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US 10,440,932 B2Granted
Apparatus for maintaining a pet waste receptacle
OwnerLynda M Dmochinventor
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Abstract
Described herein is an apparatus including a flexible sheet of material including a plurality of strips; and an adhesive system that releasably couples the flexible sheet of material to a surface of a pet waste receptacle.
Claims15
An apparatus for indicating usage of a pet waste receptacle comprising:
- a flexible sheet of material comprising a plurality of strips;
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- an adhesive system configured to releasably couple said flexible sheet of material to a surface of the pet waste receptacle, wherein the adhesive system comprises at least one tab configured for removing the flexible sheet of material from the surface for cleaning or repositioning;
- wherein the strips are configured to each have a length greater than a height of an aperture of the pet waste receptacle such that the strips extend below a bottom edge of the aperture, wherein each strip has a width of from about one to about three inches and has a thickness of from about four to about seven millimeters, and wherein at least one strip, of the plurality of strips, is substantially transparent;
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- wherein the flexible sheet of material is configured to reversibly move from an interior of said pet waste receptacle to an exterior of said pet waste receptacle, via the aperture, whereby such movement is indicative that a pet has exited the pet waste receptacle via the aperture.
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A pet waste receptacle comprising:
- a housing comprising a cavity, the cavity sized to accommodate at least one animal, the housing having an aperture permitting ingress and egress therefrom;
- a partition comprising a flexible sheet of material comprising a plurality of strips, wherein the strips each have a length greater than a height of the aperture such that the strips extend below a bottom edge of the aperture, wherein each strip has a width of from about one to about three inches and has a thickness of from about four to about seven millimeters, and wherein at least one strip, of the plurality of strips, is substantially transparent;
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- an adhesive system;
- wherein said partition is releasably coupled to said housing via the adhesive system, and wherein the adhesive system comprises at least one tab configured for removing the partition from the housing for cleaning or repositioning;
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- wherein the flexible sheet of material is configured to reversibly move from an interior of said housing to an exterior of said housing, via the aperture, whereby such movement is indicative that the at least one animal has exited the housing via the aperture.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.