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US 11,304,400 B2Granted
Two story foldable animal litter containing apparatus
AssigneeVermont Juvenile Furniture Mfg., Inc.
InventorsTodd Jakubowski, Chris Jakubowski, Kristen Jakubowski
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Abstract
A Cat Litter Box System with a litter box or other indoor cat bathroom media and a collapsible, two level animal litter containing apparatus having a ground level with an enclosed bathroom area compartment and a second level with an entrance and exit compartment that is easy for a cat or other pet to access is provided. Preferably a recloseable side opening is provided on the ground level of the containing apparatus for ease of cleaning.
Claims16
A collapsible, two level animal litter containing apparatus, comprising:
- a foldable cover having a first cover side, a second cover side, a third cover side, a fourth cover side, a cover top, and an open bottom, with an entrance defined in one of the cover sides;
- a foldable frame assembly that supports the foldable cover, the foldable frame assembly is movable from a collapsed position to a use position and includes:
- a top frame having first and second sets of opposing parallel sides that are adapted to be in a horizontal plane in the use position;
- first and second side frames, attached to the top frame for pivoting movement about axes parallel to the first set of parallel sides of the top frame, the first and second side frames each including parallel sides, adapted to be vertical in the use position, and a bottom;
- cross member sections pivotally connected to each of the parallel sides of the first and second side frames at a medial location, the cross member sections being pivotable from a position adjacent to a respective one of the parallel sides of the first and second side frames in the collapsed position toward an opposite one of the first and second side frames to a horizontal orientation in the use position with free ends of opposing ones of the cross member sections being connected to one another to form medial cross members that extend between the first and second side frames in the use position;
- bottom member sections pivotally connected to each of the parallel sides of the first and second side frames at a bottom location, the bottom member sections being pivotable from a position adjacent to a respective one of the parallel sides of the first and second side frames in the collapsed position toward an opposite one of the first and second side frames to a horizontal orientation in the use position, with free ends of opposing ones of the bottom member sections being connected to one another to form bottom cross members that extend between the first and second side frames in the use position to form a bottom of the foldable frame assembly;
- a medial divider connected to the medial cross members, the medial divider extends horizontally in the use position;
- the foldable frame assembly supports the foldable cover;
- the medial divider defines upper and lower compartments within the foldable cover in the use position and an internal pet opening between the two internal compartments;
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- the entrance is defined in the one of the cover sides into the upper compartment.
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