest together. The system may include an upper shield seated on the nested sifting trays to contain litter that is kicked up by a cat utilizing the tray system. The shield may be formed of pulp and inverted to receive nested pulp sifting trays to define a transport or storage mode, the shield enhancing the combined structure in the transport or storage mode.

Scoop with variably spaced apart bottom flanges
11191250 · 2021-12-07 ·

A scoop has a handle and curvilinear base such that the scoop is narrower at an extreme end and deeper at a back end, the back end meeting a handle. A front most region of the device meets the top side of the device in some embodiments, such that side walls, the top side, and the bottom side join at a front end. The bottom side of the base has a plurality of spaced apart slats with portals therebetween. The slats are closer together near the front side than the back side, becoming progressively more spaced apart. In this manner, a smallest size particulate matter falls through the slats at the front end of the device while progressively larger particulate matter falls through towards the back end of the device in proportion to the increasing space between the slats.

CAT LITTER HOLDING AND CLEANING ASSEMBLY
20210368730 · 2021-12-02 ·

A cat litter holding and cleaning assembly includes a housing having a top wall, a bottom wall and a perimeter wall extending between the top and bottom walls. The perimeter wall includes a front side, back side, first lateral side and second lateral side. The front side has an opening extending therethrough for a cat to access an interior of the housing. A filter member is removably mounted in the housing. The filter member includes a perimeter frame bounding an interior area. A filter grid is mounted to the perimeter frame and traverses the interior area. The perimeter frame is extendable across the interior of the housing from the first lateral side to the second side. Litter positioned in the housing flows through the filter grid such that waste material in the litter remains on the filter grid when the housing is inverted.

ANIMAL TOILET
20220183251 · 2022-06-16 · ·

An animal toilet includes a body portion, and a partition portion. The body portion has a bottom face part and a side face part, and is in a box shape. The partition portion is in a plate shape, and divides the inside of the body portion vertically. The partition portion has a through hole that allows urine to pass therethrough. The thickness of the partition portion in a surrounding part around the through hole is smaller than the thickness of the partition portion in a remaining part that is the part other than the surrounding part.