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US 8,839,741 · App. 13/453,329 · Granted Sep 23, 2014

Litter box cleaning kit

Inventor: Bradley Cheek (Orlando, FL)
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 8,839,741
App. No.
13/453,329
Filed
Apr 23, 2012
Granted
Sep 23, 2014
Kind
B2
Art Unit
3632
USPC
119/161
Abstract

A litter box cleaning kit includes a litter shovel having a nonporous bottom section for collecting non-solid waste, a curved section having a plurality of openings for collecting and sifting solid waste, a bag holder for positioning disposal bags in an open configuration and a caddy for storing each of the shovel, bag holder and disposal bags.

Claims (23)

1. A litter box cleaning kit, comprising:

a litter shovel that includes

a generally planar, nonporous bottom section terminating into a curved section having a plurality of openings therein,

a pair of side walls having a generally orthogonal relationship with each of the bottom and curved sections, and

an elongated handle having a generally parallel relationship with the bottom section;

a bag holder that includes

a front surface, a back surface, a first side surface and a second side surface, each forming a box having an open top, an open bottom and an interior area,

each of said side surfaces further including an inward facing protrusion configured to engage a bag,

wherein said box is configured to act as a frame for holding the bag in an open configuration; and

a caddy that includes

a flat, bottom surface having a pair of side walls, each of said side walls having a generally orthogonal relationship with said bottom surface,

a handle secured to each of the side walls, and

a storage box centered onto the bottom surface, said storage box being configured to store each of the litter shovel and a plurality of said bags,

wherein said bag holder is configured to be removably placed onto the bottom surface of the caddy, and

the interior space of the bag holder is configured to surround the storage box.

2. The kit of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of openings on the shovel are configured to act as a sifter for removing litter from solid waste.

3. The kit of claim 1 , wherein the nonporous bottom section of the shovel is configured to collect loose material of varying consistencies.

4. The kit of claim 1 , wherein the handle of the bag holder is collapsible.

5. The kit of claim 1 , wherein each of the side walls of the bag holder further include openings configured to allow access to the interior area.

6. The kit of claim 1 , wherein said bag includes a conventional plastic shopping bag.

7. The kit of claim 1 , further comprising:

a vertical partition disposed within the storage box, said partition being configured to create a pair of separate storage areas within the storage box.

8. The kit of claim 1 , wherein each of the shovel, bag holder and caddy are constructed from single molds of injected plastic.

Continuity (1)
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