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US 2006/0065203 A1Published application
Apparatus, system and method for litter sifter
OwnerRonald Schmidt, Linda Schmidtinventors
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Abstract
A litter sifter, litter sifter system and method for using. A litter sifter includes a lower portion having a through-holes. An upper portion is connected to the lower portion. Handles are connected to the upper portion. A distance between any two through-holes is equal to a distance between any other two through-holes.
Claims18
A litter sifter comprising:
- a lower portion having a plurality of through-holes,
- an upper portion coupled to the lower portion, and
- a plurality of handles coupled to said upper portion,
- wherein a distance between any two through-holes is equal to a distance between any other two through-holes, wherein a distance between adjacent through-holes is one half of a diameter of each through-hole of said plurality of through-holes, and each through-hole of said plurality of through-holes is circular.
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A method for removing clumped litter material and sifting unclumped litter material comprising:
- providing a litter sifter, said litter sifter having a lower portion having a plurality of circular through-holes, where a distance between any two through-holes is equal to a distance between any other two through-holes, and the distance between adjacent through-holes is half of a diameter of each of the plurality of through-holes,
- an upper portion coupled to the lower portion, and
- a plurality of handles coupled to said upper portion,
- introducing a litter material into said litter sifter,
- gripping said plurality of handles, and
- sifting said litter sifter so that solid matter and clumped litter material are retained in said litter sifter via said plurality of through-holes.
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12-27. (canceled)
The litter sifter of claim 34, said sifter device comprising:
- a motor coupled to a power supply and a switch, and
- a plurality of coupling devices, said plurality of coupling devices to couple with said litter sifter, the motor to force the litter sifter to sift litter material into the alternate container.
30-32. (canceled)
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.