US 12,714,059 B2Granted

Animal toilet

AssigneeShawn D. Hines, Sr.

InventorShawn Demetrius Hines, Sr.

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Abstract

An automatic animal toilet with a cleaning head/vacuum and a secondary conveyor for solid waste, for eliminating the need of manual waste removal by separating the liquid waste from the solid by heat sealing the solid waste in a bag. It is equipped with a permeable toileting surface, a catchment surface/tray underlying the toileting surface to collect and channel liquids, and a drain. The toileting surface is equipped with a rinsing element, cleaning cover and cleaning head/vacuum to remove liquid and solid residue waste from the platform base/toilet surface. It is also equipped with a water tank with a heating element, solar panel, battery backup system, waste receptacle and a secondary solid waste removal conveyor system. The drain is equipped with tubing to convey the liquid to a convenient disposal location. The unit will include a ramp, so that the animal can utilize the device safely.

Claims6

Dependent claims

An animal toileting device, comprising:

a platform;
a slanted catchment surface for gravity-feed, supported by the platform;
a lip at least partially surrounding the slanted catchment surface;
a permeable toileting surface atop the slanted catchment surface;
a cleaning cover including sprinklers heads and sensors;
a fitting for a water connection, said fitting connected with plumbing;
said sprinkler heads further connected with the plumbing and configured to direct water onto the permeable toileting surface;
a solar panel with a backup battery system;
a drain opening located in the slanted catchment surface;
a plurality of widely-spaced drainage channels inset in the slanted catchment surface sloping downward toward the drain opening;
a disposal tube adapted to fit the drain opening;
a conveyor configured to separate and remove solid waste away from the platform;
a heating element configured to heat-seal a bag containing the solid waste prior to being transported on the conveyor;
and
wherein the disposal tube provides a liquid conveyance for transporting liquid waste to a collection area that is separate from the solid waste.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.