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Granted Patent B2
US 12,324,406 · App. 18/369,932 · Granted Jun 10, 2025

Animal toilet

Inventor: Junji Yoshinaga (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: DAIKI CO., LTD.
A01K1/0114
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Patent No.
US 12,324,406
App. No.
18/369,932
Granted
Jun 10, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An animal toilet includes a partition portion, an upper space, and a lower space. The partition portion has a through hole allowing urine to pass therethrough. The upper space is present above the partition portion, and is a space in which a plurality of grains are disposed. The lower space is present below the partition portion, and is a space in which the urine having passed through the through hole accumulates. The partition portion includes a wall part. The wall part is provided around the through hole on a lower surface of the partition portion, and projects toward the lower space.

Claims (58)

1. An animal toilet comprising:

a partition portion that has a through hole allowing urine to pass therethrough;

an upper space in which a plurality of grains are disposed, the upper space being above the partition portion; and

a lower space in which the urine having passed through the through hole accumulates, the lower space being below the partition portion, wherein

the partition portion includes a wall part that is around the through hole on a lower surface of the partition portion, the wall part projecting toward the lower space, and

the wall part is pipe shaped, and surrounds a whole periphery of the through hole.

2. The animal toilet according to claim 1 ,

wherein an inner surface of the wall part is continuous with a side surface of the through hole.

3. The animal toilet according to claim 1 ,

wherein the wall part is cylindrical.

4. The animal toilet according to claim 1 ,

wherein a thickness of the wall part is a quarter or less of a diameter of the through hole.

5. The animal toilet according to claim 1 ,

wherein a height of the wall part is larger than a thickness of the partition portion.

6. The animal toilet according to claim 1 ,

wherein the partition portion has a plurality of the through holes, and

the wall part is around each of the through holes.

7. The animal toilet according to claim 6 ,

wherein the plurality of through holes include a first through hole, and a second through hole nearest to the first through hole, and

the wall part includes a first wall part around the first through hole, and a second wall part around the second through hole.

8. The animal toilet according to claim 7 ,

wherein a distance between the first wall part and the second wall part is larger than a thickness of the first and second wall parts.

9. The animal toilet according to claim 7 ,

wherein a distance between the first wall part and the second wall part is half or more of a distance between the first through hole and the second through hole.

10. The animal toilet according to claim 1 ,

wherein each of the grains has a water-repellent property.

11. The animal toilet according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a box-shaped container that has a bottom face part and a side face part,

wherein the partition portion divides an internal space of the container into the upper space and the lower space.

12. The animal toilet according to claim 11 , further comprising:

a water-absorbing sheet that is disposed in the lower space, and absorbs the urine having passed through the through hole.

13. The animal toilet according to claim 12 , further comprising:

a drawer portion that houses the water-absorbing sheet,

wherein an opening is formed in the side face part of the container, and

the drawer portion is capable of being inserted in and extracted from the container through the opening.

14. An animal toilet comprising:

a partitiona portion that has a through hole allowing urine to pass therethrough;

an upper space in which a plurality of grains are disposed, the upper space being above the partition portion; and

a lower space in which the urine having passed through the through hole accumulates, the lower space being below the partition portion, wherein

the partition portion includes a wall part that is around the through hole on a lower surface of the partition portion, the wall part projecting toward the lower space, and

the wall part extends obliquely so as to go inside the through hole as going away from the lower surface of the partition portion.

15. The animal toilet according to claim 14 ,

wherein a lower end of the wall part is in the through hole in a plane view.

16. The animal toilet according to claim 14 ,

wherein an opening area of a lower end of the wall part is smaller than an opening area of an upper end of the wall part.

17. The animal toilet according to claim 16 ,

wherein an inner diameter of the wall part decreases gradually from the upper end toward the lower end.

18. An animal toilet comprising:

a partition portion that has a through hole allowing urine to pass therethrough;

an upper space in which a plurality of grains are disposed, the upper space being above the partition portion;

a lower space in which the urine having passed through the through hole accumulates, the lower space being below the partition portion; and

a box-shaped container that has a bottom face part and a side face part, wherein

the partition portion includes a wall part that is around the through hole on a lower surface of the partition portion, the wall part projecting toward the lower space,

the partition portion divides an internal space of the container into the upper space and the lower space, and

the partition portion is not fixed to the container.

19. The animal toilet according to claim 18 ,

wherein the container has an overhanging part that is provided so as to overhang from the side face part toward an inside of the container, and

the partition portion is placed on the overhanging part.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Oct 27, 2023
From: DAIKI CO., LTD.
To: DAIKI CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 065382/0072 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 19, 2023
From: YOSHINAGA, JUNJI
To: DAIKI CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 064947/0976 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-070763 · Apr 20, 2021 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2022002498 · Jan 25, 2022
Related Publication 20240023513A1 · Jan 25, 2024
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