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US 11,766,499 B2Granted
Odor reducing device
AssigneeDoskocil Manufacturing Company, Inc.
InventorsRyan Paxson, Michael Harper
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Abstract
An odor reducing device for a cat litterbox includes a housing and a fastener. The housing has a front sidewall and a rear sidewall. The front and rear sidewalls together defines a top opening that opens to an interior of the housing. The fastener is attached to the housing and is configured to support the housing on the litterbox.
Claims12
An odor reducing device for a cat litterbox, comprising:
- a housing having a front sidewall facing away from a wall of the litterbox when installed onto the litterbox and a rear sidewall facing towards the wall of the litterbox when installed onto the litterbox, the front and rear sidewalls together defining a pair of lateral sides of the housing, a top opening that is a continuous slot extending longitudinally between the lateral sides of the housing, the continuous slot opens to an interior of the housing, the top opening receiving an odor reducing pod into the interior, the front and rear sidewalls together further defining a bottom opening that is smaller than the top opening, the top and bottom openings facing in opposite directions with respect to each other, the top opening being a singular opening defining substantially an entirety of a top of the housing so that the odor pod can be disposed within the interior of the housing and protruding through the top opening, the front sidewall having a plurality of airflow vents that enable the odor reducing pod to transmit air flow from the interior of the housing into the litterbox, the rear sidewall being devoid of an air flow vent;
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- a hook detachably attached to the housing and configured to support the housing on the litterbox, the hook being rotatable with respect to the housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.