Small animal toilet having a slope
OwnerJan HRDINA, Michael SCHOLZinventors
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a small animal toilet, comprising a housing that has a litter compartment, which is designed for receiving litter, and an entrance, which is connected to the litter compartment via a path in order to allow a small animal to access the litter compartment; wherein the path comprises at least one region having a slope; wherein the path comprises at least one region having a slope; wherein a height difference of the slope is such that a small animal can spread its paws when it moves along the slope from the litter compartment to the entrance.
Claims15
A small animal toilet, in particular a cat toilet, comprising:
- a housing comprising:
- a litter compartment adapted to receive litter;
- and
- an entrance connected to the litter compartment via a path, to allow a small animal access to the litter compartment;
- wherein the path comprises at least one region with a slope,
- wherein a height difference of the slope is dimensioned to cause a small animal to spread its paws when moving from the litter compartment to the entrance along the slope.
A method of manufacturing a small animal toilet comprising:
- providing a housing comprising:
- a litter compartment adapted to receive litter;
- and
- an entrance connected to the litter compartment via a path to allow a small animal access to the litter compartment;
- wherein the path comprises at least one region with a slope;
- wherein a height difference of the slope is dimensioned to cause a small animal to spread its paws when moving from the litter compartment to the entrance along the slope;
- and
- wherein at least one components of the small animal toilet is manufactured by deep drawing and/or casting a plastic material.
A method of using of a small animal toilet comprising:
- providing a housing to be accessible by a small animal the housing comprising:
- a litter compartment adapted to receive litter;
- and
- an entrance connected to the litter compartment via a path to allow the small animal access to the litter compartment;
- wherein the path comprises at least one region with a slope;
- and
- wherein a height difference of the slope is dimensioned such that as the small animal moves to exit the small animal toilet from the litter compartment along the path to the entrance, the small animal is caused to spread its paws while crossing the slope.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.