IPC분류정보
국가/구분 |
United States(US) Patent
등록
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국제특허분류(IPC7판) |
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출원번호 |
US-0958219
(2015-12-03)
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등록번호 |
US-10111403
(2018-10-30)
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발명자
/ 주소 |
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출원인 / 주소 |
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대리인 / 주소 |
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인용정보 |
피인용 횟수 :
0 인용 특허 :
10 |
초록
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A disposable kitty litter box is provided. The disposable kitty litter box includes a base portion and a plurality of layer portions each including a plurality of apertures. In an assembled configuration, the plurality of apertures of each layer portion of the plurality of layer portions are offset
A disposable kitty litter box is provided. The disposable kitty litter box includes a base portion and a plurality of layer portions each including a plurality of apertures. In an assembled configuration, the plurality of apertures of each layer portion of the plurality of layer portions are offset from each other to keep kitty litter from passing between a plurality of apertures of a top layer portion.
대표청구항
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1. A disposable kitty litter box comprising: a base portion;a plurality of layer portions each including a plurality of apertures and detent/indent structures, each of the plurality of apertures and detent/indent structures having an oblong profile, wherein lengthwise portions of a given said detent
1. A disposable kitty litter box comprising: a base portion;a plurality of layer portions each including a plurality of apertures and detent/indent structures, each of the plurality of apertures and detent/indent structures having an oblong profile, wherein lengthwise portions of a given said detent/indent structure run on opposite sides of a corresponding said aperture longitudinally;wherein, in an assembled configuration, the plurality of layer portions are arranged in a stack, the plurality of apertures of each layer portion of the plurality of layer portions are offset from each other to keep kitty litter from passing between the stacked layer portions, and indents of the detent/indent structures of a top layer portion of the layer portions engage with detents of a next, lower layer portion of the layer portions to thereby form a seal therebetween and prevent seepage of liquid through the apertures of the top layer portion; andin each of the layer portions, in a widthwise direction of the apertures, the detent/indent structures are arranged with respect to the apertures in at least one sequence of: a first detent/indent structure, a first aperture, a second detent/indent structure, a flat surface, a third detent/indent structure, and a second aperture, the flat surface extending continuously between the second and third detent/indent structures and facing an aperture of a next layer portion in the stack. 2. The disposable kitty litter box according to claim 1, wherein the base portion and each layer portion of the plurality of layer portions includes at least one upwardly facing protrusion and at least one downwardly protrusion. 3. The disposable kitty litter box according to claim 2, wherein the at least one upwardly facing protrusion and the at least one downwardly facing protrusion include a substantially hollow configuration such that in the assembled configuration the at least one upwardly facing protrusion and the at least one downwardly facing protrusion of one layer portion, which is positioned beneath at least one other layer portion, of the plurality of layer portions engages a corresponding one of the at least one upwardly facing protrusion and the at least one downwardly facing protrusion of the at least one other layer portion of the plurality of layer portions and the base portion. 4. The disposable kitty litter box according to claim 1, wherein each layer portion of the plurality of layer portions includes at opposite ends thereof at least one finger clearance notch. 5. The disposable kitty litter box according to claim 4, wherein the at least one forger clearance notch at one end of each layer portion of the plurality of layer portions is offset from the at least one forger clearance notch at an opposing end of each layer portion of the plurality of layer portions, such that in the assembled configuration the at least one finger clearance notch of one layer portion does not align vertically with the at least one finger clearance notch of another layer portion. 6. The disposable kitty litter box according to claim 1, wherein each layer portion of the plurality of layer portions and the base portion includes at least two bottom fold lines that extend from one side wall of each layer portion of the plurality of layer portions and the base portion to an opposing side wall of each layer portion of the plurality of layer portions and the base portion, and in between adjacent apertures of the plurality of apertures. 7. The disposable kitty litter box according to claim 1, wherein each layer portion of the plurality of layer portions and the base portion includes a plurality of bend reliefs. 8. The disposable kitty litter box according to claim 1, wherein each layer portion of the plurality of layer portions and the base portion includes a plurality of angular side fold lines. 9. The disposable kitty litter box according to claim 8, wherein the plurality of angular side fold lines extend at a 45 degree angle relative to a horizontal axis defined through disposable kitty litter box. 10. The disposable kitty litter box according to claim 1, wherein in the assembled configuration the disposable kitty litter box is movable from an unfolded configuration to a folded configuration. 11. The disposable kitty litter box according to claim 1, wherein each aperture of the plurality of apertures has a diameter that ranges from about 0.25 inches to about 0.3 inches. 12. The disposable kitty litter box according to claim 1, wherein a distance between adjacent apertures ranges from about 0.45 inches to about 0.5 inches. 13. The disposable kitty litter box according to claim 1, wherein the disposable kitty litter box is made from plastic. 14. The disposable kitty litter box according to claim 1, wherein: the base portion includes at least one bottom fold line;the plurality of layer portions each includes at least one bottom fold line; and wherein, in the assembled configuration, the base portion and the plurality of layer portions are movable from an unfolded configuration to a folded configuration for transporting the foldable disposable kitty litter box. 15. The disposable kitty litter box according to claim 14, wherein the base portion and each layer portion of the plurality of layer portions includes at least two bottom fold lines. 16. The disposable kitty litter box according to claim 14, wherein each layer portion of the plurality of layer portions includes at opposite ends thereof at least one finger clearance notch, and wherein the at least one finger clearance notch at one end of each layer portion of the plurality of layer portions is offset from the at least one finger clearance notch at an opposing end of each layer portion of the plurality of layer portions, such that in the assembled configuration the at least one finger clearance notch of one layer portion does not align vertically with the at least one finger clearance notch of another layer portion. 17. The disposable kitty litter box according to claim 1, wherein a width dimension of each of the lengthwise portions of the given detent/indent structure is smaller tan a width dimension of the corresponding aperture. 18. The disposable kitty litter box of claim 17, wherein the litter box has a generally rectangular profile, and the plurality of apertures are arranged in rows in a staggered arrangement, the rows alternating between first rows and second rows, the first rows each having an aperture on a left side of the litter box and the continuous, flat surface on a right side of the litter box, and the second rows each having the continuous flat surface on the left side and an aperture on the right side. 19. The disposable kitty litter box of claim 18, wherein in any of the plurality of layer portions, a length dimension of two of the apertures, side by side in different rows, together constitute a majority of a distance from a left side of the kitty litter box to a right side of the kitty litter box. 20. The disposable kitty litter box of claim 19, wherein each of the apertures extends lengthwise a distance of nearly one half of the distance from the left side of the kitty litter box to the right side of the kitty litter box.
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