Box-shaped toilet for pet animals

A box-shaped toilet for allowing pet animals to excrete therein their body waste, the toilet comprising:

• a base having a first, a second, a third and a fourth side, said base having an open top surrounded by an upper rim, said first and third sides being in spaced opposite relation to one another, said second and fourth sides being in spaced opposite relation to one another;
• a cover having an open bottom surrounded by a lower rim, a top, and a first, a second, a third and a fourth wall connected by said top of said cover, said first and third walls being in spaced opposite relation to one another and forming a first pair of oppositely disposed walls, said second and fourth walls being in spaced opposite relation to one another and forming a second pair of oppositely disposed walls, said cover being of a cubic shape such that a space for accommodation of the animals is defined between said base and said cover when said cover is placed on said base, wherein the lower rim of said cover closely engages with said upper rim of said base when said cover is placed on said base;
• locking means disposed in said base and said cover, said locking means comprises:
• at least one recessed portion centrally disposed in at least one of said sides of said base, said recessed portion having an outward flange extending perpendicularly from said side and being adjacent said upper rim;
• at least one protrusion centrally disposed in one of said walls of said cover and integrally formed in said cover, said protrusion extending below said lower rim and having a lower end, said lower end having an inward pawl disposed thereon;
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• wherein when said cover is placed on said base, said inward pawl on said protrusion engages said outward flange in said recessed portion such that said protrusion passes over said outward flange and said inward pawl snaps under said outward flange thereby securing said cover to said base;
• openings formed through at one of said first and second oppositely disposed walls of said cover, said openings having a bank-shaped rim that protrudes inwardly and surrounds each of said openings;
• handle means for carrying the box-shaped toilet, said handle means formed from said top of said cover by said openings in said at least one of said pairs of opposite walls of said cover, said handle means comprises a narrow strip extending across said top of said cover between said bank-shaped rims of said openings;
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• whereby said openings are hand insertion holes for firmly holding said handle means.