초록 ▼

A pet litter box assembly is provided having an open-ended base into which litter can be placed, a cover which can be latched upon the base in order to seal the base and a waste collecting member mounted within the cover at a position spaced from the underside of the cover. When waste and used litte

A pet litter box assembly is provided having an open-ended base into which litter can be placed, a cover which can be latched upon the base in order to seal the base and a waste collecting member mounted within the cover at a position spaced from the underside of the cover. When waste and used litter deposited in the base needs to be separated from non-used litter placed in the base, the cover can be seated upon and latched to the base and the pet litter box assembly can be rotated to cause the contents of the base to flow onto the waste collecting member. The waste collecting member includes numerous filtering orifices that are sized to permit non-used litter granules to readily flow therethrough while waste and used litter is collected in the waste collecting member for disposal. The base and the cover have double-wall constructions and therefore each includes inner and outer wall portions. The inner wall portion of the cover and lateral sides of the waste collecting member include interengaging structure which permits the waste collecting member to be readily removed for ease of cleaning.

대표청구항 ▼

[ We claim:] [11.] A pet litter box assembly comprising:a base having a bottom wall from which extend first, second, third and fourth upstanding lower side walls,a cover including a top wall from which extends first, second, third and fourth upstanding upper side walls, said cover being adapted to b

[ We claim:] [11.] A pet litter box assembly comprising:a base having a bottom wall from which extend first, second, third and fourth upstanding lower side walls,a cover including a top wall from which extends first, second, third and fourth upstanding upper side walls, said cover being adapted to be seated upon said base with each of said lower side walls being aligned with a respective one of said upper side walls;a waste collecting member including first and second lateral sides and a body portion extending between said lateral sides, said body portion including a plurality of filtering orifices arranged at spaced locations between said lateral sides;means for removably mounting said waste collecting member within said cover with said first and second lateral sides being respectively positioned adjacent said second and fourth upper side walls and said body portion extending from adjacent said third upper side wall towards, but being spaced from, said first upper side wall such that, when waste and used litter deposited in the base needs to be separated from non-used litter placed in the base, said cover can be seated upon said base and the pet litter box assembly can be rotated to cause the waste and used litter to be collected in the waste collecting member for disposal while the non-used litter passes through said filtering orifices and back into said base for future use; andwhere the bottom wall and said first and third walls of said base is provided with at least two elongate support members projecting below a lower surface of said base upon which said container is adapted to rest, and extending upon said surface of said first and third walls of said base, said elongate support members having a roughened outer surface.