IP Library Granted Patent US 7,131,396
Granted Patent B2
US 7,131,396 · App. 11/346,950 · Granted Nov 7, 2006

Animal toilet

Assignee: Uni-Charm Petcare Corporation
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Patent No.
US 7,131,396
App. No.
11/346,950
Granted
Nov 7, 2006
Kind
B2
Abstract

An animal toilet is provided that can be cleaned easily, particularly an animal toilet that allows liquid such as urine evacuated therein to move to a liquid-absorbing sheet efficiently. The animal toilet includes a dripping container having an opening for an animal entering and exiting, and a liquid penetrating bottom part on which liquid is dispersed; and a liquid-absorbing sheet holder placed under the bottom part of the dripping container on which a liquid-absorbing sheet is placed, in which the bottom part of the dripping container has a liquid leading part formed by connected arches on a side facing the liquid-absorbing sheet.

Claims (21)

1. An animal toilet comprising:

a dripping container having an opening for an animal entering and exiting, and a liquid passing bottom part; and

a liquid-absorbing sheet holder placed under the bottom part of the dripping container on for holding a liquid-absorbing sheet thereon,

wherein the bottom part of the dripping container comprises a grid of connected longitudinal elements and lateral elements, the lateral elements defining arches on a side of the bottom part facing the liquid-absorbing sheet, and

wherein the arches has end portions that coincide with the longitudinal elements and central portions that are spaced further from the liquid-absorbing sheet holder than the end portions, so that a liquid dispersed on the bottom part of the dripping container will be directed by the arches toward the ends of the arches.

2. The animal toilet according to claim 1 , wherein the bottom comprises a plurality of opening parts, and

wherein an open area ratio of the opening part of the bottom part occupied by the opening parts is 25 to 50% of the bottom part.

3. The animal toilet according to claim 2 , wherein the bottom part is detachable from the dripping container.

4. The animal toilet according to claim 2 , wherein the liquid-absorbing sheet has an area greater than that of the bottom part of the dripping container.

5. The animal toilet according to claim 2 , wherein the liquid-absorbing sheet holder is loadably incorporated under the bottom part of the dripping container.

6. The animal toilet according to claim 2 , wherein the animal toilet has a drawer structure that houses the liquid-absorbing sheet.

7. The animal toilet according to claim 2 , wherein the animal toilet has a removable cover for controlling a direction of an animal entering and exiting.

8. The animal toilet according to claim 1 , wherein the bottom part is detachable from the dripping container.

9. The animal toilet according to claim 1 , wherein the liquid-absorbing sheet has an area greater than that of the bottom part of the dripping container.

10. The animal toilet according to claim 1 , wherein the liquid-absorbing sheet holder is loadably incorporated under the bottom part of the dripping container.

11. The animal toilet according to claim 1 , wherein the animal toilet has a drawer structure that houses the liquid-absorbing sheet.

12. The animal toilet according to claim 1 , wherein the animal toilet has a drawer structure that houses the liquid-absorbing sheet holder, and

wherein the liquid-absorbing sheet holder is loadably incorporated under the bottom part of the dripping container as a drawer.

13. The animal toilet according to claim 1 , wherein the animal toilet has a removable cover for controlling a direction of an animal entering and exiting.

14. The animal toilet according to claim 1 , wherein the liquid-absorbing sheet has an antimicrobial and bacteriostatic part having both an antimicrobial property and a bacteriostatic property.

15. The animal toilet according to claim 1 , wherein the liquid-absorbing sheet has an antimicrobial and bacteriostatic part having both an antimicrobial property and a bacteriostatic property.

Assignments (1)
MERGER Recorded Oct 20, 2010
From: UNI-CHARM PETCARE CORPORATION
To: UNI-CHARM CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 025161/0479 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2003-177386 · Jun 20, 2003 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 1073985100 · Dec 18, 2003
Related Publication 20060124068A1 · Jun 15, 2006