Animal litter having the property of detecting urinary infection in felines

• US 5,996,534 A
• Filed: 06/25/1997
• Issued: 12/07/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 07/11/1996
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Pavillion Bank, Quality Logistics Systems Inc.
• Original Assignee: Pet Eceology Brands, Inc.
• Inventors: Weller, Herman Morris, Hodges, Edward Eugene III, Steckel, Ralph J.
• Primary Examiner(s): PRICE JR, RICHARD THOMAS
• Application Number:
  US08/881,929
• Time in Patent Office: 895 Days
• Field of Search: 119/171, 119/172, 119/173
• US Class Current: 119/171
• CPC Class Codes: A01K 1/0152 Litter
• CPC Class Codes: A01K 1/0154 comprising inorganic material

Abstract

An animal litter comprised of a liquid absorbent aggregate impregnated with a litmus agent for indicating a urinary tract infection in felines.

Claims

1. Animal litter comprised of a liquid absorbent aggregate having a substantially neutral pH and impregnated with a litmus agent to indicate the presence of urinary tract infection in felines and other related species.

2. The animal litter of claim 1 in which the liquid absorbent aggregate includes an expanded aggregate selected from the class consisting of perlite, vermiculite, herculite, rice hulls and zeolite.

3. The animal litter of claim 2 in which the aggregate has a substantially neutral pH and requires no inert carrier or pH neutralizing agent to maintain the animal litter'"'"'s pH indicating properties.

4. The animal litter of claim 1 in which the litmus agent is a pH agent with an approximate activity range from pH 6.6 to pH 8.0 such as, but not limited to, sodium phenolsulfonephthalein.

5. The animal control litter of claim 3 in which the odor control agent is D-ODOR, the surfactant is an alkylphenol ethoxylate, the clumping agent is AgRho DR-2000 and the litmus material is a sodium phenolsulfonephthalein.