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US 6,698,384 B2Granted
Automatic cat grooming, feeding, and litterbox apparatus
OwnerEli Markowitzinventor
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Abstract
An apparatus for grooming cats which includes a source of food located in an enclosure and a grooming brush assembly forming an adjustable aperture which is mounted between a portal formed in the enclosure and the source of food.
Claims19
A method for training and grooming an animal comprising the steps of:
- (i) providing an enclosure having an entrance portal;
- (ii) introducing an object attractive to said animal into said enclosure;
- (iii) providing an adjustable aperture leading to said object;
- (iv) mounting grooming members on said adjustable aperture;
- (v) adjusting said adjustable aperture from an initially relatively large aperture to a progressively smaller aperture as the animal becomes progressively more accustomed to entering said enclosure and passing through said aperture.
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