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Granted Patent B2
US 10,375,923 · App. 15/674,201 · Granted Aug 13, 2019

Cat litter box

Inventor: Karen Remick (Fairbanks, AK)
A01K1/0114
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,375,923
App. No.
15/674,201
Granted
Aug 13, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A cat litter box has a bath tub form having a circumferential lip having an underside, a raised perimeter extending upwardly from the lip, the raised perimeter having top edge, and a circumferential groove on the underside of the lip, a lid having an aperture therein, the lid configured to fit within the raised perimeter and rest on the lip, the aperture configured to permit ingress and egress of a cat, and a plurality of fasteners having an upper appendage and lower appendage, wherein the upper appendage is configured to extend over the perimeter, and the lower appendage comprises a protrusion configured to engage with the groove. The lid may also have a grate that is porous, or it may be textured and porous, to help remove litter from a cat's feet as it comes out of the litter box.

Claims (13)

1. A cat litter box comprising:

a. a circumferential lip having an underside;

b. a raised perimeter extending from the lip, the raised perimeter having an outer edge; and

c. a circumferential groove on the underside of the lip;

a lid having an aperture therein, the lid configured to fit within the raised perimeter and rest on the lip, the aperture configured to permit ingress and egress of a cat; and

a plurality of fasteners having an upper appendage and lower appendage, wherein the upper appendage is configured to extend over the perimeter, and the lower appendage comprises a protrusion configured to engage with the groove.

2. The cat litter box of claim 1 , wherein the removable lid is configured to mate with the lip and raised perimeter such that a top surface of the lid is coplanar with the top edge of the raised perimeter.

3. The cat litter box of claim 1 , wherein the lid further comprises a grate that is textured.

4. The cat litter box of claim 1 , wherein the lid further comprises a grate that is porous.

5. The cat litter box of claim 1 , wherein the aperture is positioned centrally in the lid such that there is some grate material between an edge of the lid and the aperture.

6. The cat litter box of claim 1 wherein the protrusion pivotally engages with the receiving notch to form a hinge.

7. The cat litter box of claim 1 wherein the box is a molded open box having a bottom and four sides.

8. The cat litter box of claim 7 wherein corners between the four sides are rounded.

Continuity (1)
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