Pet litter box
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1. A litter box for felines and the like comprising:
- a generally box-like support skeleton, said skeleton deployable from a first, substantially flat configuration which encloses substantially no interior volume, to a second, self-supporting configuration which defines an interior volume, said skeleton including, when in said second configuration, a generally planar base and four walls, of equal heights, encircling the periphery of the base in a non-planar relationship therewith, one of said walls including an opening therethrough communicating with the interior volume; and
,a flexible, bag-like member enclosing, and supported by, the skeleton when in said second configuration,said bag-like member including a closed bottom disposed proximate the base of the skeleton, said bag-like member further including a pair of openings defined therein, a first opening disposed proximate the opening in said wall and a second opening, larger than the first opening, disposed proximate the top of the skeleton.
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Abstract
A waste disposal system includes a generally rigid support skeleton defining an interior space configured to receive refuse and a flexible, bag-like member supported by, and enclosing therewithin the support skeleton. The waste disposal system may be advantageously configured to provide a litter box for felines and the like.
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20 Claims
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1. A litter box for felines and the like comprising:
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a generally box-like support skeleton, said skeleton deployable from a first, substantially flat configuration which encloses substantially no interior volume, to a second, self-supporting configuration which defines an interior volume, said skeleton including, when in said second configuration, a generally planar base and four walls, of equal heights, encircling the periphery of the base in a non-planar relationship therewith, one of said walls including an opening therethrough communicating with the interior volume; and
,a flexible, bag-like member enclosing, and supported by, the skeleton when in said second configuration, said bag-like member including a closed bottom disposed proximate the base of the skeleton, said bag-like member further including a pair of openings defined therein, a first opening disposed proximate the opening in said wall and a second opening, larger than the first opening, disposed proximate the top of the skeleton. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A litter box for felines and the like comprising:
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a generally box-like support skeleton, said skeleton deployable from a first, substantially flat configuration which encloses substantially no interior volume, to a second, self-supporting configuration which defines an interior volume, said skeleton including, when in said second configuration, a generally planar, rectangular base comprised of at least two base flaps disposed in at least partially overlapping relationship, said skeleton further including four walls of equal heights encircling the periphery of the base in a perpendicular relationship therewith, a first pair of said walls disposed in a mutually planar, spaced apart relationship and a second pair of said walls which are substantially longer than said first pair of walls and disposed in spaced apart planar relationship and at right angles to said first pair of walls, one of said second pair of walls including an opening therethrough, the support skeleton further including a pair of support flaps associated with one of said pair of walls, said flaps disposed so as to support the base flaps when the skeleton is disposed in the second configuration; and a flexible bag enclosing, and supported by, the skeleton when in said second configuration, said bag including a closed bottom disposed proximate the base of the skeleton, said bag further including a pair of openings defined therein, a first opening disposed proximate the opening in said wall and a second opening, larger than the first opening, disposed proximate the top of the skeleton.
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