Securing means for odorless animal litter unit
First Claim
1. In the combination of a litter box and a litter device for use with cats,said litter box having a base and four walls,said litter device being a sorbent pad laminate means for the collection of animal urine and comprising:
- (a) a bottom sheet layer of moisture impermeable material, and sheet layer being in contact with the base and walls of said litter device;
(b) an intermediate sorbent layer of material having high urine dispersion and sorbency capacity;
(c) a top claw resistant screen means, said screen means being a urine permeable, urine inert, flexible member formed of strands having sufficient tear strength to withstand the clawing action of a cat and sufficiently small hole size to protect said sorbent layer and said sheet layer of moisture impermeable material from being torn by animal claws,said bottom sheet layer and said top screen means being secured to each other along at least a substantial portion of their periphery;
the improvement comprising;
securing means, said securing means removably affixing said sheet layer to said base of said litter device and preventing relative movement between said litter box and said litter device which can be caused by the clawing action of an animal.
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Abstract
A combination of a litter device for use with cats which has a sorbent pad laminate for the collection of animal urine consisting of a bottom sheet layer of moisture impermeable material in contact with the base and walls of the litter device, an intermediate sorbent layer of material having a high absorbency capacity for urine, a top claw resistant screen and securing device. The securing device removably affixes the sorbent pad laminate to the litter device, thereby preventing the relative movement between the sorbent pad and the litter device which can be caused by the clawing action of an animal.
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27 Claims
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1. In the combination of a litter box and a litter device for use with cats,
said litter box having a base and four walls, said litter device being a sorbent pad laminate means for the collection of animal urine and comprising: -
(a) a bottom sheet layer of moisture impermeable material, and sheet layer being in contact with the base and walls of said litter device; (b) an intermediate sorbent layer of material having high urine dispersion and sorbency capacity; (c) a top claw resistant screen means, said screen means being a urine permeable, urine inert, flexible member formed of strands having sufficient tear strength to withstand the clawing action of a cat and sufficiently small hole size to protect said sorbent layer and said sheet layer of moisture impermeable material from being torn by animal claws, said bottom sheet layer and said top screen means being secured to each other along at least a substantial portion of their periphery; the improvement comprising;
securing means, said securing means removably affixing said sheet layer to said base of said litter device and preventing relative movement between said litter box and said litter device which can be caused by the clawing action of an animal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. The method of removing and securing for disposal a sorbent pad laminate means, and the litter thereon, used for the collection of animal urine, from a litter device walls and a base, said sorbent pad laminate means and litter including:
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(a) a bottom sheet layer of moisture impermeable material, said sheet layer being in contact with said base and walls of said litter device, said sheet layer of moisture impermeable material having a first edge, a second edge, a third edge and a fourth edge; (b) an intermediate sorbent layer of material having a high absorbency capacity for urine, (c) top claw resistant screen means, and (d) securing means, said securing means removably affixing said sorbent pad laminate means to said litter device and preventing relative movement between said sorbent pad and said litter device which can be caused by the clawing action of an animal, with at least part said securing means being parallel to said second edge and said fourth edge; (e) litter, said litter granules overlying said top claw resistant screen means; comprising the steps of; (a) removing said sheet layer of moisture impermeable material from contact with said walls and said base of said litter device by removing said securing means from said walls and said base; (b) folding said second edge and said fourth edge of said sheet layer so as to overlie said claw resistant screen means; (c) rolling or folding said third edge of said sheet layer in the direction of said first edge of said sheet layer, causing said litter to be between said folded third and first edges of said sheet layer and said top claw resistant screen; (d) fastening said rolled sheet layer of moisture impermeable material with fastening means. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22)
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23. The method of securing a sorbent pad laminate means to a litter box, said sorbent pad laminate means and litter including:
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(a) a sheet layer of moisture impermeable material, said sheet layer being in contact with said base and walls of said self supporting structure, said sheet layer of moisture impermeable material having a first side, a second side, a third side and a fourth side; (b) a sorbent layer of material having a high absorbency capacity for urine, said sorbent layer being in contact with said sheet layer (c) claw resistant screen means on the side of said sorbent layer opposite said sheet layer of moisture impermeable material, said screen means being a flexible member formed of strands fused at their intersections and is of a material which is substantially inert to urine (d) securing means, said securing means removably affixing said sorbent pad laminate means to said self supporting container and preventing relative movement between said sorbent pad and said self supporting structure which can be caused by the clawing action of an animal; said sorbent pad laminate being used for the collection of animal urine. said litter box being a self supporting structure having a base and four walls, comprising the steps of; (a) removing the protective coverings from said securing means (b) placing said securing means in contact with said base of said self supporting structure, causing said sheet layer of moisture impermeable material to be in flat contact with said base, (c) pressing said securing means in contact with said base and said wall of said self supporting structure, causing said sheet layer of moisture impermeable material to be in flat contact with said base (d) folding said sorbent pad laminate means over itself in the region where said sorbent pad laminate means overlies said walls. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27)
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