Litter box with removable shield
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1. A litter box assembly comprising:
- a tray for containing litter material, the tray including a bottom wall, opposing pairs of side walls, and a peripheral lip joined to the side walls, anda shield removably mountable within the tray such that it can extend above the tray and engage the bottom wall of the tray, the shield including a rear panel, two opposing side panels and an open end, wherein a width and length of the shield approximate a width and length of the tray, and a height of the shield is about twice a height of the tray, wherein the panels of the shield are positionable within the tray to prevent or reduce scattering of litter material outside the tray by an animal using the tray.
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Abstract
A litter box assembly is provided that includes a tray for containing litter and a shield that can be removably mounted to the tray for reducing or preventing the scattering of litter material outside the tray. The shield effectively extends the height of the tray along three sides and can be removed for cleaning between litter changes. A self supporting shield for a litter box tray is further provided as well as a method for reducing the scattering of litter material by a cat or other animal.
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1. A litter box assembly comprising:
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a tray for containing litter material, the tray including a bottom wall, opposing pairs of side walls, and a peripheral lip joined to the side walls, and a shield removably mountable within the tray such that it can extend above the tray and engage the bottom wall of the tray, the shield including a rear panel, two opposing side panels and an open end, wherein a width and length of the shield approximate a width and length of the tray, and a height of the shield is about twice a height of the tray, wherein the panels of the shield are positionable within the tray to prevent or reduce scattering of litter material outside the tray by an animal using the tray. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of preventing or reducing the scattering of litter material used by an animal comprising:
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providing a tray having four generally vertical side walls, a bottom wall and a peripheral lip extending from the generally vertical side walls of the tray;
filling the tray with litter material suitable for burying animal waste; andremovably inserting a self-supporting shield within the tray to provide three generally vertical wall surfaces such that the shield is supported by the bottom wall of the tray, wherein the shield includes a rear panel and two opposing side panels secured to the rear panel, wherein the wall surfaces each have a height substantially greater than the heights of the side walls of the tray with two generally vertical side wall surfaces being in opposing relation to each other and the other generally vertical side walls being substantially perpendicular to the two opposing generally vertical wall surfaces. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14)
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