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US 10,398,124 B2Granted
Cat litter process
OwnerDavid Doinventor
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Abstract
This invention is for a method for making and using cat litter from conventional toilet paper and using the cat litter in a toilet bowl mounted cat litter box. The cat litter box has an opening and closing door activated by a handle for discharging soiled cat litter directly into the toilet bowl for disposal. The handle also blocks the toilet from closing when the cat litter box is attached to the toilet bowl.
Claims4
A process for making and using cat litter comprising:
- selecting an open rotor knife mill toilet paper granulator for granulating a roll of toilet paper into granules;
- granulating a roll of toilet paper into granules sized for use as cat litter;
- selecting a cat litter box sized to fit over a toilet bowl having a raised toilet seat, said cat litter box having at least one hinged door in the bottom thereof having a handle for opening and closing said hinged door to release the contents of said litter box, said handle extending in a generally vertical direction adjacent said raised toilet seat preventing the lowering of said toilet seat when said cat litter box is attached to said toilet bowl, said cat litter box handle opening said at least one bottom door upon sliding said handle downwardly and closing said at least one door upon the raising of said handle and said cat litter box having a plurality of flanges protruding from the side thereof positioned to sit on the rim of a toilet bowl with each cat litter box flange having a suction cup mounted thereon for removably attaching said cat litter box to the rim of a toilet bowl;
- placing the granules of granulated toilet paper from said toilet paper granulator into said selected cat litter box;
- removably mounting said cat litter box onto a toilet bowl;
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- opening said cat litter box bottom door to discharge said cat litter granules therein into said toilet bowl for disposal once said cat litter has been soiled;
- whereby disposable cat litter can be made from toilet paper and once soiled, disposed directly into a toilet bowl.
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