Dual-purpose container and diversion device for animals and a method for its manufacture

A dual-purpose container and diversion device for animals, the device comprising:

• a base having a perimeter, a lower surface and an upper surface, the base having a first tensile strength;
• a perimeter wall including a plurality of sides of a container when the device is in a first configuration, the perimeter wall having a lower edge, an interior surface, and an exterior surface, wherein:
• the perimeter wall has a second tensile strength;
• the lower edge is attached to the perimeter of the base;
• the lower surface of the base and the exterior surface of the perimeter wall combine to define an outer surface of the container;
• the upper surface of the base and the interior surface of the perimeter wall combine to form an inner surface of the container;
• and
• the inner surface and the outer surface combine to form an overall surface of the container;
• at least a linear fault region in the overall surface, wherein
• the at least a linear fault region has a third tensile strength;
• the third tensile strength is less than each of the first tensile strength and the second tensile strength;
• the at least a linear fault region includes at least a first non-intersecting open curve on the overall surface that defines a border of at least a first planar section of the overall surface;
• wherein the device is convertible from the first configuration to a second configuration
• forming a diversion device for an animal, by:
• fracture of the at least a linear fault region along the at least a first non-intersecting open curve to transform the at least a first planar section into at least a first flap in a first position;
• and
• rotation of the at least a first flap into a second position, wherein the second position is different from the first position.