Disposable canine lavatory

• US 5,080,046 A
• Filed: 11/29/1990
• Issued: 01/14/1992
• Est. Priority Date: 10/16/1989
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Rudolph Cassone
• Original Assignee: Rudolph Cassone
• Inventors: Cassone, Rudolph
• Primary Examiner(s): WEISS, JOHN
• Application Number:
  US07/620,353
• Time in Patent Office: 411 Days
• Field of Search: 119/161-170
• US Class Current: 119/168
• CPC Class Codes: A01K 1/0107 Cat trays; Dog urinals; Toilets for pets
• CPC Class Codes: A01K 1/0125 Foldable or collapsible litter boxes

Abstract

A disposable canine lavatory is provided and consists of a foldable thin waterproof box shaped with a base member that will catch excrement from a dog so that the lavatory with the excrement therein can be disposed of. A deflection member which is integral with the base member will direct urine from a male dog into the base member for easy disposal thereof.

Claims

1. A disposable canine lavatory comprising:

(a) a box shaped base member having a bottom wall, a pair of side walls, a front wall, a rear wall and an open top being of a size to receive a dog thereon, so that said base member can catch excrement from the dog, a deflection member integral with and extending upwardly from said rear wall of said base member so that if the dog is a male dog and urinates on said deflection member, it will direct the urine towards said bottom wall of said base member for ease of disposal thereof, wherein said deflection member further includes a pair of side flanges, each integral at a right angle to one side edge of said deflection member and integral with a portion of a top edge of one said side wall of said base member so as to help prevent the urine from splashing out; and

(b) folding means for allowing said base member to be folded up so that said lavatory with excrement for ease of disposal thereof, wherein said folding means is a plurality of fold lines, one formed at a forty-five degree angle on the forward corner of each said side wall, the rearward corner at the junction of each said side wall with one said side flange, wherein said folding means has an additional fold line transversely across the middle of said bottom wall and said side walls.

2. A disposable canine lavatory as recited in claim 1, wherein said base member and said deflection member are fabricated out of a thin waterproof material which can be folded along said fold lines for easy disposal of the excrement contained therein.