CA1138274A - Box for receiving feces of domestic animals - Google Patents
Box for receiving feces of domestic animalsInfo
- Publication number
- CA1138274A CA1138274A CA000358295A CA358295A CA1138274A CA 1138274 A CA1138274 A CA 1138274A CA 000358295 A CA000358295 A CA 000358295A CA 358295 A CA358295 A CA 358295A CA 1138274 A CA1138274 A CA 1138274A
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- CA
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- Prior art keywords
- box
- sheets
- litter
- sheet
- edges
- Prior art date
- Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
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Classifications
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
- A01K—ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS
- A01K1/00—Housing animals; Equipment therefor
- A01K1/01—Removal of dung or urine, e.g. from stables
- A01K1/0107—Cat trays; Dog urinals; Toilets for pets
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- Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
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- Housing For Livestock And Birds (AREA)
- Packages (AREA)
Abstract
ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE
The present invention provides in a box for receiving the feces of domestic animals, the improvement in which at least the inside of the box is lined with one or several removable sheets.
The present invention provides in a box for receiving the feces of domestic animals, the improvement in which at least the inside of the box is lined with one or several removable sheets.
Description
The present invention relates to a box for receiving the feces of small domestic animals such as cats, dogs, mice ham-sters and birds.
Heretofore boxes for household animals have been pro-vided with litter so that the animals can relieve themselves thereon. These boxes exist for all kinds of domestic animals in corresponding sizes and shapes in order to attain a deposition of feces suitable for the animal concerned. The litter contained in the boxes contains water-absorbing and odor-binding sub-stances, as for example, peat, special litter, special expanded clay chips and similar materials which are odor-bindin~,intercept the urine of the animals and bind the feces.
These boxes must be cleaned at regular intervals. This means that the entire box must be emptied and the litter or filler material must be removed. The disadvantage of this method of cleaning lies in that the amount of work expended is relatively large and that the method is cumbersome since the box must still be cleaned after it has been emptied and the removal of the litter from the box thus can not be carried out without leaving residues.
Moreover, when emptying the content of the box, for example, into a garbage can, the litter is sometimes spilled, resulting in substantial odorous annoyance and in pollution of the environment.
However, residues of the litter of filler material always remain in the box so that tedious cleaning measures are required. Again, the feces can stick to the inaccessible corners of the box, resulting in substantial odorous annoyance and constituting a constant unhygienic source of infection.
The present invention provides a box of the aforesaid type in which the filler material can be completely removed with-out leaving residues and additional cleaning of the box after 113~274 the filler material has been removed is not required. Retention of the filler material or of the feces in the box is to be reli-ably avoided.
The present invention also constructs the box that the ]itter can bc changed or put into the box particularly fast and in a labour-saving manner without the risk of spilling litter when changing it or putting it into the box.
In accordance with the present invention at least the inside of the box is lined with one or several removable sheets.
Thus the advantages of the present invention are obtained in a simple manner by arranging one or several removable sheets on the inside of the box. The litter is then poured on the sheet and the box is then used for the intended purpose when keeping domestic animals in households. After a predetermined period, which depends on the soiling of the litter, s~id litter is simply changed in that ~he entire sheet is pulled from the box and the litter remains in the sheet (sheet bag) so that the litter can be removed from the box without leaving residues.
The retention of residues of the litter, feces or urine in the box thus is avoided.
The sheet bag with the litter contained therein can be thrown away in its entirety.
It is just as simple to pour in new litter since the empty box is first lined with a sheet on to which the litter is then poured.
In a second embodiment of the present invention, the litter is sold directly in the sheet bag as a sales unit and the person buying this sheet bag with the litter contained therein merely has to put the bag into the box and to line the latter correspondingly. The user thus buys completely packed sheet bag with the filler material contained therein correspondingly.
The amount of filler must be adapted to the box concerned.
~13~3Z~4 In a third embodiment several sheet bags are included in a packaging bag containing the litter so that all the user has to do is to remove a sheet bag in order to pour the litter thereinto. I'he number of sheet bags included in a bag for the litter is so determined that the content of the bag with litter can be distributed consecutively over the enclosed sheet bags.
In a further embodiment the sheet bags are contiguous and separable by perforations and are wound onto a reel. The user buying this kind of reel can then pull off the sheet bags consecutively.
In yet another embodiment th~ box is completely lined withseveral superjacent sheets when it is sold. The user merely has to pour in the litter and the box is ready for use. When the litter is to be replaced the top sheet is removed from the box and thrown away. The next foil is then exposedand can be covered with litter immediately.
After using all the sheets contained in the box either a refill pack can be provided in order to line the box again with s~eets arranged in superjacent layers or the box may also be thrown away in its entirety in order to acquire a new box lined with superjacent sheets.
In a further embodiment it is possible that instead of sheet bags correspondingly stiff plastic parts having rela-tive dimensional stability and the shape of an open-topped box are used. These plastic elements are telescoped or stacked in each other so that comparatively several box-shaped elements emboxed in each other are sold as a box and that the litter is poured first into the topmost box-shaped element.
When the litter is used up the topmost element is re-moved"to~ether with the litter and the next element is ready tobe filled with litter.
The present invention will be further illustrated by way of the accompanying drawings, in which:
1~8'~74 Figure 1 is a sketch of a box lined with sheets in perspective topview according to one embodiment of the present invention;
Figure 2 is a section along the line II-II in Figure 1;
Figure 3 is a section through the box according to a second embodiment of the present invention; and Figure 4 is a detail section through the wall of a box according to a third embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 1 shows a box lined with a sheet 2. In this case the sheet 2 has been pulled over the edges of the box 1 so that it engages over the upper edge 4 round the box 1. Litter 3 is filled into the box 1. When the litter is used up the sheet 2 is pulled from the edge 4 and is removed together with the litter 3 in its entirety.
Figure 2 shows that the sheet 2 still overlaps the edge 4 of the box 1. Figure 3 shows that the sheet 2 can also be secured to the edge 4 by means of additional clamping devices, as for example, a clamping ring 7 or a clamp strap 9 (see Fig. 4).
Figure 3 shows a second embodiment of a box. In this case several sheets 6 have been put into a box 5 as a package.
The sheets 6 are superposed in layers and are pulled off consecu-tively from the top to the bottom. In this case, too, the sheets can be secured by means of a clamping ring 7or by clamp straps 9.
Figure 4 shows this kind of clamp strap 9, which force-ably presses a sheet 2 onto the edge 8 of a box.
Heretofore boxes for household animals have been pro-vided with litter so that the animals can relieve themselves thereon. These boxes exist for all kinds of domestic animals in corresponding sizes and shapes in order to attain a deposition of feces suitable for the animal concerned. The litter contained in the boxes contains water-absorbing and odor-binding sub-stances, as for example, peat, special litter, special expanded clay chips and similar materials which are odor-bindin~,intercept the urine of the animals and bind the feces.
These boxes must be cleaned at regular intervals. This means that the entire box must be emptied and the litter or filler material must be removed. The disadvantage of this method of cleaning lies in that the amount of work expended is relatively large and that the method is cumbersome since the box must still be cleaned after it has been emptied and the removal of the litter from the box thus can not be carried out without leaving residues.
Moreover, when emptying the content of the box, for example, into a garbage can, the litter is sometimes spilled, resulting in substantial odorous annoyance and in pollution of the environment.
However, residues of the litter of filler material always remain in the box so that tedious cleaning measures are required. Again, the feces can stick to the inaccessible corners of the box, resulting in substantial odorous annoyance and constituting a constant unhygienic source of infection.
The present invention provides a box of the aforesaid type in which the filler material can be completely removed with-out leaving residues and additional cleaning of the box after 113~274 the filler material has been removed is not required. Retention of the filler material or of the feces in the box is to be reli-ably avoided.
The present invention also constructs the box that the ]itter can bc changed or put into the box particularly fast and in a labour-saving manner without the risk of spilling litter when changing it or putting it into the box.
In accordance with the present invention at least the inside of the box is lined with one or several removable sheets.
Thus the advantages of the present invention are obtained in a simple manner by arranging one or several removable sheets on the inside of the box. The litter is then poured on the sheet and the box is then used for the intended purpose when keeping domestic animals in households. After a predetermined period, which depends on the soiling of the litter, s~id litter is simply changed in that ~he entire sheet is pulled from the box and the litter remains in the sheet (sheet bag) so that the litter can be removed from the box without leaving residues.
The retention of residues of the litter, feces or urine in the box thus is avoided.
The sheet bag with the litter contained therein can be thrown away in its entirety.
It is just as simple to pour in new litter since the empty box is first lined with a sheet on to which the litter is then poured.
In a second embodiment of the present invention, the litter is sold directly in the sheet bag as a sales unit and the person buying this sheet bag with the litter contained therein merely has to put the bag into the box and to line the latter correspondingly. The user thus buys completely packed sheet bag with the filler material contained therein correspondingly.
The amount of filler must be adapted to the box concerned.
~13~3Z~4 In a third embodiment several sheet bags are included in a packaging bag containing the litter so that all the user has to do is to remove a sheet bag in order to pour the litter thereinto. I'he number of sheet bags included in a bag for the litter is so determined that the content of the bag with litter can be distributed consecutively over the enclosed sheet bags.
In a further embodiment the sheet bags are contiguous and separable by perforations and are wound onto a reel. The user buying this kind of reel can then pull off the sheet bags consecutively.
In yet another embodiment th~ box is completely lined withseveral superjacent sheets when it is sold. The user merely has to pour in the litter and the box is ready for use. When the litter is to be replaced the top sheet is removed from the box and thrown away. The next foil is then exposedand can be covered with litter immediately.
After using all the sheets contained in the box either a refill pack can be provided in order to line the box again with s~eets arranged in superjacent layers or the box may also be thrown away in its entirety in order to acquire a new box lined with superjacent sheets.
In a further embodiment it is possible that instead of sheet bags correspondingly stiff plastic parts having rela-tive dimensional stability and the shape of an open-topped box are used. These plastic elements are telescoped or stacked in each other so that comparatively several box-shaped elements emboxed in each other are sold as a box and that the litter is poured first into the topmost box-shaped element.
When the litter is used up the topmost element is re-moved"to~ether with the litter and the next element is ready tobe filled with litter.
The present invention will be further illustrated by way of the accompanying drawings, in which:
1~8'~74 Figure 1 is a sketch of a box lined with sheets in perspective topview according to one embodiment of the present invention;
Figure 2 is a section along the line II-II in Figure 1;
Figure 3 is a section through the box according to a second embodiment of the present invention; and Figure 4 is a detail section through the wall of a box according to a third embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 1 shows a box lined with a sheet 2. In this case the sheet 2 has been pulled over the edges of the box 1 so that it engages over the upper edge 4 round the box 1. Litter 3 is filled into the box 1. When the litter is used up the sheet 2 is pulled from the edge 4 and is removed together with the litter 3 in its entirety.
Figure 2 shows that the sheet 2 still overlaps the edge 4 of the box 1. Figure 3 shows that the sheet 2 can also be secured to the edge 4 by means of additional clamping devices, as for example, a clamping ring 7 or a clamp strap 9 (see Fig. 4).
Figure 3 shows a second embodiment of a box. In this case several sheets 6 have been put into a box 5 as a package.
The sheets 6 are superposed in layers and are pulled off consecu-tively from the top to the bottom. In this case, too, the sheets can be secured by means of a clamping ring 7or by clamp straps 9.
Figure 4 shows this kind of clamp strap 9, which force-ably presses a sheet 2 onto the edge 8 of a box.
Claims (5)
PROPERTY OR PRIVILEGE IS CLAIMED ARE DEFINED AS FOLLOWS:
1. A box for receiving excreta of small domestic ani-mals, consisting of: an open-topped box which is shallow rela-tive to the dimensions of length and width thereof; a plurality of removable thin imperforate sheets disposed in layers, one above the other in said box, said plurality of sheets serving as a lining of substantially the same shape as the interior of said box and disposed such that the edges of said sheets overlap the edges of said box, wherein the top layer of said sheets, including any material which may have been deposited thereon within said box, may be removed from the next sheet of said plurality.
2. A box in accordance with claim 1, further including clamping means for holding the edges of said plurality of sheets in place on the rim of said box.
3. A box in accordance with claim 2, wherein said clamp-ing means comprises a circular clamp ring.
4. A box in accordance with claim 1, wherein said clamping means comprises a clamp collar.
5. A box for receiving excreta of small domestic ani-mals, consisting essentially of a plurality of stacked imperforate plastic elements of suitable rigidity to maintain a relatively stable shape, said shape being that of an open-topped box which is shallow relative to the dimensions of length and width thereof, wherein each of said plurality of elements are separable from one another such that the uppermost element, including any material which may have been deposited therein, may be removed from the remaining elements and discarded.
Applications Claiming Priority (2)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEP2933629.6 | 1979-08-20 | ||
| DE19792933629 DE2933629A1 (en) | 1979-08-20 | 1979-08-20 | BOX FOR RECEIVING FAECALS IN PETS |
Publications (1)
| Publication Number | Publication Date |
|---|---|
| CA1138274A true CA1138274A (en) | 1982-12-28 |
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| Application Number | Title | Priority Date | Filing Date |
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| CA000358295A Expired CA1138274A (en) | 1979-08-20 | 1980-08-15 | Box for receiving feces of domestic animals |
Country Status (11)
| Country | Link |
|---|---|
| EP (1) | EP0034163A1 (en) |
| JP (1) | JPS56501075A (en) |
| AU (1) | AU6229780A (en) |
| CA (1) | CA1138274A (en) |
| DD (1) | DD152897A5 (en) |
| DE (1) | DE2933629A1 (en) |
| ES (1) | ES252621Y (en) |
| GB (1) | GB2072477A (en) |
| IT (1) | IT8022548V0 (en) |
| NL (1) | NL8020325A (en) |
| WO (1) | WO1981000504A1 (en) |
Families Citing this family (11)
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| US4869204A (en) * | 1978-05-24 | 1989-09-26 | Patrick Yananton | Odorless animal litter unit having securing means |
| EP0108839A1 (en) * | 1982-11-10 | 1984-05-23 | ZWIEHOFF, Mechthild | Litter container for faeces disposal |
| AU9059682A (en) * | 1982-11-10 | 1984-06-04 | Mechthild Zwiehoff | Behalter zur aufnahme von einstreumaterial |
| DE3539637A1 (en) * | 1985-02-13 | 1986-08-14 | Effem Gmbh, 2810 Verden | CAT TOILET AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A BAG USED THEREOF |
| ZA871952B (en) * | 1986-03-21 | 1988-10-26 | Colgate Palmolive Co | Litter box liner |
| CA1245112A (en) * | 1986-05-16 | 1988-11-22 | James L. Martin | Prepacked and disposable animal litter receptacles and containment therefor |
| US4801006A (en) * | 1987-06-03 | 1989-01-31 | Martin James L | Prepacked and disposable animal litter receptacles and containment therefor |
| GB2346534B (en) * | 1998-12-22 | 2003-02-26 | Kathryn Rose Brown | Disposable Litter Tray |
| DE10112128C1 (en) * | 2001-03-14 | 2002-10-10 | Mars Inc | Litter Box |
| DE202016101419U1 (en) | 2016-03-15 | 2017-06-19 | Svenja Kimbel | Device for taking animal excrement samples and using the device |
| CN115868418A (en) * | 2021-08-19 | 2023-03-31 | 浙江美新宠物科技有限公司 | Control method for returning initial position of cat litter box and cat litter box |
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| US3809013A (en) * | 1971-05-06 | 1974-05-07 | Thursday Co | Disposable insert for litter box |
| JPS5123203Y2 (en) * | 1971-08-26 | 1976-06-15 | ||
| US3990396A (en) * | 1973-03-09 | 1976-11-09 | Hal Turk | Litter box for pets |
| DE2613659A1 (en) * | 1976-03-31 | 1977-10-13 | Karin Gelszus | Toilet for domestic animals esp. cats - has disposable insertion piece over bottom part for easy removal of filler material |
| FR2413873A1 (en) * | 1978-01-06 | 1979-08-03 | Monnet Francois | DEJECTION RECEPTACLE FOR SMALL DOMESTIC ANIMALS |
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1979
- 1979-08-20 DE DE19792933629 patent/DE2933629A1/en not_active Withdrawn
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1980
- 1980-08-12 WO PCT/EP1980/000077 patent/WO1981000504A1/en not_active Application Discontinuation
- 1980-08-12 AU AU62297/80A patent/AU6229780A/en not_active Abandoned
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- 1980-08-12 JP JP50200280A patent/JPS56501075A/ja active Pending
- 1980-08-12 NL NL8020325A patent/NL8020325A/en not_active Application Discontinuation
- 1980-08-14 IT IT2254880U patent/IT8022548V0/en unknown
- 1980-08-15 CA CA000358295A patent/CA1138274A/en not_active Expired
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| AU6229780A (en) | 1981-03-19 |
| ES252621Y (en) | 1981-05-16 |
| NL8020325A (en) | 1981-07-01 |
| EP0034163A1 (en) | 1981-08-26 |
| ES252621U (en) | 1980-12-01 |
| WO1981000504A1 (en) | 1981-03-05 |
| GB2072477A (en) | 1981-10-07 |
| DD152897A5 (en) | 1981-12-16 |
| JPS56501075A (en) | 1981-08-06 |
| IT8022548V0 (en) | 1980-08-14 |
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